05-11-2018, 10:51 PM
Reminds of this guy who worked with us when I worked in radio.
He was probably a few years older than me, but he looked a lot older. Balding, the hair that was left was graying, always nervous and agitated and awful B.O.
Anyway, one night he up and quit. Middle of his shift. 10pm at night.
I had been working all day and got the call to come in because he just put a CD on, called the owner and walked out.
I ended up filling the shift until 2am and then working the next day.
Two days later he stormed into the office and demanded to see the owner. He was HOT. Looking back it never occurred to me that he might have a weapon, but I did think he was going to be violent.
I happened to be the first person he saw and he went OFF on me and continued his demand to get into the boss's office. I was between him and the boss who was in his office with the door closed (coincidently) So rather than yell back or grab him and throw him out (he was a skinny guy and I was all of 24 years old and in the best shape I'd ever be in...lol) I calmly talked to him. After 5-10 minutes he started to calm down. He explained what was going on and he understood that going in there with a head of steam was not going to solve ANYONE'S problems.
After he was calmed I talked to the boss and let him in and they had a meeting and he was on his way. He even thanked me for being nice to him. Boss thanked me too.
Just a matter of de-escalating rather than "fighting back" which would have gotten us nowhere in a hurry.
Full disclosure: Looking back at how much I learned to dislike my boss I almost wish I wouldn't have been there to calm the guy down. Almost.
But in the end taking was better than fighting.
Just my take on why police need that kind of training. The kind the push in other countries much more than here.
He was probably a few years older than me, but he looked a lot older. Balding, the hair that was left was graying, always nervous and agitated and awful B.O.
Anyway, one night he up and quit. Middle of his shift. 10pm at night.
I had been working all day and got the call to come in because he just put a CD on, called the owner and walked out.
I ended up filling the shift until 2am and then working the next day.
Two days later he stormed into the office and demanded to see the owner. He was HOT. Looking back it never occurred to me that he might have a weapon, but I did think he was going to be violent.
I happened to be the first person he saw and he went OFF on me and continued his demand to get into the boss's office. I was between him and the boss who was in his office with the door closed (coincidently) So rather than yell back or grab him and throw him out (he was a skinny guy and I was all of 24 years old and in the best shape I'd ever be in...lol) I calmly talked to him. After 5-10 minutes he started to calm down. He explained what was going on and he understood that going in there with a head of steam was not going to solve ANYONE'S problems.
After he was calmed I talked to the boss and let him in and they had a meeting and he was on his way. He even thanked me for being nice to him. Boss thanked me too.
Just a matter of de-escalating rather than "fighting back" which would have gotten us nowhere in a hurry.
Full disclosure: Looking back at how much I learned to dislike my boss I almost wish I wouldn't have been there to calm the guy down. Almost.
But in the end taking was better than fighting.Just my take on why police need that kind of training. The kind the push in other countries much more than here.
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