You ever have one of those guys? You know the one. He asks questions whose answers nobody cares about. He has expectations that are so far out in left field they're dodging baseballs in the parking lot. He wants things done that not even his boss care about. You all know this guy and so do I. How do I know him you may ask? I work with him now.
It's starting off as a slow night, nothing much to do and nothing much to report at the end of my shift. Hell, we're not even going to have a briefing today, which I think is pretty cool. No slide to do and update, no questions to answer, nothing. So I get the lowdown from my counterpart. He says that this is the way of the weekends. Nothing much goes on so the op-tempo is a lot slower. Less is expected of you and you don't have to report to anybody. Still have some things that must get done, but the end of shift briefing doesn't happen. I'm all smiles at this point. Then the other stack of shoes drop.
I'm asked a question about schedule changes on things that we report. The same question that I answered last night to the same guy. I'm not going to get that report for another 2 hours, I can't update it. So he wants to know when I'm going to update my slide. I tell him there is no slide to update because there is no brief. Well, we still have to do the slide. I ask why and get the response of for historical data. Really? Historical data? Pull the other, it has bells on. So, I update the slide, as much as I can without getting the report I can't get for another couple of hours. I get done and ask where he wants it saved. Oh, just put it in the usual place. At this time I just want to slap the piss out of the guy. I can't put it in the usual place, there is no brief, there is no slide show, the usual place doesn't even exist today! He actually goes to the guys who control the slide show and ask them to create the spot for my slide. So there will be a historical record of today's brief, complete with ONE FRICKEN SLIDE! MINE!
I have been wondering of late if it is possible to get PT SD without being in a fire fight, being hit by an IED or having a building burn down around you or seeing something horrible. The next few months will be an experiment to test it. If I develop PT SD then it will be a success, in a way. Lets all hope and pray that the test is an abject failure, shall we?
Till next time dear followers.
MOHH ;-)
It's starting off as a slow night, nothing much to do and nothing much to report at the end of my shift. Hell, we're not even going to have a briefing today, which I think is pretty cool. No slide to do and update, no questions to answer, nothing. So I get the lowdown from my counterpart. He says that this is the way of the weekends. Nothing much goes on so the op-tempo is a lot slower. Less is expected of you and you don't have to report to anybody. Still have some things that must get done, but the end of shift briefing doesn't happen. I'm all smiles at this point. Then the other stack of shoes drop.
I'm asked a question about schedule changes on things that we report. The same question that I answered last night to the same guy. I'm not going to get that report for another 2 hours, I can't update it. So he wants to know when I'm going to update my slide. I tell him there is no slide to update because there is no brief. Well, we still have to do the slide. I ask why and get the response of for historical data. Really? Historical data? Pull the other, it has bells on. So, I update the slide, as much as I can without getting the report I can't get for another couple of hours. I get done and ask where he wants it saved. Oh, just put it in the usual place. At this time I just want to slap the piss out of the guy. I can't put it in the usual place, there is no brief, there is no slide show, the usual place doesn't even exist today! He actually goes to the guys who control the slide show and ask them to create the spot for my slide. So there will be a historical record of today's brief, complete with ONE FRICKEN SLIDE! MINE!
I have been wondering of late if it is possible to get PT SD without being in a fire fight, being hit by an IED or having a building burn down around you or seeing something horrible. The next few months will be an experiment to test it. If I develop PT SD then it will be a success, in a way. Lets all hope and pray that the test is an abject failure, shall we?
Till next time dear followers.
MOHH ;-)
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