When I was riding on the inner city squads, many of our daytime calls were to restaurants. Eventually, we all had a list of restaurants we refused to patron. We used denial to justify eating at restaurants we never got a call for.
Deep down, we all knew that all the restaurants were the same, but denial is sometimes the only thing you have to keep your sanity.
More than once my date would suggest "why don't we go to xxx to eat."
"Uh no"
"why"
"You will have to trust me on this"
Protip: If an EMT does not want to eat at a specific restaurant, trust them. Don't ask them to explain though.
