RodStrong said:
Easy to sit in your lazy boy and armchair quarterback. <snip> Don't blame the radio guy for simply saying the truth. If you get it, good for you. But check your ego at the door and admit that not everybody is as savy as you are. If you can't admit it, you are not qualified to even discuss the matter.
Bite me, Rod. There is nothing to admit. Don't mistake my confidence ego. Having been in public safety for over three decades -- including communications, supervision, and management -- I can assure you that my qualifications are well beyond that which is necessary to intelligently discuss the matter. You know nothing of my qualifications, yet you ASSume that you are qualified to discuss them, so don't attack my personal and professional credibility and then get all high-and-mighty on us.
I was not judging the commo guy. I was simply giving him the advice he asked for. He is free to take it or leave it as is applicable to his particular situation, which you know as little about as you do me. You sure make a lot of judgemental ASSumptions for somebody so concerned with others doing so.
The simple fact is that, if people can "get it" about the other aspects of their job, then they are capable of "getting it" about this one. The problem is not their mental capabilities. The problem is motivation. It's simple Management 101. Ever been a manager, Rod? Ever taken a management course? And I don't mean that 4 hour class they gave you and your fellow trainees at Hamburger U. I mean a real, college level management educational course where they teach you about employee motivation. Apparently not, because if you had, you'd have a clue about what I am talking about.
No, the commo guy probably doesn't run the company. But neither does the fleet manager, yet the company is probably pretty strict about enforcing policies about operating and caring for the vehicles. And I bet the employees "get it" when it comes to those policies. I've witnessed even the densest cops and firemen in my career being capable of "getting it" that, if they don't wear their seatbelt, they'll be disciplined. So why would it be so difficult for them to "get it" about counting to two before talking? Simple, because management has not made it an issue. My only suggestion to here was that -- like the fleet manager -- a good comm manager can present the problem intelligently to management and attempt to convince them that it can and should be addressed as a priority. You never know until you try. But if you don't try, you are guaranteed to FAIL.
If FAILURE is your style, be my guest.