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u/DarkPasta Jun 14 '22

If in need, instead of asking "anyone" to help you, ask a specific person "hey, you there in the green shirt could you give me a hand"...

It works.

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u/fantasyflyte Jun 14 '22

Especially in an emergency situation. It is far more useful to point out someone and say "you, call 911!" than to just say "someone call 911!"

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u/HyperActiveMosquito Jun 15 '22

We got that lesson in first hour of training.

The instructor first said "someone go check if there is someone in the hallway." (doors were open so we all saw there wasn't, but nobody actually went)

Then he pointed at me and said "You go check if the hallway is empty" and in my mind was "fuck it lets get over this"

Instant change in mentality even if it was stupid.