Wanted:
People who can take insults.
People who can take having rocks thrown at them.
People who can take being shot at.
People who can take being puked at.
People who can take being instantly disliked.
People who can take not having a personal opinion.
People who can take being payed minimum wage.
If this sounds like something for you - then please apply to the Police.
Almost everyone I know wants to be a police officer. When I ask them why they tell me that "I've always wanted that". Really? I've known you all my life and I didn't know that.
Of course, maybe it's just me. I never really understood why people would freely put themselves in danger. (Fine, so the whole extreme sports-thing is a bit dangerous too - but you get my point.) I wonder if they see the shows on TV and think "I wanna be like them". Well, bad news for you; it's not like that. First you have the education which you, hopefully, will get into. Then you have the shit-work (directing traffic and telling drunks that maybe they've had enough) and then you might climb. If you're good. Or you might break yourself because you actually don't know what you're getting yourself into.
I once looked into a police car. I'm fairly sure it was when I went to kindergarden and what I saw scared the crap out of me. You have the car with the sirens and a semi-normal front seat. Then you have the backseat which you can cover if someone is bleeding and of course the bars to keep the people in the back. (I somehow have the feeling that I looked into an ambulance at about the same point and got terrified from that one too.) To keep people away from you. People who are fairly pissed at you because you put them there.
Of course the thought of being a police officer has crossed my mind aswell at those times when I was desperate and had no idea what the hell I wanted to do with my life. Since this is Sweden, I know I'd get into the education if I applied. Sweden is nice like that, you know. They want more women so they will take more women even if men are better. Let's be serious here. You have me applying - I'm about 1,65mts and I weigh about 50kgs - and you have a guy who's 1,85 and weigh about 80 kgs. We both do equal at the tests except the running since women have one minute more to make it, but there's only one spot left. Who will they take? Me, of course. Is there any chance in hell that I'll be able to take down someone? Not bloody likely unless the criminal is a ten-year-old boy.
I have enough insight into myself to realise that I'd never make it as a police officer. And I kinda love my life too much to even consider it. More people should think like me. I think the world would be a much better place if they did.
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