What bad/weird habits or vices did you start up after you joined the Service?

2018-03-24T22:42:16-04:00

I'm hoping some of you have funny ones:
Smoking? Cussing? Drinking? Bar room brawls?
Gambling? Snoozing the alarm too much?
Master of snark? Addiction to social media?

Mine was cussing, nothing special. The thing that makes it funny is that my mom controls her language around me, and I keep dropping f'bombs when I get worked up. My little brother falls into a stunned quiet when I do. The innocent one has been corrupted.

Response by CPT Jack Durish made Mar 24 at 2018 10:43 PM

2018-03-24T22:43:28-04:00

Coffee. Cowboy coffee. Thick enough to float a horseshoe.

Response by PO1 Gery Bastiani made Mar 24 at 2018 11:46 PM

2018-03-24T23:46:53-04:00

chasing and catching wild women

Response by Sgt Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 24 at 2018 11:57 PM

2018-03-24T23:57:00-04:00

SSG Private RallyPoint Member I smoked but quit a long time ago. I eat way to fast, and have little to no patience for petty B.S., small talk, and stupid people.

Response by CW3 Jeff Held made Mar 25 at 2018 12:00 AM

2018-03-25T00:00:25-04:00

Yeah; sadly cussing and in particular the F bomb. Of course, I designed a few choice phrases that I relied on throughout my career. I’ve softened up a bit since retiring.

Response by SGT Philip Roncari made Mar 25 at 2018 12:37 AM

2018-03-25T00:37:39-04:00

I had all the bad habits already the Army only refined them!

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 25 at 2018 2:32 AM

2018-03-25T02:32:56-04:00

70's everything was weird and bad, so nothing, just normal life for the times.
* Smoking: Yes
* Cussing: Yes
* Drinking: Yes
* Bar brawls: Yes
* Gambling: Yes
** Snoozing the alarm??? You'll get kicked out of you sack, what Army are you in???
** Master of snark: Word wasn't invented yet
** Addiction to social media: Wasn't invented yet, no time to be social, always had work.

Response by SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth made Mar 25 at 2018 5:57 AM

2018-03-25T05:57:22-04:00

I started cussing more heavily, you'd swear I was a sailor the way I cussed, never drank coffee till I joined.

Response by SGM Bill Frazer made Mar 25 at 2018 11:40 AM

2018-03-25T11:40:19-04:00

chewing, dipping!

Response by SA Harold Hansmann made Apr 10 at 2018 1:13 PM

2018-04-10T13:13:12-04:00

Being 15 min early, making sure gig line is straight, and making do with little to nothing and getting the job done. SeaBees