man, sometimes it isn’t easy. Hell, just be glad you haven’t been here the last few weeks. if not for the lucky fact that I have extra income, I would be in bad shape. it’s like bad luck just follows me sometimes. Sometimes, like yesterday, it almost cost some of my ex-co-workers their jobs.
quick story: I decided to go up to my old workplace and say hey to them. Unfortunately, one of the big bosses was there and as usual, I just walk in through the backdoor. well, I had never seen him before and he’s never seen me. He thought I was some freak off the streets who had just busted up in the joint for no reason. well, things got straightened out and he was cool. I should’ve hugged the hell out of that one cutie that works there, but I didn’t want to get anyone in trouble any further than I already had. Another lesson learned: Excessive alcohol can mess up your taste buds. Soda don’t taste right if you drink as much as I have, it can screw with your sense of taste. however, if you let up for a few days, thins will go back to normal.
Probably never… I went ahead and volunteered for the C4 team and the Stryker brigade but they aren’t sending me anywhere. I even got offered a job to work on the CG’s commo team but my unit wouldn’t release me… so if things are going the way they are, instead of working an E-6 slot as an E-5 like I am now, I’ll be working an E-7 slot as an E-5. I can’t believe this bullshit.
true. I don’t see you going anywhere from Internet tech. it’s one of those things that you know better than I, but I’ll say it anyway. once you get good at it, like you are, you are a wanted man. you’re the man, but you have to stay the man. you can’t go anywhere afterwards. I think I’ve said all this before, but I’ll say it again. I don’t even know what C4 is, but I don’t think you have a chance. you are the man for your area, so they will try to keep you there. weith any luck, you can get out soon. It’s been the same for me man. I’ve been there. man, I hope you can get out of there soon. that kinda shit isn’t cool for our porno main man. just take care and know that the late night has your back.
I don’t especially mind the work - I like the challenge and just knowing that I’m the best. The thing that bothers me is the position - being in charge of so many soldiers. It pulls me away from the work and forces me to spend a lot more time on administrative work for the soldiers. I understand they want to put me in charge because I know my shit, but I guess they don’t understand that putting me in charge doesn’t help too much because I start drowning in paperwork… none of the soldiers we have now are trained worth shit so they can’t work on anything anyway.
there’s an old saying that goes with this. That saying is,"You’re the king and you’re stuck with it. Like you said, you’re the best. you know it, and unfortunately, they know it too. being that it is the military, they need the best around and they will use them to the extreme. the bad side is, as you’ve already seen, that they will run their people until the wheels fall off. I used to hate that. …come to think of it, I STILL hate it.
Yeah, I feel you on that NCOIC shit. It’s either do shit yourself, or delegate and try to make sure that it gets done. I’m so sick of being called at home for something that wasn’t done by my troops. So now I’ve got to go in and fix the problem and then chew some ass the next day. I don’t like being responsible for other people. These are grown ass men and women and they act like I’m supposed to baby sit them. I always said that when I become an NCO, I’m going to have my own style of supervision. Apparently, my style isn’t good enough. So you end up with this whole micromangement crap.
Personally, this is what I believe and I’m sure you all can agree with me on this. When I get a new troop, I tell them. I’ll work with you and help you out where I can. If your not sure about something, then ask because my door is always open. If you do something dumb, I’m going to let you burn. Your an adult an you’ll be treated as such.
We had a commanders call and my troop was checking his e-mail even after I told him it was time to go. I’m like cool, if he shows up late, his ass is mine. He makes it in just barely and it’s all good. Later, my boss ask me what was up with that and that he had to tell my troop that it was time to go. I told my boss that I had allready discussed that with him. My boss then told me that it’s my job to take care of my people. This really pissed me off and I was done talking to him at that point. Bottom line was, if my troop would have missed the CC, then I would have had his ass. I don’t have to keep after him like a little child. Just becuase my boss thinks things should be done that way, I don’t.
He doesn’t have to tell me shit. If something needs to be done, I do it. If he ask me to take care of something then it’s done. If the person I’m supervising wants to be a bonehead, then so be it. He continues to do what he does and I keep the paperwork flowing and we get him kicked out. I don’t have time for that type of tom foolery.
I can’t even delegate since pretty much all my joes aren’t trained and it will take years before they are even remotely competent in our line of work. I completely feel you on the grown ass men thing, OmNi. Every single one of my soldiers is older than me, and every single soldier who I’ve ever had is older than me. I’m a pretty young sergeant at 21. If things go the way our leadership wants it to go, I’d have my E-6 stripes before I hit 22. Fuck that, I’m holding on to all my promotion points and not turning anymore in so that I won’t make the cutoffs.
I’ve been in for 9 years now. I need to change my AFSC (MOS for you army cats) if I’m going to stick out the next 11 years of this shit. The way I see it, is if I have to put up with the rest of this corporate bullshit, I might as well have an eaiser job.
I’ve been away because my roommate now works day check and I don’t really get a chance to come on all late and fuck around. I think I’m going to try and collect my BAH so I can get outta the barracks. Same old shit with me… getting closer to becoming a Plane Captain, learning about the Hornet and all the stuff pertaining to them. I’ve actually been seeing this girl from Philadelphia, but I dunno what’s gonna end up with that.
Just got outta work, and picked up some gin and beer.
I just wanted to pop in and give a shout to our military peeps again. Even though I don’t post quite as much, I still read the thread. Man. Sounds like some of you guys are taking a lot of BS of late. I’ll get around to hitting individual posts soon. Right now, I’m just weak and not feeling too well. On the good side, My cute ass neighbor is a bit naughty. She caught me checking out her ass by peeking out my window the other day. instead of getting pissed off, she just smiled and gave it a little tap.
GGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!! Why are the good ones usually married? I think her hubby is going to have to have an…accident. Of course, being the good neighbor that I am, I’ll be there for her in her time of need. :tup:
AM and PM are literally opposite for me. This has been the absolute worst sleeping cycle I’ve had…getting up at 10 pm, going to sleep at 2 pm…it even sounds weird.