r/Firefighting • u/Sure_Nose5038 • 10d ago

General Discussion Is this just me being soft

I'm all for a good firehouse prank. Don't get me wrong. It's what makes this job great. But isn't it sort of a unwritten rule to not fuck with other people's turnouts. Couple guys on the shift before us decided it would be a great idea for them to fuck with us and saan wrap our lockers before we got there. Our gear is grouped by shifts. And of course before we even get settled in and our gear on the trucks we get a call. Then go to find our lockers saran wrapped. Dick move or not from them?

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u/Edge-Fishe FF/EMT 10d ago

I would be surprised if they didn't get written up for this. They delayed a response.

Rules of pranks are.

  1. Never fuck with a mans sleep

  2. Never fuck with someone's meal

  3. Never fuck with someones personal items ( gear , car , wallet etc)

  4. Never fuck with someone's family

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u/ResponsibilityFit474 10d ago

IDK. I swapped medics "delicious" expensive, designer smart water, for tap water when they were on a call. They never noticed.

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u/Impressive_Change593 VA volly 9d ago

did you save the expensive water? if so completely fine. if not questionable.

though him not noticing means it probably was a scam. you switch spring water with pure water and I WILL notice.

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u/ResponsibilityFit474 9d ago

Yup. Saved it for the reveal. In all fairness, we have some of the best municipal water around.

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u/No-Procedure5991 9d ago

Jokes on you, medics have been refilling their water bottles with tap for 6 months. They want to look hoity-toity without paying hoity-toity water prices.

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u/ResponsibilityFit474 9d ago

Ha! You are more than likely, correct!

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u/RetroCola 9d ago

Now next swap his regular tap water with the most expensive water you can find and give him a kiss on the cheek

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u/Kingy_79 10d ago

And the golden rule, NEVER FUCK WITH PPE/PPC! That is your last line of defence if thinks turn to shit.

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u/Few-Ability-7312 10d ago

Does Coffee count as part of the meal?

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u/tvsjr 10d ago

I know many people who would be more tolerant of you fucking with their wife than fucking with their coffee.

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u/Archimedeeznuts 10d ago

I like my coffee the way I like my wife, without somebody else's dick in it. YMMV.

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u/tvsjr 9d ago

So you're OK with your own dick in your coffee?

Just making sure we're on the same page. 😁

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u/Material-Win-2781 Volunteer fire/EMS 9d ago

Well it was a cold day, and warmer than your wife...

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u/ARandomFireDude Engine Capt., Rad-Nuc Nerd, SIT-L 9d ago

How else am I supposed to check the temp? I don't want to burn my tongue, burned tongues mean less readiness for hazmat calls.

Pull yourself together man.

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u/flamekiller 9d ago

burned tongues mean less readiness for hazmat calls.

I had to think about what this meant for far too long 🤣

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u/Archimedeeznuts 9d ago

How else am I gonna stir it? With that dirty ass spoon that's been sitting in the same funky cup of water for the last week?

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u/TestDummy513 10d ago

Yep edible and potable for us

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u/Edge-Fishe FF/EMT 10d ago

Depends if they get it from starbucks or dunkin imo

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u/BasicGunNut TX Career 10d ago

Idk magnetic bumper stickers are a lot of fun.

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u/Defiant_Nobody_4172 10d ago

I knew a guy who had someone shit in his turnout boot as a “prank”

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u/McNoodleBar 10d ago

Meh. I've had my bed saran wrapped and also saran wrapped someone's car. It's pretty funny and harmless in my opinion

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u/Edge-Fishe FF/EMT 9d ago

One of the guys on my wildfire crew would always leave his car unlocked because we were in a super remote district. On his birthday some of the crew took him out for dinner and we filled his entire car with balloon's. Like im talking we are shoving ourselves into the car so all the balloons would fit.

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u/Impressive_Change593 VA volly 9d ago

hopefully you used an air compressor lol

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u/Few_Werewolf_8780 9d ago

Read the book Hazing FD. Similar. Enjoy.

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u/PissFuckinDrunk 9d ago

Why are you spam promoting your book in here?

