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Originally Posted by candyflip
My girlfriend is a Deputy Sheriff. While you might think it's easy to shoot and put someone down without killing them, it doesn't work how we see it work on tv or in the movies. At least that is how it is explained to me. Do these people want to take another's life...no. The shit they see often drives them over the edge as it is. They don't need to pile something like that on top of things.
My girlfriends ex, also a Sheriff, killed himself. 3 of her coworkers have killed themselves this year alone. These people put their life on the line, to do what we all perceive to be a simple job. Well, it should be simple...but it never is.
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When I give people a brief explanation of what I do, there is always a chuckle "man that sounds easy, I should do that!" I then go on with a more in-depth explanation. What I do isn't easy. It took years to learn, more years to master, and more years to become an "expert."
My point is this: looking through a window, we always like to think that the other guy is doing nothing special. It's easy. It doesn't take any work. It's not taxing. Anyone could do it. It doesn't wear on the soul. While thinking all of that about the other guy, we also like to think how difficult our position is. Our long days. Our bad days. Our bad months. The stress. The frustration. Anger. The disappointment.
It's all relative. Just because something looks easy. Simple. Doesn't mean it is.