So, I’ve had to drop the hammer on some of my operational people in my FD.  Basically we have certain things required of people on a yearly basis (haz mat refresher, and bloodborne pathogens refresher, etc.).  We just recently went through a round of haz mat refreshers.  This means I as the training officer had to go through update our rosters for those who did attend a session, and….email those that didn’t.

I am kind of pissed that I had to email 12 people to ask why they missed hitting just ONE of the many many sessions that were held.  I had already emailed anyone who hadn’t signed up for a session to let them know and remind them it was required well in advance to be able to make ONE session.  The ONLY people exempted are those that took the original haz mat class in 2008.  Is it REALLY that difficult to figure out what you’re supposed to do?  We tell you, I email you, it was in your initial orientation from us, and from the county, and it’s on the internal web site.

I got my first reply, from someone who KNOWS better, of "I didn’t know I had to do it this year since I just did this last fall".  I looked, and no, you did it last spring like the rest of us…and you were emailed by me stating that you were NOT EXEMPT.  And I get MORE excuses back.  Excuses are seriously getting old.

I’m expecting 10 more replies (one replied thanking me for keeping track and reminding him)…and I’m sure they won’t be good as at this point, I’m beyond the "nice email".  I’m sure that I’m being called a bitch or something to that effect by some of these people, it’s a good thing I just don’t care   If anything, it amuses me.