Ok, this will the only time I say that....

[freelance]

My job sucks.

So me and my boss had to make this Yearly Training Brief for the Commanding General yesterday, where? Ft freaking Belvior, VA.

Our briefing time was 1100, had to be there an hour before. No problem. Well, it helps if I set my freaking alarm clock right. Me, Mister "move out on time". So I roll up, shave, no shower, dress and grab a bananna and out the door.

Luckily, the T/P was quite. Made good time. So now I get to enjoy a 3.5 hour car ride to Belvoir. We get there, find the building and go in only to find out that the presentations are running like 30-45 minutes behind. WTF?? Guys, just tell the General what he needs to know and move out. Another unit, like ours, got in there and started with their bleeding heart stories. Threw everything off.

When we go in there, we had 30 minutes, we got it done in 15, and that's with our commander calling in from Nebraska and the Training Officer calling in from PA. So we finish, jump back in the car for the 3.5 hour drive back and I can make my 1+ drive back home. I got in at like 5 pm.

Now usually I wouldn't bitch about this, seeing I made TDY money on top of this. And it's not like I can't spend 6 hours in a car. But I told the people in Training that there was a VTC facility on McGuire Air Force Base, which is like thisclose to Ft. Dix. I could have made the brief in my fuzzy bunny slippers. Save both of us the time and trouble of having to do this. It was just silly.

Then on top of that, we get in the VTC building and another guy from Division training tells us that we should have just called in??!!??!!. Someone PLEASE make up my f*cking mind here?

So today is the easy day. All I have to do is open the vault for weapons turn in from another unit. Check some stuff, then I get to go home. Gotta love the Army........

Out here,

Free Lance

[pistolpete]

I'll trade you!! On a good day I handle around 10 ton of beef. Now that is moving flipping and actually tearing the meat from the bone, there is more pulling than cutting involved.
On a bad day I can handle around 40,000 pounds and I have ten years on the next oldest guy on that job.
To top it all off my pay is based on me setting an example to the other employees so I can't fall behind.
Don't even get me started on the dillholes that run the place.

[hwayhzrd]

You know, if I didn't know better I would swear that's a government operation!

[freelance]

So what you're trying to say Pete is that you get paid to yank your meat? And that you set the example on how to yank your meat??? So does this mean that I get the runt of the steak litter??

[nobody]

just say to yourself, "Ours is not to question why. Ours is just to do or die." or "this is my pen, this is my gun. this is for writing reports this is for fun."

[pistolpete]

freelance said:

And that you set the example on how to yank your meat???

Not how to yank it, but how much there is to yank

[freelance]

LOL, Round one to Pistol Pete.......!

[nobody]

oh, so that's what the white stuff that's on some beef, in the market. extra protein.

[dredly]

Makes ya wonder why he is getting the steaks at such a good deal?

"Damnit pete your supposed to molest the cows first and then butcher them! No we don't want those steaks just take them home!"