Random Thoughts - Part Deux [NO POLITICS]

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by weederr33

My deal is this week was a 3 day week and the soldiers have been rather insubordinate. So they keep trying to hide in the bathrooms or just hang out in groups trying to 'blend 'in' or in the case of one soldier, making snarky remarks. So when myself and several other coaches have to discipline the soldiers while trying to coach those who've never lifted, it's frustrating. So I just decided to come in hot and bring down the hammer. Fortunately (or unfortunately) it's crossed over into the virtual world where I wanna mess with people. Ultramaroon knows this lol.

Aren't Real Men Yet huh?

[weederr33]

Originally Posted by Spuds

Aren't Real Men Yet huh?

That's debatable. Until we get tasked out to the Company-level, we are at the Battalion-level still and are dealing with those who are on profile (i.e. have a documented injury) or those who failed their PT test. Profile soldiers tend to be shitbags because they are hell-bent on getting out and act like no one can touch them. Plus they make even the smallest of injuries seem like they are 100% disabled. lol

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG

Sounds like our sales manager. He is in charge of the trade show, the stuff left last Friday. He came and asked me today if there was anything I thought we needed

tell him you need power rangers costumes.

[NoHaveMSG]

Originally Posted by soundman98

tell him you need power rangers costumes.

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by weederr33

My deal is this week was a 3 day week and the soldiers have been rather insubordinate. So they keep trying to hide in the bathrooms or just hang out in groups trying to 'blend 'in' or in the case of one soldier, making snarky remarks. So when myself and several other coaches have to discipline the soldiers while trying to coach those who've never lifted, it's frustrating. So I just decided to come in hot and bring down the hammer. Fortunately (or unfortunately) it's crossed over into the virtual world where I wanna mess with people. Ultramaroon knows this lol.

hmm, inmates trying to run the prison.

have you tried more positive reinforcement? ie: let one of the guys that completes everything get a few beers, while the insubordinates get to watch on?

losers buy their own beer.

[weederr33]

Originally Posted by soundman98

hmm, inmates trying to run the prison.

have you tried more positive reinforcement? ie: let one of the guys that completes everything get a few beers, while the insubordinates get to watch on?

losers buy their own beer.

Lmao well we obviously can't do that. But we do usually give positive reinforcement. The problem is, the dirtbags take advantage of this. Though the NCO's have encouraged us to call them out and be more stern. So if they allow it, then we can more stern. But there's a point where it becomes hazing or some sort of harassment citation.

[soundman98]

why not? i said 'a few'. not a case. with how army boys drink, that's just prohibitively expensive.

or give them time with a ps4... reps for playtime!

[Captain Snooze]

Woohoo! My Suzuki is due to arrive in town this Friday with collection the following week. I can't say it's been a great experience.

I had ordered a genuine Suzuki accessory, paid for it along with the deposit of the car however many months ago and get an email today telling me it's no longer available.
When I took a car for a test drive with the same engine and gearbox as the car I'm getting I asked if the "can't change down" warning beep could be disabled. I was told it is not an owner option but the workshop can fiddle the ecu and disable it. Get an email today telling me it can't be disabled; there was a misunderstanding to my question. Bullshit. It's not the fact that it can't be disabled, it's that I was told that it was possible.

Buying the BRZ doesn't count as a buying experience because it was ordered online but when I bought my Peugeot the salesman couldn't do enough for me. I've had a better time buying a washing machine.

[humfrz]

A salute to my fellow veterans on this Veterans Day (Remembrance Day).

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by soundman98

why not? i said 'a few'. not a case. with how army boys drink, that's just prohibitively expensive.

or give them time with a ps4... reps for playtime!

Or a bag of gummy bears. Trust me on this one.

[soundman98]

training the new guy today on how to bend conduit. i normally can throw in about 200-300' of conduit in a day, didn't even break 100' today. though not entirely his fault, crazy homeowner changing their minds on everything halfway through the day didn't help either.

i'm still not sure if it was good or bad, but he had some instructional time in trade school last monday on conduit bending. i believe it was this video

hell, my heads spinning just trying to keep up with whatever this guy is going on about using all those fancy maths..
@4:19, he says "electricians don't bend the conduit and cut it to length[chuckle]"

yes, yes that's exactly what i do... and i can do it faster and more efficient than your math class can!

i think a large part of the day was spent just deprogramming all of that, and just getting him to simply bend/cut as needed.. he spent the first hour obsessing over the fact that he bent a 7" 90, and it came out at 7-3/4"...

[NoHaveMSG]

Originally Posted by soundman98

i'm still not sure if it was good or bad, but he had some instructional time in trade school last monday on conduit bending. i believe it was this video

Makes you wonder if these instructors have ever worked in the field.

[spcmafia]

As some of you may know, my family moved to the U.S to live a few months ago. My mom got a job and so did my sister. My dad is retired so he just drives everyone to work. My brother also got a job at the 99 Restaurants & Pub, but he only works a certain amount of hours, so he's been trying to get a full time job. I offered to make his resume, but he's very stubborn, and wanted to do it himself. Fast forward to today, he hasn't gotten any luck getting another job, despite places like McDonalds offering $500 bonuses. So again, I asked to take a look at his resume. Thing is all over the place, the one that got me was under the "Education" section. For his college degree, which he has only finished two years of, he literally wrote " I have not finished this". Bruh.

He made a category for "Software", he wrote "Word". I can't.........

[NoHaveMSG]

Originally Posted by spcmafia

As some of you may know, my family moved to the U.S to live a few months ago. My mom got a job and so did my sister. My dad is retired so he just drives everyone to work. My brother also got a job at the 99 Restaurants & Pub, but he only works a certain amount of hours, so he's been trying to get a full time job. I offered to make his resume, but he's very stubborn, and wanted to do it himself. Fast forward to today, he hasn't gotten any luck getting another job, despite places like McDonalds offering $500 bonuses. So again, I asked to take a look at his resume. Thing is all over the place, the one that got me was under the "Education" section. For his college degree, which he has only finished two years of, he literally wrote " I have not finished this". Bruh.

He made a category for "Software", he wrote "Word". I can't.........

lol

Sounds like he is just trying to be his own man.

This reminds me of a resume I received 5-6 years ago for a bottom warehouse position. The guy was currently employed somewhere else, under job description he put, "i make bath bomb." There was no punctuation on the whole thing and all in lower case. After calling his work reference to make sure he wasn't going to hurt someone I found out he worked at a soap company.