Random stuff

Well it is nearing the end of March and I have only posted once so far this month.  Maybe that means things are slowing down, or I am.  Was out of town last night for work, and wouldn't you know it but we get three calls.  Nothing for 10 days when I'm around and then, I'm gone and BOOM.  From what I see on the reports, everything went well, fire call was an assist, that found us not needed.  Jaws call was also to another department, extracted two people from a car that left the road because of ice.   The a down tree this morning that they handled quickly.  Tomorrow my wife and I leave for FDIC, we also plan on visiting her cousin while we are gone.  Will be back Sunday evening.  Fire prevention hasn't been settled yet, but looks like I will need to write a very detailed job description before we do anything else.  Training has gone well so far this year, but realize there is so much to do, and so little time to do it.  Passed my fit test again this year, and that is bring with it some questions about who does and who doesn't wear an air pack.  Have asked our executive board to write they ideas of a policy so we can get something in writing before we have a bigger problem.  Have 4 applications back and one more expected soon.  We will start interviews soon, but first must clearify how we will do it, and settle on the questions we will ask.  I fear we have two many lose cannons on the committee that we will never get the real answers we need to make an intelligent decison.  Today I was part of the interview process for my company to hire a new rep.  We interviewed two young ladies, and they were as different as night and day.  Both I think could do the job, one would catch on very quickly as she already has experience with a competitor, the other would take longer to bring up to speed.  I think that one however has a bigger up side for the company in general.  On a personal note, the one young lady impressed my very much with her demeanor, and the way she presented herself.  I also sensed that I had much more in common with her then the other young lady.  Tonight after I got home, I checked facebook for both of them.  Both had limited information available, but found it interesting in checking the pictures they had posted, one had quite a few pictures, with I would quess almost 2/3 of them involved her in a party setting with plenty of alcohl present.  They other  while fewer picture, most showed a person of various interests, and none that I would label as being of a questionable nature.   Their pages kind of confirmed my thoughts that while I think both would be an asset to our company from a sales point of view, I think the one would be an asset in many more ways in dealing with our customers.  I isn't my decison, but I would rather turn my customers over to that young lady  rather than the other one.  Hope my bosses make the right decison.  If they chose the other one, I know that what ever the first one ends up doing, she will be very sucessful.  I just think in the long run and looking at the bigger picture she would be better for our company overall.  Need to finish up some stuff before tomorrow so I can leave without to much stress.  Will let you know how the conference goes next week.