New calltakers in two weeks.

The new class of calltakers everyone has been seeing will be hitting the floor in a week and a half. We appreciate any help we can get, and it's great that the city has hired more employees in the last 12 months than it had in the last 2 years combined. Just sad that they're coming in pretty much on the down side of the busiest season.

And it would be nice to get some more dispatchers to cut down on mandatory overtime. All you overtime junkies, don't worry, they can't hire enough people to cut into your volunteer time. But it would be nice to not be held over for 3-4 hours.

And now that they'll be new on the floor, give them whatever assistance they need. If they ask for advice, give it. If they're not sure about what to make a ticket and they ask, let them know without being condescending. The high-and-mighty attitudes that people develop when they forget that they were new at one point too, don't do anything but divide us more.

And new people, if you're reading this, drop the attitudes. The last couple of groups of new hires have had attitudes aplenty when seasoned employees have offered suggestions or help. That attitude is equally divisive.