Eclectic Duties

This job comes with some of the strangest impromptu duties. Today's winning assignment: care for drunk woman's dog. I don't have a dog and therefore got tricked into circumambulating the station in the freezing morning while the dog peed on every vertical object protruding from the ground, plus one specific leaf in the middle of the lawn.

He then jumped on my lap and tried his paw at dispatching.

Truth be told, he did better than some dispatchers I've seen. 

We Do Not Provide Those

At a traffic accident involving a vehicle versus a fence, the officer called for the next wrecker rotation. My partner on phones rang up the next tow company. While she was still on the line with them, the officer told us to advise the wrecker they may need a winch as the car had tipped almost on its side.

My partner, hearing the officer and still on the phone, said "Our officer is advising that you'll need to bring your own wrench."

I jumped in to correct her and loudly said, "Winch! Winch!"

"Oh! Oh!" she hurried, "Wench!"

That's right. All tow companies be advised, we do not provide wenches on scene. Please bring your own.