What a fat fucking dickhead! I bet he's a liberal to boot!

wonder what he will say when his house is on fire.

Firefighters, much like ambulance drivers or police can receive a call over a radio. They can respond to a call from any location, and I'm sure they would drop their groceries in a hurry if required, and the grocery store would probably reimburse them if needed.

Hundred years ago humans use swords/guns to fight each other, guess what now??

It is clear who the A hole is, by the way they park 3:12

Wow, nice fake picture taking in the end

What a jackass indeed. If he was as smart as he "thinks" he would realize all the budget cuts. Kudos to these brave FF trying to save money. I too have NO issue with their actions. CH

Why would they be shopping during an actual fire that had been called in #6...they wouldn't!

A lot of their time is taken up training and waiting, they are not fighting fires or freeing car wreck victims all the time.

How do we know that they haven't just finished a training exercise down the road from this store and did the shopping on the way home. The money they saved on that amount of shopping in that particular store will more than cover the cost of fuel to get there anyway!

#1 Both parts of your comment are asinine.

#5 So true! But whitch does more damage? 3 minutes of wide spreaded continuous burst, or couple of headshots?

#9 Firemen usually work 24, 48 or 72 hour shifts depending on station/city policies. Guess what, they have to eat. They cook/eat in house. They go as a unit to get groceries just in case they do get a call while out, that way they can respond from where they are and not have to return to the station to get the emergency vehicles. They also perform routine fire safety inspections of the store they're in while there. So relax and be thankful that you may never need their services, and if you do maybe they're as close by as your neighbor grocery store.

The "citizen" is being a jerk and does not know how or why the firemen do things.
The two stores being talked about are just six minutes apart.They are Raley's Grocery and Wagon Wheel Market which is a high-end gourmet type store with much higher prices. Some cities pay for the groceries for the fire dept and some don't, and where they don't the firemen pool their money together for what they want to buy. They make a trip to the store as a unit with all their gear so they can respond to a call on the spot. The driver stays in the truck and the others can leave the shopping cart behind and get moving quickly. Sometimes the emergency is closer to the grocery store than the firehouse. This is pretty much the way most fire departments do things.
Here is a related explanation.....

http://www.wauwatosanow.com/news/ask-now-why-do-firefighters-shop-for-groceries-while-on-duty-bk9dm95-202316551.html

Thanks #16 and #17. I stand corrected.

That fat complainer got a little beer buzz before going to grocery, saw something that he thought was an infringement on his "tax payer rights", and decided to cause a scene because he knew they wouldn't argue.

This defines the pussy.

#19 And what is his point? Is it the one on his head?

#19 read #16
If you don't get it after that, i do believe you never will

How is it possible that people downvote the comments of those who do not agree on the same opinion? Dickheads!

The fat guy complaining is right. He acts in the best interest of his family and community! He even shows big nuts standing up and doing something for what he thinks is unjust. I wanna see one of you fuckers do that, not just complain on the net.

so what would be better, go shopping in their own vehicles, then have to get back to the station change and then back in the fire engine? no! yuo take the engine, shops and then rush off when a call comes in. If they dont make it there, or fail at the response then you investigate why and see if this is the reason. If they meet their targets, and save everything. who cares.

I'll get down voted for this because in general I agree with the gentleman even though his ways could be improved. I get buying dinner and cooking together, but why can't they bring their own dinners/lunches to work like the rest of us?

Additionally, as municipalities run out of money, they want to charge our insurance companies (as well as assess special fire taxes) thousands of dollars for routine emergency responses when everything is already paid for except the gas but think nothing of driving to the neighborhood grocery store on our dime.

Further, let's be careful about holding these guys up as super heroes, many game the system horribly, are off with pay for minor injuries and these days are not in near the danger they used to be. Los Angeles's firemen responses are ~80% for first aid only.

They should be paid well, but in many areas they and the police are bankrupting the cites they are supposed to "protect and serve" so overall let's have some perspective.

#25 "why can't they bring their own dinners/lunches to work like the rest of us?"
I bet you get to go home after work every day to have dinner with family or friends,don't cha?
Firemen live,sleep,cook and eat together as a unit at the firehouse for shifts lasting up to 3 or more days
at a time ,so "bringing their own food from home" would be hard to manage. They agree on what they want to
eat at each meal and take turns being the chef to prepare it. Taking time to shop once or twice a week
while coming back from a call seems pretty reasonable to most people commenting here. You can see by how many
bags of food they are loading up that it is probably a weeks worth.
They might not be super heroes but they do go into burning buildings trying to save lives on a regular basis
and many pay the price with their own lives.

Ok that guy is a tool. There is no call for calling the filming guy an asshole just because he doesn't agree with him. I don't know exactly how the whole firefighter thing works other than several day shifts and cooking themselves but i don't know if they have to pay for the food they prepare themselves or if that is payed by the tax payers. But if the tax payers pay for it there cant be much of a difference. Sure a big truck like that takes up a lot of fuel but it seemed like they were shopping big so they probably saved the same as it took up in extra fuel and that store was probably much bigger and had all they needed so it saves them time. The difference in the end is probably so minute that making all that fuss about it is totally ridiculous. I am mostly amazed by the calmness the firemen showed.

harassing firemen is not what your old lady meant when she told you to get out of the house and get a hobby. she thought you would go chase some parked cars.

In a big city.. How many fire-calls are there in a day?.. Dunno, but I think it would be more efficient if there was like a "cook" who brings the food to the stations or so, that it wouldn't get dumped if the call arrives..? Patrolling, in a ways I guess, is ok, but still.. There are more efficient ways to deal with this kind of problems and for that I salute the citizen!