The point was Snet said he earned low pay in May doing EMS work and now in this thread he says he works for free. If you take it at face value it is a contradiction. However, I can only imagine Snet didn't mean free in a literal sense, but rather that he works basically for free as an EMT. At least that's what I hope he meant...

LuckyFool

United States9015 Posts

September 11 2012 14:28 GMT

#29

Whoa what's the deal Snet, explain please! You haven't always volunteered...and what the heck do you do to pay the bills if you don't get paid to do any of this.

Also when are you writing that book.

docvoc

United States5491 Posts

September 11 2012 14:46 GMT

#30

You are one of the most upstanding people I have ever seen. I hope that if I learn one thing from your blogs, self service and sacrifice pay off.

empty.bottle

685 Posts

September 11 2012 15:06 GMT

#31

On September 11 2012 15:48 HawaiianPig wrote:
You're awesome.

...Wait so, how do you make a living?

I bet he deals hockey cards.

Roe

Canada6002 Posts

September 11 2012 15:19 GMT

#32

I became an EMT four years ago and have volunteered the entire time. I have averaged 1000+ hours a year, totaling over 4000+ hours of volunteer EMS time.

Sometimes I wonder why I sign up to work shifts that are 12 hours long, when I won't get paid a dime. Especially when my friends are out going to concerts, partying, etc

But honestly it's hard to describe... when you are doing what you feel is right - you don't need payment to feel like your time is worth it.

I could have worked the same amount of hours at a paid department and have $40,000+ in my pocket, but I wouldn't trade what I have done for a thing.

here's your other blog where you say you get paid

On May 16 2012 15:13 Snet wrote:
There's no such thing as a tip in EMS.

It's not the same as getting a few extra bucks as if you gave a good haircut, or served food well at a restaurant.

There's usually 0% recognition, gratitude, or admiration for what you do.

Many wonder why we dedicate our lives to continue a job with such low pay, but immeasurable stress.

Lives.

Imagine what you value your wife, mother, father, son, daughter, brother's life at.

There is no quantifiable equivalent.

So when I save a life.

And I mean 100% literally, my physical hands, save a life.

The feeling is absolutely indescribable.

I look at my paycheck and smile.

I get PAID to do this.

Loving life.

So what happened and how are you getting money? You also say you look at your paycheck, smile, and then you love life. But then in here you love life because you work for free. I'm sorry, I'm just not into this blog. There's just not enough information/story telling and too many contradictions. Quite frankly I'm not sure why everyone else loves it.

Denzil

United Kingdom4193 Posts

September 11 2012 15:28 GMT

#33

Being a volunteer doesn't pay bills, so how do you pay them?

LuckyFool

United States9015 Posts

September 11 2012 15:31 GMT

#34

Until Snet explains I'm calling bullshit on the entire blog series which saddens me quite a bit. What if none of the stories were true? How to believe anything at this point? Could it also explain why all the previous blogs get blanked out? So it's easier to keep the story going? Is this why we haven't gotten a book yet?

Too many questions and not enough answers.

JerKy

Korea (South)3013 Posts

September 11 2012 15:35 GMT

#35

ruh roh
I actually kinda liked reading these blogs x:
Hopefully theres some good explanation and not some lies behind this

JieXian

Malaysia4677 Posts

September 11 2012 15:42 GMT

#36

Even if he's lying today, to me the act of deleting his old blogs carries a lot of weight.

Ikidomari

Australia485 Posts

September 11 2012 15:57 GMT

#37

It's a bit soon to call shit on his whole blog series. I'm 90% certain he's an actual volunteer paramedic (no sarcasm), just legitimately interested in how you pay the bills, Snet.

FryBender

United States290 Posts

September 11 2012 16:35 GMT

#38

I always felt weird about reading Snet's blogs. At first I thought I was just jealous of all the cool stuff that happened. But that wasn't it because I love reading about all the cool stuff different people get to do on TL. Maybe it was because of the weird style. But I don't think that's it either. I finally figured out what it was. First of all the self-aggrandizing is kind of annoying. The "look at me I'm a hero" thing is cool to read once but when it's literally in every one of your blogs it gets tired and repetitive. The second thing is that I knew a paramedic once (a professional paramedic) and the only cool story he had after 3 years of working was the one time he got called out to the house of this old guy who died of a heart attack during sex. Needless to say the woman he was with was freaked out and she never dressed properly. So here is this old 67 year old guy lying naked in the bed and this much younger woman (who looks like she is a professional) is half-naked and freaking out. The best part of the story was that either because she was just in shock or (more likely) because she had never met this guy before in her life, she had no idea who he was. Didn't know his name, didn't know if he had any relatives, nothing. That was the only story he had. He said everything else was pretty routine and boring. He never once talked about how much of an awesome guy he was because he delivered a 3 year old to the emergency room just in time and how he saved a million lives. And I'm glad he didn't because talking with him would become a bore.

Now it seems like you're lying about certain things. And I'm guessing that a lot of the stuff in your stories may very well not be true at all. That's sad

s.a.y

Croatia3840 Posts

September 11 2012 16:50 GMT

#39

Wait, what?

Vaelone

Finland4400 Posts

September 11 2012 17:00 GMT

#40

Well there's definitely a big contradiction between saying that he has been doing volunteer work for four years and fairly recently saying he has been getting paid for this job. Could be something simple as doing both paid hours and volunteer hours.

But let the man explain himself before jumping the gun.