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Here's an E-Mail I received today...all true...very very true.

Only in the military...

You're expected to show up 15 minutes early for an appointment and you wind up waiting 30 minutes before you see a doctor.

They put people in a tiny, cramped room that is periodically invaded by your boss and don't understand why you don't like living there

They keep the people who want to get out and they kick out the people who want to stay in and they don't understand why morale is low

Your supervisor has no idea how to do your job, but grades you on how you do it anyway

You are treated like a 3rd grader but you are told to act like an adult

The people who work in customer service fields are nastier than Drill Instructors

Convicts clean your office

They buy the cheapest equipment, and then spend a fortune trying to make it useful

You go to the emergency room and you are told to come back in two days to see if your ailment gets any worse

You are trusted with millions of dollars worth of equipment, hundreds of social security numbers, sensitive government information...but no one trusts you to go to the gym by yourself

Alcoholism is considered bad, but not after 3pm

A McDonald's employee makes more than you

You have to be in person to sign a leave form for security purposes, but someone can get your records over the phone

They give you a job that only takes 30 minutes to complete, and expect you to stay busy for 5 days

The Military Police has more DUI's and drug-related charges than anyone else on base

You can get sent to train for a job that has nothing to do with your
actual job

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Edited by - browneyedraven77 on Aug 12 2004 8:26 PM

Yes, but you also get to blow things up.

That compensates for many evils...

"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction"

Ronald Reagan

Yeah, but isn't that all just displaced aggression?

Livin' life in the fast lane and just passed a blur reading "BRIDGE OUT!"

Well there was a scheduling mixup last dental appointment. -Somehow cracked a tooth and had to get it filled. After waiting twenty minutes the receptionist informed me I was an hour early...and still had the uncanny timing to interupt a good Newsweek Article.

Or interacting with the Military? Years back one morning my alarm went off for work. And also a Marine that was crashing & blessed with a chance to cause some trouble was kind enough to mention I should get up for work from the hallway..while he was throwing tennis balls at me.

"Is that a Ninos sub? Right on...those are some good subs. Not as good as ours of course, but still good." -Subway employee.

Edited by - Lunatock on Aug 13 2004 05:30 AM

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So true, so true. 30 minutes, yea, if they DO give you a job.

"Some pup"
Nickname by Fenderstrat72

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Evil is evil, no matter how small.

I also love the 30 minute jobs that were supposed to be done three days ago.

Smitty