A few weeks ago, I toured a local fire station with my daughter's girl scout troop. The girls were working toward their first aid badge, so the firefighters and paramedics talked to them, gave them some hands-on demonstrations and were generally fantastic. They are all obviously passionate about what they do, they all had great senses of humor, and they handled inquiries from our group such as, "What was the grossest call you ever went on?" delicately and expertly enough so that the girls would not have nightmares for weeks. (NOTE: they also fielded the question of "what does that mean?" asked by one of the girl scouts who was pointing at a sign above a firefighter's bunk that read, "Fartaholic sleeps here.")
The girls learned a lot - and so did I. For instance, did you know that you can now text 9-1-1 instead of calling?
When I mentioned I had read this bit of information on a fire engine, one of the other women in our group asked, "Why would someone text rather than call?" And the Lieutenant explained, "Well, they may be in a situation where they don't want someone to hear them calling 9-1-1, or they may not speak English..."
And then I helpfully chimed in, "Also, they may prefer to illustrate their emergency using only emojis."
Which is why I spent a considerable part of the next couple of hours figuring out different emergencies I could illustrate using emojis and then texting them to my buddy (and one of the firefighters who gave us the first aid instruction), Jeff.
While I think it can occasionally be fun to be my friend, I also believe it can be fairly exhausting...and require a lot of data usage.
Some emergencies I feel are rather self-explanatory:
And some that may require a bit more explanation:
= I'm being fatal attractioned
= I have become a cartoon character
= I am possessed by the devil
= I have been single white femaled
= the market and I are having bad days
= I am being forced to watch "Fifty Shades of Gray"
= I ate some bad sushi
= again, self-explanatory
= I've "Richard Gere'd" myself
= It's a "Seven" situation...
= you're too late
= my head is stuck in a vice grip
First responders love me,
Brutalism
And then I helpfully chimed in, "Also, they may prefer to illustrate their emergency using only emojis."
Which is why I spent a considerable part of the next couple of hours figuring out different emergencies I could illustrate using emojis and then texting them to my buddy (and one of the firefighters who gave us the first aid instruction), Jeff.
While I think it can occasionally be fun to be my friend, I also believe it can be fairly exhausting...and require a lot of data usage.
Some emergencies I feel are rather self-explanatory:
And some that may require a bit more explanation:
= I'm being fatal attractioned
= I have become a cartoon character
= I am possessed by the devil
= I have been single white femaled
= the market and I are having bad days
= I am being forced to watch "Fifty Shades of Gray"
= I ate some bad sushi
= again, self-explanatory
= I've "Richard Gere'd" myself
= It's a "Seven" situation...
= you're too late
= my head is stuck in a vice grip
First responders love me,
Brutalism
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