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[poll] PollPoll Question: Where do you turn the pager/radio off?
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Nowhere - it goes where I go![*****] (3 votes, 14.2%)
Only when I'm on vacation.[*] (1 vote, 4.7%)
When I'm at work.[***] (2 votes, 9.5%)
When I'm alone with my spouse/significant other.[ ] (0 votes, 0%)
When I'm with my family or good friends.[ ] (0 votes, 0%)
Only special events (weddings, funerals, etc.)[************************] (13 votes, 61.9%)
Whenever I feel like it.[*] (1 vote, 4.7%)
It's off more than it's on.[*] (1 vote, 4.7%)

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 Total Votes: 21
Total Voters: 21
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Pager Etiquette
« Thread Started on Aug 5, 2005, 8:23pm »		[Quote]
All right guys and gals! Here's just a little fun. I had a question floating around the recesses of my mind and thought I'd throw it out there. We are, after all, mostly volunteers, so when is it OK or necessary to turn off the pager or radio? Here we are "on call" 24/7, 365 days a year - what limits does everyone set on responding so that you stay "in the will" and "out of the doghouse", so to speak. Since I pastor a small church, I personally do not listen to or carry my radio Sundays before noon. There are other times during the week that I am not available because I am working. Otherwise, my radio is on. So...your turn! :)
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« Reply #1 on Aug 5, 2005, 11:06pm »		[Quote]
Well, I sorta have to carry my radio at work. But if I didn't do it for a living, I wouldn't bring it.
On the others, I guess I have a different opinion than the majority. If I know I won't be going anywhere, the radio and pagers stay off and stay home. I think it's awfully rude to be at a wedding, funeral, school, church, class, ect and have the pager go off. Most people seem to like the attention... I think it's dumb. But then again, I'm one of the few "oddballs" who shows up at a fire or ems class without any gear but the stuff required. I just don't see the point of carrying a radio, pagers, flashlight, duty belt, uniform, little mic that clips on your collar, ect... when you're not going anywhere in the middle of class.
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« Reply #2 on Feb 26, 2006, 11:21am »		[Quote]
When home, the radio is on as well as the pager. I'll take the pager when I go out, but will usually set it to vibrate. Church, funeral, it doesn't go or stays in the car.
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Re: Pager Etiquette
« Reply #3 on Jan 11, 2009, 4:20pm »		[Quote]
My pager nevers leves my side if it needs to be quiet ill put it on vibe and turn it down
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« Reply #4 on Apr 9, 2009, 7:09am »		[Quote]
Well, mine has to be turned off at work. Since I'm dropping the tones, it's kind of redundant to have a pager going off as well. Not to mention it screws up my partner's or my dispatch. The other time I turn it off is when I'm doing a quick turnaround at work, where I only have 8 hours before I have to go back in. One hour is burned up driving and another hour for getting ready and grabbing a bite to eat. That leaves 6 hours to get as much sleep as I can, and I can't afford interruptions. But that only happens once every two weeks.
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