I am not a freaking taxi!!

Nothing pisses me off more than the non emergent patient. People with no insurance are the worst culprits of the taxi ride ambulance. They have no intention of paying their bills so they call for anything. Nauseated? Call 911. Sore throat? Call 911. Sale at the Dollar Store and you live far from town? Call 911. Literally people have told me they know its not an emergency but if they call an ambulance they will not have to wait in the waiting room. Really? We only have 5 ambulances in the entire county and you think its ok to call one of us out because you have the flu and don't want to wait the 3 days the rest of the world does to feel better? I have even had patients literally walkout the front door before I get my chart done. Why do we waste our time and money on these obnoxious people? This sue happy world has made it impossible for us to refuse these requests on the off chance one really is having an emergency. I might get my company sued if I refuse to take the guy with the "killer zit" to the hospital. (I swear I am not making this shit up!) There are days I want to get a magnetic sticker for the side of my ambulance that says TAXI. Because sick people rarely call us. Just assholes.