maestro2005

Oh man, what if they had been? That would have been awkward...

Hello!

I'm a woodwind/brass player. It's very easy for us to sync up on style as there really aren't very many decisions to make, and the decisions tend to be obvious. But with strings, it seems to me like there would be a lot more room for different bowing choices. I've only ever played in college and community orchestras with long rehearsal periods, so I'm wondering for a professional orchestra with a very short rehearsal cycle, how do you get on the same page so quickly? How much of it is part prep? Do professional string players look at a part and naturally make the same bowing decisions?

NO WE'RE NOT GONNA FUCKIN' DO STONE ENGE

Follow up: If you're setting up a business app to dial a phone, and you tell it to dial 9 for an outside line when that's not actually needed, then tell it to dial 1 for long distance when that's automatically added, the phone will dial 911 when you try to make a call. Have you ever received one of these?

Here's a situation that happened many years ago that I think could have been handled better:

My dad was playing softball in a company league, and suffered a minor back injury. It was clear that there was no spinal cord injury or anything serious like that, but he was in enough pain that he couldn't bend at the waist to fit in a car and be driven to the hospital (it turned out to be a pinched nerve caused by muscles seizing up). With no other option, I called 911 for an ambulance. This was at a park in the middle of a neighborhood, and there were hundreds of people around, so at my dad's request, I told the dispatcher to please not have the sirens running and create a scene. If that means the ambulance arrives a few minutes later, that's fine, he's not dying.

5 minutes later, a damn fire truck showed up, sirens blaring, creating a massive scene. Of course they were unable to help in any way since all he needed was a stretcher and some industrial-strength muscle relaxers, so we waited another 3 minutes (now surrounded by people... exactly what we didn't want) for an ambulance.

What exactly should I have said to that dispatcher in order to get them to just send an ambulance, immediately but with no sirens? Or are the sirens something you can't opt out of? I get that the fire department is often sent for injuries if they can arrive quicker, but I thought I made it clear that they wouldn't be able to help. It's like there needs to be something between 911 and non-emergency.