Partnership is a funny thing. It seems that the exact right type of events have to take place for one to work. As of yet, I have not found a good perminent partner, or even semi perminet. I have in fact decided that most of the people I have any chance of working well with have already found partners they work well with, and are not shopping around for new ones, despite my cold calling campaign.

What brings all of this on you may ask? My new, semi perminent partner. As many of you may have figured out I am an A type personality. I work hard fast and agresive, and even more so when I am at work. So how do you think it works out when I have a meely mousy, b type personality of a partner? Not well.

An unfortunate part of my job is that when some one decides they want to go shuffle them selves off this mortal coil, but only do it half way, by say downing about 20 tylenol then calling 911 right after, before they have even finished the glass of water they were using to wash their grief relief down with, once they get discharged from the hospital to the loony bin for a three day vacation we have to take them there, because they requre medical attendace 24/7 for the next three days.

Now we had two of these lovely transports lined up in a row. And the way we usualy do these just to be fair with the paperwork that goes along with this trip is to trade off. On of us sits inback with Mr. or Mrs. I no longer want to live while the other one makes the drive. Now our first contestant was a 250 pound ex-constructionworker that wanted to not only take out himself but a bunch of people along with him. I asked my partner (the 50 year old transplant to emegency medicine because she was bored working with her husband the dentist type b) if she would rather I was in the back as I have no problems punching a patient if they get out of hand, and quite frankly I have no doubt that she would have gotten her ass killed had he snaped. And so she thanked me and let me sit in the back. We turn around once he is safely locked away and go back to the same hospital to pick up another patient going to another psych ward.

Now before we get into why this partnership doesnt work, let me explain, when I go on scene, let it be a car accident, a shooting or a fucking hospital to pick up some one who just cant take it any more I am agresive, I ask questions, I want info and I get in there.

Well I guess my b type partner took offence to this...so what does she do? as we are rolling this girl to the ambulance and have but 10 feet to go she says "so why dont you get the back with this one to"...

Now I think, ok there must be something about this patient that made her uncomfortable, or she is just fucking lazy and doesnt want the paperwork. Either way I say ok. Once all is said and done I ask her what was up with that call that made her uncomfortable...

She fires back that if some one goes onto her call and acts like he is running it then she will let him have it...Then goes on to say that its our last night working together so she doesnt want to get into. I procede to ask her just what she is talking about and she states that I am pasive agresive and she doesnt want to get into it with me but I go in and my attitue and body language say I am incharge.

Now...call me crazy here but isnt that exactly what we are...we are suposed to walk into a scene when it is total fucking chaos, people are bleeding, hurt, screaming, dead, take your pick of the above and take CONTROL. Not sit there and wait for some one to come up to you and tell you in a quite tone politely what is going on.

I let it go as my temporary partner is just that temporary. For those of you who remember me ranting about my former female, conservative christian partner (god knows how much i lothe those types any way) these two used to be partners and got along famously...

I hate type b personalities in type A jobs. I hate conservative christains more. This lady, and my former partner are both.

SIgh.