Free teas / coffees for on a shout firefighters?

Free teas / coffees for on a shout firefighters?

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Red 4

10,744 posts

187 months

Wednesday 17th October 2018
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Well, just to buck the trend I've turned down loads of free brews.

They were usually offered in the sort of dwelling where you'd wipe your feet on the way out and I thought it may have appeared rude to say I'd only accept a brew if could steralise the cup myself (with the most powerful disinfectant known to man), check the date on the milk and watch said person like a hawk (to make sure I didn't get a little something extra).

I also had my doubts about getting food from certain takeaways when in uniform.
Special sauce, Sir ?

Volvo1956

448 posts

70 months

Wednesday 17th October 2018
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Red 4 said:
Well, just to buck the trend I've turned down loads of free brews.

They were usually offered in the sort of dwelling where you'd wipe your feet on the way out and I thought it may have appeared rude to say I'd only accept a brew if could steralise the cup myself (with the most powerful disinfectant known to man), check the date on the milk and watch said person like a hawk (to make sure I didn't get a little something extra).

I also had my doubts about getting food from certain takeaways when in uniform.
Special sauce, Sir ?

Yes the added salty protein never tasted quite right.
Anybody with a score to settle with the boys in blue... even a simple life threatening speeding ticket.... could choose to do anything.....
In fact I remember one particular night spending most of the shift riding the porcelain horse after a dubious brew in a late night food outlet...
Bit late now but I wonder if.....