Text 15513, 94 rader
Skriven 2008-10-25 21:23:40 av Carol Shenkenberger (21882.cooks)
  Kommentar till text 15470 av Nancy Backus (1:3634/12.0)
Ärende: Rant!
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 >  CS> I was not kind to her, nor am I sorry.  I did not use a single 4
 >  CS> letter word unless it was 'snot' (as in lower than snail snot) which
 >  CS> was quite different from what she had done.
 >  CS> Gosh, I'm still hot about it.  Rant on ok?  Her Chief indicated later
 >  CS> she'd been a problem child and he wished he had a recorder for the
 >  CS> dressing down as he'd not heard better in many a year.
 > 
 > (shaking head)  She had a lot of nerve...  :(   I'm sure you did a great
 > job at a well-deserved dressing down, I think I can just about imagine
 > it, even... ;)  Nothing like some truly righteous indignation to fuel
 > it, too.

Oh I was all pepper and no honey to lighten it.  Rare for me, but when you
piss me off, it's best to get far away.  Far far away.

 >  CS> I was late getting back to work and they made me wait an hour before
 >  CS> checking my BP (grin).
 > 
 > I can well imagine that, too... (G)

Hehehe took a bit. First reading was 164/110.  That was however before i'd
even recovered my breath much ;-)

 >  CS> :sigh: rant off, but I'm still pissed at the kid.  Even with 25 years
 >  CS> in, I was shocked at her language at the guy.
 > 
 > I really can't blame you...  She was self-centered, and overly quick to
 > let loose inappropriate invective... and it only made it worse that the
 > one to whom she directed it was someone on an errand of mercy, in what
 > was an urgent situation...   I Hope that her Chief has appropriate
 > discipline for her.

It turned out to be just one of several things and CO's mast (her 3rd one in
6 months) due this past Friday.  The main charges were not related but they
asked me to be there to repeat what she said.  It didnt go over well for her.
Her other charges were pretty serious stuff (red handed stealing from room
mates, proof of theft from ship's store).  She got 2 weeks in the brig and
one last chance.  I bet, she wastes that last chance.  Some 80,000$ of your
and my tax payer money to teach her her a skill, wasted.

Navy folks do not suffer thieves well at all.  We live too tight together to
be able to handle that.  They found a recipt from a local pawn shop for 1200$
in her locker and on back track, 4 laptops and 3 DVD players she'd stolen and
sold there.  Confirmed by serial number.  I was more tha a little suprised
but i was just a sideline by then at her mast case.  

She got off light with only 2 weeks but the CO's words were telling.  'I'm
supposed to give you 3 chances then on 4th boot you out.  I wont waste more
tax payer money than 2 weeks on you.  I expect you will be back 2 weeks later
and i can bad conduct discharge you.  You are welcome to prove me wrong'.

I think he was as hot as i was.

 >  CS> I just got the 30 day and havent asked for another, but I think I am
 >  CS> valid for it long term.  I could use the electric carts (I gather
 >  CS> little is required other than asking for one) and do a 2 hour trip, but
 >  CS> the baskets wont hold that.  I'd need Don or Charlotte with me with a
 >  CS> bigger cart.
 > 
 > At Wegmans, the carts just sit there, plugged in, at or close to the
 > inner entrance to the store.  All one has to do is unplug it and turn it
 > on, and off you go... honor system, both as to need, and to remember to
 > plug it back in when you get done.  They have a fairly good-sized basket
 > on them, but not as big as one of the large push carts.

Today, asian grocery.  109$ worth of stuff and not too hard.  Munching
Cappachino waifers ;-)

 
 >  CS> Wierd part that stops me? Most of my longer trips to the store are
 >  CS> when I'm in uniform and i feel odd when you can see me in uniform in a
 >  CS> cart, vice 'ok Don, hurry up and i know we have 5-6 rows to go but I'm
 >  CS> out of steam and thats it, my cart is now a walker'.
 > 
 > Upholding the honor of the uniform, eh?  A wounded sailor wouldn't be in
 > uniform, then?  :)  I can really relate to the "5-6 rows to go"
 > syndrome... that was when I'd usually rue my decision to just use the
 > push cart over the electric... ;/  Too close to done to change now, but
 > still a ways to get through.

Sure, they might but it just 'feels wierd'.  Looks odd to others too unless
you are missing a leg or something.


 >  CS> Thats when i need the sticker.  On the way *out*.
 > 
 > Yeah, me too...  By then, the thought of having to walk much further at
 > all is exceedingly daunting...

Same here!  
                     xxcarol
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