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u/koalaking2014 9d ago

we double matress people occasionally (switch the box spring on their bed for a matress. Another good one if someone drives a big ass lifted truck Put a zip tie or two on their driveshaft. (ofc make sure they arnt stupid enough to just bring it to a shop before looking themselves).

Bucket of ice in the shower is another classic.

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u/Few_Werewolf_8780 9d ago

Read the book Hazing FD. Very similar things. Enjoy!

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u/PissFuckinDrunk 9d ago

Why are you spam promoting your book in here?

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u/Fly_throwaway37 9d ago

2 amended as such : 1 of the 12 late arrival's doughnuts has been injected with the liquid death hot sauce, this is why you work w medics. No one is above a bobbytrapped doughnut.

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u/Few_Werewolf_8780 9d ago

Read the book Hazing FD. It has a goos doughnut story.

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u/PissFuckinDrunk 9d ago

Why are you spam promoting your book in here?

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u/ARandomFireDude Engine Capt., Rad-Nuc Nerd, SIT-L 9d ago

My go-to is to replace the cream filling with tartar sauce, mayo, or ranch. Key to the trick is saving some of the original filling to top off the hole so it looks legit.

Two other keys, do this to a shift who has a doughnut lover, be sure to refrigerate until five minutes before their normal arrive. (I wanna mess with them, not their underwear.)

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u/Fly_throwaway37 9d ago

That's good. Around d here we usually spend all day trying to get each other, the other shifts just catch strays on occasion

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u/koalaking2014 9d ago

my (work) partner and I for his birthday bought a bunch of creme/frosting filled donuts. At random we

Put mayo in the Boston creme ones Put toothpaste in the frosting filled

Watching some of the guys faces as they realized was priceless

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u/Indiancockburn 9d ago

We get chicken wings then one super hot wing. One person gets the Russian roulette of wing night.

Even better if the victim doesn't react to the spice.

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u/Few_Werewolf_8780 9d ago

Good rules but read the book Hazing FD and you will understand these rules are not followed.

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u/Edge-Fishe FF/EMT 9d ago

I got hazed and did enough while I was in the navy. If someone is fucking around especially involving my family I would have no issue telling the highest person and making it public to everyone in the department. Even my worse co workers I hated I refused to ever mention their family.

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u/Few_Werewolf_8780 9d ago

I agree. Coming from the Navy you get it. Not right but happens. I agree never mention family.

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u/PissFuckinDrunk 9d ago

Why are you spam promoting your book in here?

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u/Outrageous-Leek-4940 8d ago

Food and cars are absolutely fair game, as is sleep (to a degree). Gear however is never fair game

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u/Edge-Fishe FF/EMT 8d ago

I think there is a major difference in food pranks. Putting a ghost pepper hot chip in a bowl filled with regular chips = fair game. Messing with someone's meal they paid for and prepped at home that was left in the fridge and ruins the entire meal = not cool.

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u/Optimal_Bowler7327 7d ago

Had a firefighter/EMT fuck with me and my family not too long ago.

Glad to read this, thanks for the inside baseball. Noted.

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u/Goddess_of_Carnage 10d ago

This is legend.

Fuck with one of these things and I’ll promise there won’t be soft retaliation. I’ll take you before city brass so fast it will make all (or both) of us dizzy.

And I promise there will be legit consequences that have zero to do with pranks.

Think discipline up to dismissal.

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u/abuffguy 10d ago

Yikes. You're "that guy." Many departments would barely give out a slap on the wrist for something like that. Dismissal, LOL. But then again, nobody will want to mess with you after the first time and deal with your "retaliation." They also won't want anything to do with you - bid, eat meals, be in the same room, etc. But you do you.

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u/Goddess_of_Carnage 10d ago

Seriously.

Fuck with someone’s SCBA or turnout?

I’ve seen my share of pranks heck even pulled a few.

But pranks are one thing.

Reindeer games that take Rudolph off the front line are something different.

But then again, I’m out after over 30 years.

As you were or are.

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u/abuffguy 9d ago

Ah, perhaps I was confused on what you were replying to. I thought you were talking about sleep, personal stuff, etc.

Messing with SCBA & Turnouts are a huge no-no and would certainly warrant major discipline, up to, and including termination. Looks like we are in agreement - sorry for the confusion!