Instead of driving a fire truck, which probably gets five mpg or thereabouts, to pick up groceries, why don’t the firefighters just order their food by telephone and have it delivered to the store? (11/28, Local, “Watchdog: Firefighters are still on call, even in the freezer aisle”)
All the stores we shop have delivery trucks, and I would bet that the quantity and frequency of the firefighters’ orders would be sufficient to justify the store’s delivery expense. Or if not, they could justify it as part of their good citizenship and advertise this service as such.
Jim Sproul
Lee’s Summit
I know this is a general statement, but what I have seen is most of the firefighters are already out in the district (where the store usually is) doing training, map book updating or public relations when they stop over at the store on their way back to the firehouse.
Does it waste gas? Maybe, but hell I can count 15 other things that the county or city does that waste money in worse way. At least the Fire department still is efficient in their responses.
Posted by: T. Hanson | December 10, 2008 at 07:52 AM