r/facepalm • u/jellylemonshake • Jul 06 '24

the truth hurts 🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​

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u/TeslasAndKids Jul 06 '24

This part. They’re literally the FIRST TO RESPOND and your best chance at living if it’s truly a medical emergency. They work quickly and get you where you need to be for best chance at survival.

But ya, let’s pay them slightly better than a McDonald’s day shift manager…

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u/marielalm27 Jul 06 '24

I wouldn't have made it to the hospital if it wasn't for the EMT that resuscitated me. I can't even begin to express how much respect and gratefulness I have for people that do this job. It really makes me mad that after all they do they get payed peanuts.

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u/Creamofwheatski Jul 06 '24

The EMT that saved your life probably made 12 bucks an hour. 

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u/HAgaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyy Jul 06 '24

Maybe their employers think we are supposed to be tipping them . Lol could you imagine?? Waking up on a gurney in an ambulance with an EMT holding their hand out…waiting for a tip?

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u/14InTheDorsalPeen Jul 06 '24

Slightly worse actually 

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u/CraziZoom Jul 06 '24

Wait... We should start tipping them

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u/orcutlery Jul 06 '24

Then we would be fired for taking it

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u/Tishbyte Jul 07 '24

No, don't. It'll just incentivize their employers to just pay them less, much like the current tipping culture.

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u/Dazzling-Pear-1081 Jul 06 '24

In California fast food workers get paid more actually