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We've all been guilty of "shamming" at one time or another, but some of us make it an art. My best strategy was always having two hats and leaving one on my desk in my office, so if anyone came looking for me they'd see it and assume I was still in the building somewhere. Brilliant. What are your best tactics, techniques, and procedures when it comes to shamming?
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I can't help but notice no Officers commented so far. I wonder....There was this one time when I had a week long temporary duty to inventory the entire commissary warehouse. The team of Soldiers I worked with were good to go we all worked hard. We finished up before lunch on Thursday. As I was driving debating wether to go back by the unit or just go off base and head home I came to an intersection it was raining like only Germany does. I recognized or thought I recognized the walk of a Soldier as a former fellow cadet from North Georgia. I yelled his name prepared to be wrong when he yelled my name in return. Needless to say I didn't get by the unit that day;-)
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LTC John Mohor
Good one PO1 John Crafton. If it was me instead of your Department heads I wouldn't have even started the comment she cut short. Been there before and I didn't say anything derogatory I just learned to attribute it to akeing care of NCO/ Soldier Business!
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SPC Robert Trout
Once when coming back from I did not have my steel pot on ( service from 64 to 67 ) Germany . And the first SGT saw this , we were in a convoy and I was driving a 5ton truck . When back at base I was brought before the old man to here my discipline .
For the rest of the weekend I was to ware my steel pot . And pull the chapel thing and ask if I had to ware it to chapel on Sunday morning. 1Ft sgt said YES and the old man said no . The look,that could kill is what the SGT gave me .
For the rest of the weekend I was to ware my steel pot . And pull the chapel thing and ask if I had to ware it to chapel on Sunday morning. 1Ft sgt said YES and the old man said no . The look,that could kill is what the SGT gave me .
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On motorpool Mondays when it's -5 degrees and 40 MPH winds we'd PMCS the inside of the Bradley's with the ramp up, hatches closed, engine and heat on.
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Squad NCO re-routed the unix command prompts so emails from the command could not be sent to his account. He would clue us in on promotion parties involving beer and tell us to be absent on mornings that involved company wide pt. He received a poor NCOER eval and re-routing the command emails was his way of revenge. This lasted for about six months. Life in Intel.
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Step 1: Get peice of a paper, or a folder.
Step 2: Act like you're looking at it.
Step 3: Wall fast.
Step 2: Act like you're looking at it.
Step 3: Wall fast.
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CPL M4pl4gu3 .
On motorpool Mondays when it's -5f and 40 mph winds we'd PMCS the inside of the Bradleys with the ramp up, hatches closed, and heat on.
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SPC Justin Niles
Being an E4 with ammo bunker access going out to the bunker and chilling while everyone else was working no one cared and the co wanted to have a running count at all times...
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Ask to see the Chaplain and then go and do whatever you want to do. No one could ask you or the Chaplain about your meeting because of religious rights. Works every time.
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While I was at boot camp, for the week of KP duty that my platoon served, I was on the intake line, scrubbing off whatever was left on the aluminum trays. Between meals, we had to wipe down the tray washing machine.
I would find a place which looked as if I had to really strain to get to, with a rag, and stand there for hours on end, and not being called on to do other stuff.
That was the only time (it seemed) that I wasn't either being yelled with the other recruits, or being singled out for 'personal instruction', or being pulled out, either by myself, or my squad being called on to do some 'rose gardening'.
None of the other recruits ever caught on to how I was skating. I am surprised that the false look of intense pain that I used during the time I was polishing something inside the machine didn't take over my face for the rest of my life, either.
See, mom? My face doesn't stay the way it looks when I am hurting or being stupid, OR skating! So there!
I would find a place which looked as if I had to really strain to get to, with a rag, and stand there for hours on end, and not being called on to do other stuff.
That was the only time (it seemed) that I wasn't either being yelled with the other recruits, or being singled out for 'personal instruction', or being pulled out, either by myself, or my squad being called on to do some 'rose gardening'.
None of the other recruits ever caught on to how I was skating. I am surprised that the false look of intense pain that I used during the time I was polishing something inside the machine didn't take over my face for the rest of my life, either.
See, mom? My face doesn't stay the way it looks when I am hurting or being stupid, OR skating! So there!
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Post a large sign on shop or office door that reads "Requesting volunteers for grounds maintenance detail. Please inquire within" Enjoy the rest of the day with no interruptions.
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Told my team leader I had to go to the bank. A couple hours fishing off the bank did wonders.
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