QotD: You Never Get A Second Chance...
When has your first impression of someone turned out to be completely wrong?
Submitted by Mana'olana.
A while back, I was a member of our local Hazardous Materials Response Team. My husband was also a member, but for a different agency. One call had us going to a local discount department store because some one had put pool cleaner, as well as a truck load of other weird stuff (bowling ball) into the cardboard crusher baler. Pool cleaner has powdered chlorine as well as other bad nasties. Anyway, a newish firefighter that works with my husband was on scene when I got there and started giving me a ration of sh*t. I totally went off on the guy. Thought he was the world's biggest a$$hole and told him so. Not a good day.
At the time I had been a firefighter for about 15 years and was really tired of having to prove myself to every new guy that showed up. Grrrrrrr. Long story short, after I got to know him better, heard his story etc. I have changed my opinion of him completely. A nice guy, loving dad and husband who's life has been a whole lot rougher than I could even imagine. You'd want this guy with you in a bar fight, fire fight, whatever. Boy, was I wrong.