Posted on Apr 6, 2015
What's your funniest "The Military Just Came Out Of Me" moment in the workplace?
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This happened when I was in the Military, I was acting 1SG when the 1SG was attending school. I put a SP4 on the duty Roster, I had a GS12 call me and tell me that he was in PAO and was exempt, I told her to have the NCO in charge of him call me, as I was not going to discuss Army issues with a civilian. she told the Captain at the PAO, that I told her I hated civilians. He came storming in my office shouting, I told him to leave my office and to enter properly as an Officer. He came in, and told me that the GS12 said I hated civilians, I told him that was impossible, I married one and had 4 tiny ones living in my house, He left laughing
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SP5 Donna Barr
The proper terminology is "Yes, ma'am, let me help ma'am, yes I'll explain ma'am." I'm a WAC. They taught us while we were in, we weren't officially full citizens - and we're NOT - and ALL citizens outranked ALL public servants. That included the president and most uniforms. You kids need to wind in your necks and be proud to help the citizens of this country. What the hell do they teach you these days?
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SN Maureen McClain
You were a Warrant? You do not talk to anyone like you did sir. If you ever talk to me like that I would have thought the same. Stand Down
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A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney
SN Maureen McClain -
Lighten Up Lady. Most Offices Have A Good Sense Of Humor And Face It,
We All Laugh At Each Other For The Same Reasons ~ We All DO "Stupid Sh*t".
e.~ Now This'll Really Grind Your Butt And Whether You Like It Or Not, It IS Funny
And I Still Recall The Name Of The Other Airman That Pulled This Off, DAVID A. LIBBY.
When This Event Took Place We Were Both In The Military Police, In Full Uniform And Wearing Our Badges, Walking Along Headed To The Mail Room To Pick Up Our Mail, When Dave Noticed A New 2nd Louie Heading Towards Us, And Whispered To Me: "Let's Not Salute Him And See What Happens". And As We Passed By We Pretended To Not See Him Be Looking Down & Kept Walking. Then This Voice Rang Out: "AIRMEN, Don't You Salute Officers"? We Turned Back Around And Saluted, Then And Dave Came Up With Something Like This, While I'm Just Standing There Looking Stupid. He Brings His Arm Up, Glances At His Watch, Then Says Something Like This :"Sorry Sir, But We Didn't See You; And By The Way It's 1800 Hours And You Must Not Be Familiar With Base Regulation (then invented a few numbers) Which Clearly State " After 1630 Hours It's No Longer A Requirement For The Enlisted Men To Salute Officers After This Hour Until The Following Day At 0600 Hours". The 2 Lt Apologized And Thanked Dave For The Information. ~ It Wasn't DONE To Be Disrespectful, But Just To See What Would Happen And IF We Had The Balls To Try Pulling It Off ~ I Was Just A Witness, Dave Did All The Work.~!
Lighten Up Lady. Most Offices Have A Good Sense Of Humor And Face It,
We All Laugh At Each Other For The Same Reasons ~ We All DO "Stupid Sh*t".
e.~ Now This'll Really Grind Your Butt And Whether You Like It Or Not, It IS Funny
And I Still Recall The Name Of The Other Airman That Pulled This Off, DAVID A. LIBBY.
When This Event Took Place We Were Both In The Military Police, In Full Uniform And Wearing Our Badges, Walking Along Headed To The Mail Room To Pick Up Our Mail, When Dave Noticed A New 2nd Louie Heading Towards Us, And Whispered To Me: "Let's Not Salute Him And See What Happens". And As We Passed By We Pretended To Not See Him Be Looking Down & Kept Walking. Then This Voice Rang Out: "AIRMEN, Don't You Salute Officers"? We Turned Back Around And Saluted, Then And Dave Came Up With Something Like This, While I'm Just Standing There Looking Stupid. He Brings His Arm Up, Glances At His Watch, Then Says Something Like This :"Sorry Sir, But We Didn't See You; And By The Way It's 1800 Hours And You Must Not Be Familiar With Base Regulation (then invented a few numbers) Which Clearly State " After 1630 Hours It's No Longer A Requirement For The Enlisted Men To Salute Officers After This Hour Until The Following Day At 0600 Hours". The 2 Lt Apologized And Thanked Dave For The Information. ~ It Wasn't DONE To Be Disrespectful, But Just To See What Would Happen And IF We Had The Balls To Try Pulling It Off ~ I Was Just A Witness, Dave Did All The Work.~!
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1SG(P) Dean Mcbride (MPER) (SPHR)
CW2 Ernest Krutzsch Why would a Warrant Officer be put into an Acting First Sergeant position? That does not pass my DIMS test -- Does It Make Sense? I am fairly certain they could have found a Non-Commissioned Officer to do the job!
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lady came into my civilian job to perform a urine drug screen for employment. Apparently, I broke the instructions down so barney style, she actually complained to my lab boss that i should not talk to her like she is in the military
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SN Maureen McClain
We are not getting the whole story. Did the :lady" have a title? I bet you were rude to her.
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MSG (Join to see)
SN Maureen McClain the lady's title was travelling nurse. Who, by the way, always came in to do this urine test. All I did was explain the process; my lab boss, after discussing it with her, told her that she could be more nice and less rude. But good on you, I guess, for assuming I was the rude one.
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SSgt Dennis Watkins
When I worked at the local Prison as a library assistant I had to do Random Urinalysis test and when they had me come into the room for the test they handed me a specimen jar and just told me to go behind the screen and pee, I laughed and said I was a Golden Flow observer in the USAF and we always had to watch the individual pee and he said we don't do that here LOL much different between military and Civilian job
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A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney
SSgt Dennis Watkins -
YAH, And The Guys At The Bar Said "You Couldn't Hold Your Own"
Ya SURE Proved THEM To Be Wrong!!
YAH, And The Guys At The Bar Said "You Couldn't Hold Your Own"
Ya SURE Proved THEM To Be Wrong!!
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PO1 Ricky Allen, while it wasn't at a civilian workplace, I'll share an event that happened in New Orleans, at a Bingo Hall! I hit the Bingo for a $500 pot and yelled BINGO so loud that it scared the u-know-what out of some of those around us, the yell knocked the glasses off one guy and one woman about dove under the table! It got very quiet and then everyone burst out laughing!
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LTJG Jeb Raitt
Sgt Dan Catlin - There was a retired Marine LtCol in one of the companies I worked for who had no inside voice. He always sounded like he was on a drill field.
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Brad Miller
LTJG Jeb Raitt - It's a weirdness of English. Sergeant Major / Sergeants Major. Attorney General / Attorneys General. The plural is attached to the (main) noun.
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A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney
Brad Miller -
There Many Incongruities In The English Language:
For Example: 1 Cactus Is A Cactus, But 2 Or More Are Cacti;
So Therefore Why Is It NOT Jacki, When You're Dealing With 2 Jack Asses?
~ Just Asking.~
There Many Incongruities In The English Language:
For Example: 1 Cactus Is A Cactus, But 2 Or More Are Cacti;
So Therefore Why Is It NOT Jacki, When You're Dealing With 2 Jack Asses?
~ Just Asking.~
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