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911 Dispatchers Ordered to Remove Tanning Bed
all headline news ^ | 9-12-05 | Christina Ficara

Posted on 09/12/2005 1:21:23 PM PDT by Rakkasan1

Rogersville, TN (AHN) - Officials in Hawkins County, Tennessee are taking action against a collective purchase by their 911 dispatcher staff - a tanning bed currently residing in the central dispatch center.

The Hawkins County 911 Board voted Thursday to remove the offending item, which was purchased by the dispatching team with their own money, according to The Associated Press.

The center handles emergency calls for fire and law enforcement departments.

County Commissioner Syble Vaughan-Trent is

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 911; bed; tanning; tn
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1 posted on 09/12/2005 1:21:24 PM PDT by Rakkasan1
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To: Rakkasan1
I'm stuned.
2 posted on 09/12/2005 1:23:37 PM PDT by Shalom Israel (Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.)
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To: Rakkasan1

I dunno. Purchased with own money. 24-hour shift workers trying to get some substitute sun once in a while. Is this much different than if they'd bought a treadmill or some gym equipment?


3 posted on 09/12/2005 1:29:43 PM PDT by dagnabbit (Vincente Fox's opening line at the Mexico-USA summit meeting: "Bring out the Gimp!")
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To: Rakkasan1

This goes way beyond brown-nosing.


4 posted on 09/12/2005 1:30:20 PM PDT by snarks_when_bored
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To: dagnabbit

I'm with you.

This doesn't sound like something they should have their hides tanned over.


5 posted on 09/12/2005 1:31:35 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: Rakkasan1
..."Board chairman Chili Sanders, who approved putting the tanning bed on county property, says, "The employees paid for it, and I told them they could put it in there, but they cannot use it while they're on the clock,'' Sanders told his fellow board members. He adds, "Our employees sit for 12 hours, and they get kind of stiff, so they go in there after clocking out. They say it helps — the heat on their back.''

Chili says the the heat helps their back? LOL!

6 posted on 09/12/2005 1:32:26 PM PDT by texianyankee
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To: snarks_when_bored
This goes way beyond brown-nosing.

Be careful or someone will tan your hide! %^)

7 posted on 09/12/2005 1:32:34 PM PDT by pikachu (Don't MAKE ME get my flying monkies out!)
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To: dagnabbit

one could argue one has health benefits, the other doesn't.
unless it's light therapy for depression or something,but this doesn't fit that category.


8 posted on 09/12/2005 1:41:48 PM PDT by Rakkasan1 (DON'T BICKER, DRINK LIQUOR-DON'T THINK, JUST DRINK.)
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This goes way beyond brown-nosing.

Be careful or someone will tan your hide! %^)

If it's good enough for George Hamilton, ... (grin)

9 posted on 09/12/2005 1:43:56 PM PDT by snarks_when_bored
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To: Rakkasan1

Looks like this is the burning issue in Hawkins County.


10 posted on 09/12/2005 1:44:23 PM PDT by MRMEAN (Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of congress;but I repeat myself. Mark Twain)
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I dunno. The reasoning/excuse sounds half-baked to me.


11 posted on 09/12/2005 1:48:00 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: Rakkasan1

Hope they can keep the hot tub and the wetbar.


12 posted on 09/12/2005 1:48:35 PM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (Warning.... Contents under pressure....If you don't like what I say, don't read it !)
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AHN? All Hick News?........


13 posted on 09/12/2005 1:49:01 PM PDT by Red Badger (United States Marine Corps.....An army of WON!...........)
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To: Rakkasan1

I really could care less what an employee does after he clocks out. On or off property.

But hearing over and over and over about 12 hour shifts, worn out employees, etc., etc., is the ultimate face slap to the tax paying public. Our nation is currently built on 8 hour work days because that's how long your mind and body can function as a unit before fatigue sets in. Any excuse working beyond 8 hours a shift puts the public at risk, creates employee restlessness and a higher then usual "attitude" problems in the course of their job.

I sure wouldn't want to have to rely on anyones 11th hours mind set for assistance in an emergency, including & especially medical personal currently working 24 hour shifts.


14 posted on 09/12/2005 1:54:23 PM PDT by JoeSixPack1
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To: DannyTN

LOL!


15 posted on 09/12/2005 1:56:11 PM PDT by Frank_2001
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To: Rakkasan1

Fake-bake alert!


16 posted on 09/12/2005 2:09:36 PM PDT by Ignatz (Proper spelling unites people, improper spelling unties people.)
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To: JoeSixPack1

really depends on age, fitness, type of job,etc.
tell a Ranger he can't work more than 8 hours straight.
(or most in the private sector) the 8 hr "rule" is as antiquated (in most jobs save for OTR truckers,pilots,etc) as unions are.


17 posted on 09/12/2005 2:11:36 PM PDT by Rakkasan1 (DON'T BICKER, DRINK LIQUOR-DON'T THINK, JUST DRINK.)
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To: texianyankee

a spicy version of KFC?


18 posted on 09/12/2005 2:13:22 PM PDT by Rakkasan1 (DON'T BICKER, DRINK LIQUOR-DON'T THINK, JUST DRINK.)
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To: dagnabbit

Those tanning beds use quite a bit of electricity though.


19 posted on 09/12/2005 2:14:15 PM PDT by dc27
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It just burns me up.

20 posted on 09/12/2005 2:33:12 PM PDT by GaltMeister (“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.”)
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