In the line of fire

A SPECIAL SQUAD of firefighters is being trained to cope with any eventualities resulting from Cricket World Cup 2007, including terrorism. The group is now in their second year of training with the International Fire Training Force. This force is comprised of members of the Association of Black Professional Fire Fighters, who have been putting the locals through exercises aimed at developing an international specialised rescue squad. Yesterday, 25 officers from Barbados and three from Chicago participated in a simulation at Sam Lord's Castle in St Philip... The trainers came voluntarily through the black firefighters association, and Station Officer Tyrone Trotman said the Barbados Fire Service was trying to develop a squad able to respond, not only for World Cup, but other events and these officers would eventually make up a special unit. Chief instructor McDermott who is a Jamaican, said he was happy to help his colleagues in the Caribbean enhance their skills and so far the Barbadians proved to be an eager bunch who took full advantage of the training. Source: Nation News

Well, I wouldn't say they were eager for knowledge, just eager to suck up to anybody with an American or European twang. This is great that we are preparing for Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007 and providing for any unknown, unspecified events that may or may not occur. Bajans man... the professional impressionsists, nuff frontin'. Of course what we DO know, we won't do anything about... like the situation where you have to wait in an over crowded zr van stand that smells like a primary school boys bathroom, while being burnt to a crisp by the unforgiving sun... wait a minute.. the CWC visitors will take taxi and pay the extra for A/C.. so it's cool. But what about food prices, where yuh gotta save up for a week to buy a pack of chicken backs? No wait, one English pound is $3.65 Barbados, and they get their other stuff duty free anyway... oops, my bad. Wuh dem aint got no place to stay, hotels gine be burst and a decent 1 bedroom apartment now costing nearly $1,000 brisk, causing you to gotta bring de girl by yuh mudda, and that time de bed springs meking more noise then a wounded puppy and yuh little brother peeping. No wait, I telling lies... the government lent money specifically to build additional rooms and add-ons to facilitate the CWC tourists. Oh come on.. surely having to wait 15 minutes for a breast sandwich, or KFC telling you dem only got wings is NOT acceptable... then again, we already have it ingrained that 1st world CWC tourists are superior, and our Excellent Service alter ego kicks in when we see foreign currency being flashed about, plus the CWC dudes will probably be eating in fancy restaurants and drinking at the all inclusive hotel bar. Well, I guess we got all bases covered then... how dare I even complain.

*After reading this post, 2 persons will say I am always negative. Err.. post something positive then.. so I can rip it apart! prick.