One night at Medic 7, Doug and I were whiling away the hours. For this house, in this city, it was a slow night. On the other hand, it WAS winter, and it WAS snowing it’s ass off. I was finishing my Nursing school studies for the next day’s class, and Doug was reading the book he had brought along for slack times.
We caught a run, and off we went. As we headed east on Warren, we noticed a young woman walking back and forth in front of our fire house. Strikingly enough, she was not dressed for the weather. The heels alone presented a slip-and-fall hazard, and that is not mentioning the short skirt she was wearing.
When we had completed that batch of runs, we returned to quarters. The lap walking woman was still there, and had walked a clear circuit in front of the engine doors.
Hours later, another run, same woman parading in front of the house.
Returned an hour or two later, and there she was, still walking circles on the sidewalk.
She was gone when we caught our next run in the wee hours of pre-dawn. I mentioned her departure to Doug. He, being more wise in the ways of the street than I, opined, “Likely, it took her that long to make her quota, so her pimp would let her back indoors!
Musings of A Stretcher Ape 