Emmett: Look Joe, I really don’t want to have to go and get any of the other guys here. I’m new, I’m the chief’s son, and they’re gonna think I’m dumb if I have to ask them how to get rid of you. So can you please just do me this solid and …
Joe: Firefighter Dixon, I sleep on the ground. I have painful gout and no medication for it. my kids haven’t spoken to me in over a decade. My last good friend stole my tent from me, and the one before that died right in front of me. I suffered through a blizzard last week, and there was no room in the shelter. A blizzard in Seattle, which if anyone were paying attention is a terrifying reflection on the state of the planet. Everything I just listed is a real problem. “The other guys will think I’m dumb” is not a real problem.