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When are they not annoying?

Usually I have no problem ignoring them so they're not that annoying. But when they disobey orders, that just crosses the line.

Isn't there someone in the hierarchy who works to prevent that or confront them when it happens?

Yeah. For now, you're looking at him.

Trust me, they've been confronted.

I hope things work out for you. It sounds a bit messy, for lack of better word.

Thanks. It is, but I'm trying to get it under control before it gets out of hand.

It's true they can equip them a little better these days, but how else do they learn?

I guess that's one way of looking at them. Even if "wait until I get there, don't do anything yet" sounds pretty damn clear to me.

Oh, you got one of those. Mine pretty much are deathly afraid of touching anything. Makes me wonder why they got into the job in the first place.

Yeah, I have no idea how they got here either.

You wanna trade rookies? Right now I'd rather have the ones that won't touch anything.

I chalk it up to the way we're portayed on those TV dramas. We make it look cool.

Sure, there's nothing I love more than whipping a rookie into shape. *Smirks*

We do, huh?

*smirks at that* You got experience in that, I take it?

Apparently. It was on some Vegas channel once upon a time.

Over ten years. Some make it, some don't. It's the particularily gory crime scenes that trip them up.

I think I saw something like that on TV once and I flipped the channel before I could really see what it was about.

For my guys that was actually what seemed to make them head in without waiting for my partner and I.

I think watched 5 minutes. It was horribly glamorizing.

That's kind of scary, really. How many times did you have to slap their hands before you booted them out?

That actually makes me understand something better. No wonder we get stuck with some idiots that think this is a walk in the park.

I'm more of a kick their ass sort of guy. It's more effective. And so far, so good.

Mhmm. They want to know first hand if cases can actually be solved in one hour. It's funny to see their reaction when they find out you can't

I wholeheartedly agree.

I'm Catherine, by the way.

That actually cracks me up. I don't consider myself a patient man, but damn some of these guys beat me on that when they get overly impatient about a case.

I'm Jake. Pleasure to meet you, Catherine.

I get those same guys too, and women. They expect everything to fall from the sky. Now if only I were God, it would be so simple.

Nice to meet you, Jake. Where abouts are you based?

Exactly. We'd be done with caseloads so much faster.

Boston. I'm a detective in the department. How about you? You mentioned Vegas, but I don't want to assume.