The Human Race aka The Work Rant

     Who decided it was a race? And where is the finish line? DO I win if I have most toys when I die? What do I win? And don't be vague about it, I need to know tangible things that will help me after I'm gone.
      I have said it before, well maybe not here...more most likely at work. And I'll say it again. We humans are a sorry vindictive, spiteful, resentful, cruel, grudging, unrelenting and STUPID race. I guess it's just our nature to be such dicks about such things as neighbours, ex spouses, etc. I don't like my neighbour so I'll just call the police and let them deal with the jerks, and maaaybe they will get caught doing something illegal that will give them more grief. Yah, that's the ticket! Or even better is using the police as a tool to cause grief to the ex because our marriage didn't work out so I'll just harass the shit out of that deadbeat.
You might catch my drift, been busy day shifts and I don't know what's worse. Seeing/hearing the call takers deal with the various forms of complaints that come in, and yes they do yell at them sometimes. Or seeing how pathetic our lives are that we must call the police to deal with my problem because I'm too afraid to talk to another human and work it out.
I blame the media for a lot of this. Sensationalism journalism has caused people to lose their reasoning skills. (I don't know what else to call it, perhaps their sanity?) All these stories out there about murders, assaults, rape, etc. has given a lot of people fear to talk to their neighbour or that guy down the road. While they could have worked something out- one of them calls the police, wastes our time, public tax dollars on something that could have been solved in 2 minutes by speaking to each other properly.
     I mentioned that the call takers do yell at callers sometimes. Don't mean to mislead anyone, this is in extreme cases where the caller won't answer questions that we need and usually they are yelling at the call taker, being obnoxious, rude. Sometimes thats the only way we can get their attention, sadly, to be louder than they are. Not something I like to see. Prefer to see them speak softly so the other person has to stop and concentrate which of course stops them from yelling. Not what I would call "our finest hour". Just lowering ourselves and we're supposed to be the professionals.
     And here's something else that I do say and if I were a better writer I could probably document it and you would understand better- other than that you would need to spend a bit of time in a communication centre to understand fully. I am always astounded and amazed that we as humans have come this far, having computers and rockets, moon landings, etc when we are such a petty stupid race. When you have someone attempting to lure you into their car, don't wait until tomorrow to call the police to report it. It's kind of um....IMPORTANT! Your 78 year old mother went out for a walk this morning and she has the start of Alzheimer's. Don't call us 6 hours after she is overdue because now you're beginning to worry!  I don't even know your mother and I worry that we won't find her in time, i.e. worst case scenario.
This isn't a game, we're not playing hide and seek with the old folks. Oh I know you just wanted to make sure they had a good head start because their walker hinders their ability to walk fast. Believe me, that walker is just for show, they boogie when they know no one is looking.
     I know some people don't call because they think it is a stupid reason to call. Let the person answering the phone decide if it is not worth our time, they are paid to make that decision. You would be surprised what we will go for. It's always better to call when the incident occurs, not every cop out there has their portable CSI lab with them and also TV wouldn't just make stuff up about catching the bad guy using super expensive laboratory methods with minimal evidence just so bad actors that take off their sunglasses when they are making an important point are employed would they? Naw, I didn't think so either.