Overheard over the radio:
Dispatch Drone: “Medic XXX, we need you to respond to #1 Kiloton Way on a lift assist. We’ve got Medic YYY en route to back you up.
Reluctant Medic: “10-4, do you need us to go lights and sirens?”
Dispatch Drone: “Negative, Medic XXX. It’s just a lift assist on a bariatric patient who needs help getting back into bed.”
Reluctant Medic (being deliberately obtuse): “So, are we expected to transport this patient to the hospital?”
Dispatch Drone (speaking very slowly, with small words): “Negative, Medic XXX. The. Patient. Just. Needs. Help. Off. The. Floor.”
Reluctant Medic (feigning confusion): “So, do we need a signature page, or do we write it up as a refusal?”
[long pause]Dispatch Drone (with a certain amount of satisfaction): “Write it up as a refusal, Medic XXX.”
If she’d have kept her mouth shut, there would have been no paperwork involved. Now, she gets to document a refusal, which counts as a black mark on her performance scores.
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes!