Respecting NCOs
There's an NCO in my unit who hates my platoon. Apparently we don't give proper courtesy and respect, and we're physically weak and tactically retarded.
So one day he stops me in the hallway and demands to know where my platoon sergeant is. I say something to the effect of "uh, he just walked the other way" and continued on my way. Which was a mistake.
"Oh, I get it. So we fishin' buddies, and we can just talk to each other like we cool, huh?"
[dumbfounded silence]
"Oh that's ok, it's a rhetorical question. How about you get to parade rest when I'm talking to you."
"Yes, sergeant."
He proceeded to berate me not only for being disrespectful, but also because my platoon doesn't understand proper military courtesy. Which would make sense if I were in any sort of leadership position, but I'm not, and I can't control what other soldiers do, especially if they've been around a lot longer than me.
The best part, of course, was that while he was yelling, I had to struggle mightily to keep a straight face, because he had a pea-sized booger dangling from one of his cavernous nostrils.
So one day he stops me in the hallway and demands to know where my platoon sergeant is. I say something to the effect of "uh, he just walked the other way" and continued on my way. Which was a mistake.
"Oh, I get it. So we fishin' buddies, and we can just talk to each other like we cool, huh?"
[dumbfounded silence]
"Oh that's ok, it's a rhetorical question. How about you get to parade rest when I'm talking to you."
"Yes, sergeant."
He proceeded to berate me not only for being disrespectful, but also because my platoon doesn't understand proper military courtesy. Which would make sense if I were in any sort of leadership position, but I'm not, and I can't control what other soldiers do, especially if they've been around a lot longer than me.
The best part, of course, was that while he was yelling, I had to struggle mightily to keep a straight face, because he had a pea-sized booger dangling from one of his cavernous nostrils.
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