Able Quote by Gary Wolf

“Being a 911 operator means balancing seemingly contradictory skills. On one hand, operators have to be fanatically precise and well-organized. On the other, they must be able to establish rapport with panicky callers.”

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Able Balancing Being Contradictory Establish Hand Means Must Operator Other Precise Rapport Seemingly Skills

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