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Paramedics say they have been left shocked by a note left on an ambulance windscreen telling them not to block a driveway.

The note read: "You may be saving lives but don't park your van in a stupid place and block my drive."

West Midlands Ambulance Service said paramedics received the note on Friday after going to a man in a critical condition in Small Heath, Birmingham.

"Sometimes we just don't know quite what to say," the service said.

"Our staff will always try and park considerately, but sometimes there just isn't time."

'No empathy'

The patient was in a critical condition and was vomiting blood in the ambulance before being taken to Heartlands Hospital as an emergency case.

The service said the ambulance was at the scene for no longer than 30 minutes.

The ambulance service shared the note on Facebook with the hashtag "#patientscomefirst" and the post has received more than a thousand reactions.

Lisa Howard commented: "Not an ounce of empathy... shame on them".

Another user, Sarah Peacock, commented: "Hope they [the person who wrote the note] sees this and feels ashamed," adding that the ambulance service does "a terrific job".

BBC.
 
A community nurse i know had the same thing. Neighbour of a patient told her to f off and not park in permitted spaces without a permit
 
I hope someone finds his address and orders two ton of loose chippings to be dropped on their drive.

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The guy who left the note is clearly a ******, but this pales compared to the story a few years back when an ambulance got clamped on an emergency call out.
 
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Paramedics say they have been left shocked by a note left on an ambulance windscreen telling them not to block a driveway.

The note read: "You may be saving lives but don't park your van in a stupid place and block my drive."

West Midlands Ambulance Service said paramedics received the note on Friday after going to a man in a critical condition in Small Heath, Birmingham.

"Sometimes we just don't know quite what to say," the service said.

"Our staff will always try and park considerately, but sometimes there just isn't time."

'No empathy'

The patient was in a critical condition and was vomiting blood in the ambulance before being taken to Heartlands Hospital as an emergency case.

The service said the ambulance was at the scene for no longer than 30 minutes.

The ambulance service shared the note on Facebook with the hashtag "#patientscomefirst" and the post has received more than a thousand reactions.

Lisa Howard commented: "Not an ounce of empathy... shame on them".

Another user, Sarah Peacock, commented: "Hope they [the person who wrote the note] sees this and feels ashamed," adding that the ambulance service does "a terrific job".

BBC.
lets hope this vile individual never needs a blue light service,karma works in strange ways sometimes
 
lets hope this vile individual never needs a blue light service,karma works in strange ways sometimes



Sorry mate we couldn’t get to you as there wasn’t anywhere to park. Didn’t want to block your drive!


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I have a different view on this.
No-one knows the actual circumstances of this, but everyone seems quick to judge. There are always two sides to an argument.
The person who had his drive blocked might have missed an important meeting, job interview, going to work, catching a flight who knows? And yes equally he/she might just have wanted to go to the shops.
A note left by the crew on the ambulance windscreen would have been useful to let car owner know where they were or even knock on the door and tell them.
And on the other hand the driver could have shown some initiative and found out where the ambulance crew were working and/or perhaps been a lot more understanding and/or flexible.
Anyway I hope the patient is recovering after all this.
 
And on the other hand the driver could have shown some initiative and found out where the ambulance crew were working and/or perhaps been a lot more understanding and/or flexible.

I imagine the ambulance crew would be in the house directly opposite the ambulance hence the blocked drive and i also imagine most of us would have asked if it could be moved as soon as possible if the meeting, hospital appointment etc had been so important.

Why leave the note at all it was going to change nothing just an ignorant person in my view.

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I have a different view on this.
No-one knows the actual circumstances of this, but everyone seems quick to judge.

Maybe the guy who left the note had a deep hatred of the one who was being attended to, and actually wanted him 'out of the way'. Stranger things have been known.
 
ITYM 2 tonnes of manure

I have 2 tonnes of manure delivered every year. Who do I have to upset?
But seriously though a ambulance WTF.
As apposed to a police van, containing 12 policemen, who were parked on a double red line outside a chip shop where they were getting there dinner. I got a parking ticket for doing exactly the same 1 month earlier.
Of course I wouldnt let it go and got a apology from the Duty Senior Plod.
 
A note left by the crew on the ambulance windscreen would have been useful to let car owner know where they were or even knock on the door and tell them.

If it was an emergency call out, I doubt the ambulance crew would have the time or the inclination to write polite notes to put on their windscreen or knock on doors to ask the owners if it's OK to park outside their house.
 
If it was an emergency call out, I doubt the ambulance crew would have the time or the inclination to write polite notes to put on their windscreen or knock on doors to ask the owners if it's OK to park outside their house.
Maybe, or maybe not.
You don't know, I don't know.
My original point was that unless you have all the facts available you are in no real position to judge.
Someone on here 'imagined' all sorts of things about the situation and out of that formed an opinion about the individual involved.
In my view, and from the little I know, a bit of common sense on both sides might have avoided something that seems to have attracted quite alot of attention for all the wrong reasons.
 
I used to drive a fire engine and I parked where I damn well liked ! After all, who’s gonna argue with six burley firemen, and besides, you don’t want the ice creams melting on the way back from the shop... :wink:
 
The chappie that they were attending died. It's a matte of time before someone posts details of who left the mote onto a forum or social media site....
 
Maybe, or maybe not.
You don't know, I don't know.
My original point was that unless you have all the facts available you are in no real position to judge.
Someone on here 'imagined' all sorts of things about the situation and out of that formed an opinion about the individual involved.
In my view, and from the little I know, a bit of common sense on both sides might have avoided something that seems to have attracted quite alot of attention for all the wrong reasons.

Years ago I witnessed a very funny incident....A fire engine was called out to a fire and when they got there a mini was parked in their way (legally parked). They got out and put 2 4x4s under the mini, picked it up and moved it back by about 20ft. They then tended the emergency (nothing serious) Lifted the mini and put it back. They then drove off down the road, stopped and got out. They then turned the mini around 180o and put it back in the same place. This was along time before phones with cameras, but would have loved to have filmed it.
 
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