Compliance

By peeved - 18/02/2011 01:47 - United States

Today, I was forced to attend a fire safety class, as required by my job. Last year, I completed the fire academy as a volunteer fireman. The class was not only insulting, but wrong in many ways. I got kicked out for pointing them out. I now have to take it again, or be fired. FML
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livewire1701 8

Those are things that should be pointed out. if the class is miseducating people then you need to report that to someone.

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Doortje 29

You'd be fired for not taking a fire safety class.. Seems reasonable. But no, really, take it higher.

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slimjim8094 12

I know that feeling. In high school I had to become CPR certified to graduate. Problem was, I was already "doctor-CPR" certified to become a volunteer EMT. But it gets better - I was/am also a CPR instructor. So I was actually licensed to teach a far more advanced class than the one I was forced to take. It wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't so different, and CPR wasn't the kind of thing it's not OK to be confused about. Be thankful that your fire safety class, however wrong, doesn't directly conflict with what you do.

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sourgirl101 28

I've taken a few CPR classes in the past and every time I've gone, it changed or has been updated.

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slimjim8094 12

Yeah, they do that. I just needed to update my instructor cert, actually.

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evilhobbitofdoom 4

I'm sorry, what you're saying bothers me. You said in High school, which means you are most likely American. Which in that case, the CPR that you were taught as an EMT would NOT be called "Doctor-CPR", but "Healthcare Provider-CPR". Also, in pretty much every state, you have to be 18 to be an EMT, so you can't have been an EMT long if the class you took was in high school. Most schools teach CPR at the beginning of the year. BTW, American Heart Association and Red Cross have different standards, as well as different standards for civilians(I believe they decided on no breaths, just straight compressions)

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devinkc 2

it's not because the information is different. the health and safety association or st-johns ambulance, depending on where you live, update the protocols all the time due to different statistics they receive. ex: some say that it should be a 30:2 ratio of compressions to breaths, other times they will teach 15:2. it all depends on whether the recent stats say that the circulation getting a constant flow is more important than a higher frequency of breaths.

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sparta98 4

@24 I just finished my Red Cross child and infant CPR tests as well as my AED certification a few weeks ago. They still require you to give breaths. It very well might have changed since then, though.

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Jimboom 11

Any class that every member of staff is required to attend is likely to just be the sort of thing you attend, but don't really partake in. The teacher probably just thought you were being a smartarse. So fuckit, just attend and keep your mouth shut. If your colleagues get hurt from wrong information well then at least you can say you told them so in the first instance.

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chandlerthedog 0

I totally agree.. good comment!!!!

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redbluegreen 40

Sounds like the instructor can't take the heat. Take it to their superior, if not to simply redeem yourself, but possibly save someone's life in the future. In this case, stepping on toes is necessary.

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sourgirl101 28

Sad thing is that after your job does finally get the correct safely rules, you'll probably need to attend yet another class. FYL

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Bk130 0

Well I guess your doing your job right, whatever you do you'll be Fired.

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atomheartm_fml 0

Those are the moments in life when you've just got to learn to shut the f. up and let it be. You'll have occasions to criticize the class, but doing it during class is pointless.

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luluq 0

you said what I was thinking. I'm glad op has to retake the class I hate being in class and someone tries to take over and make the professor look stupid. ydi for sure

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GreeneyedWonder 0

I'm kind of mixed between "YDI" and "FML." There might be different rules at your workplace than you are used to. I don't know if it was a small mistake you pointed out to the instructor, or a big one. If it was small, I'd say to let it slide. If it was large, I might be with you.

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blackvyper 8

Next time you take that class just sit back and just shut the *uck up!

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Pandakins12 0

Just say **** man,

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RayWJ 0

YDI, OP. if you know it, keep your mouth shut, and get through training. Troll: yeah. if they wanted any sh*t from you they'd squeeze your head. ...GTFO stupid troll.

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LoneStarTexan 6

holy crap it's ray haha or a impostor O.o

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KyubiBear 2

No, it's not Ray sadly. He just confirmed it on his Twitter account, plus you can kinda tell in the way this person phrases things that it isn't Ray. Sorry =[

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LoneStarTexan 6

it woulda been cool lol

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jwidmayer 4

you sound like my husband op. he volunteers and even I have been asked to leave fire safety training because of pointing out their faults... oh well. if you aren't doing it right- I will let you know. go over the instructors head

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