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/_jimismash 10d ago

Pranks that are appropriate:

  • Challenge coin from a former chief that everyone hated left in a locker
  • Cursed items: something (reasonable)the person hates that they throw away but somehow keeps reappearing.
  • Headlight fluid/muffler bearings/flight line/etc.
  • Maybe the trick where you fill a basketball with water and pass it to them.

We had a guy named Brandon. I was going to get some shirts made up that said "Let's go Brandon" and had his picture. I still think it was a good idea, but I felt like it might have crossed a line into bullying (given local politics).

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u/[deleted] 10d ago

I spent most of a shift walking up and sliding pennies underneath a guy's belt. He thought I was just getting close to him and being weird, because we do that anyway. Later he went to change into shorts for a workout and like 30 of them bounced off the floor. He was super confused.

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u/_jimismash 10d ago

On ship for a deployment I used to slide a domino under another guy's blankets. you couldn't see, and he couldn't even feel it right away, but after 30 minutes laying on it he would get really uncomfortable. His retaliation didn't work super well - I can sleep through anything. Then he just started tickling me, which is unpleasant.