So you saved a little girls' life.....and all you got were a pair of shoes?!?!?
Well, they were Bandolinos.
Sounds like you're a good chick to have around in a sticky spot.
What are you trying to say...? ;)
When I did my ship contract, I enjoyed the emergency drills. It was frustrating to be assigned a really pansy task during drills--herding the passengers into line--when what I really wanted to do was raise and lower the lifeboats. I learned how to do that and when the safety officer would ask for volunteers, I would beg to be chosen, and he'd only choose me if no guy was available. Our safety officer was really sexist--it was ridiculous, because most of the guys on my safety team were exhausted (they worked in the laundry) and I was all fresh and perky, and dying to lower the lifeboats. I did get to pilot them once.
We also watched a video once about the sinking of the ferry Estonia (a terrible disaster that happened in the mid-'90s) and learned there were different types of response modes in emergencies--denial, panic, an assessment of what needs to be done, and the ability to execute it. I guess I'm the latter because I've always been good in emergencies. It's always afterwards when I start shaking and need a drink. or several.
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Re: So you saved a little girls' life.....and all you got were a pair of shoes?!?!?
Date: 2004-05-25 01:38 pm (UTC)Well, they were Bandolinos.
Sounds like you're a good chick to have around in a sticky spot.
What are you trying to say...? ;)
When I did my ship contract, I enjoyed the emergency drills. It was frustrating to be assigned a really pansy task during drills--herding the passengers into line--when what I really wanted to do was raise and lower the lifeboats. I learned how to do that and when the safety officer would ask for volunteers, I would beg to be chosen, and he'd only choose me if no guy was available. Our safety officer was really sexist--it was ridiculous, because most of the guys on my safety team were exhausted (they worked in the laundry) and I was all fresh and perky, and dying to lower the lifeboats. I did get to pilot them once.
We also watched a video once about the sinking of the ferry Estonia (a terrible disaster that happened in the mid-'90s) and learned there were different types of response modes in emergencies--denial, panic, an assessment of what needs to be done, and the ability to execute it. I guess I'm the latter because I've always been good in emergencies. It's always afterwards when I start shaking and need a drink. or several.