008) The RCMP Desk Sergeant Explains Danger Pay

'I'm getting pretty tired of everybody hacking on us over the pay raise we snuck in,' the RCMP desk sergeant complained to the corporal.  "They forget how dangerous this job is.'
'Ya,' agreed the Corporal. He thought for a minute with a worried look on his face. 'How dangerous is it?'
'Well, answered the desk sergeant, you know commercial fishermen?'
'Ya?' replied the corporal.
'You know loggers?' asked the sergent.
'Ya?'
'You know airplane pilots?'
'Ya?'
'You know steel workers?'
'Ya?'
'You know farmers?'
'Ya?'
'You know roofers?'
'Ya?'
'You know power-line workers?'
'Ya?'
'You know truck drivers?'
'Ya?'
'You know garbage men?'
'Ya?'
'Well,' said the sergeant,' They all have more dangerous jobs than us. We're tenth on the list.'
'Are we on the list because of being in fights or shot?' the corporal asked.
'Not really.' the sergeant answered. 'We're on the list because we have a lot of car accidents. And some of those are because of drunks.'
'Ya, I hate drunks,' the corporal said.
'No,' clarified the sergeant, 'I mean some of our car accidents are caused by our members being drunk.'

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