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Official B.S. Thread
PaulW:
plus i forgot, mechanics are one of the most hated people in the world. we're all crooks, and theives. i charged you 2 hours of labor for something that took me 45 minutes. damn right i did. the freaking sign in the office says we charge book rate. ohhh, and when your not psychic that's even better. my car has 200k on it, i have no money, you just charged me $1000 to fix rotted brake likes on my 1986 ford f350, not
w the a/c doesn't work!! it's your fault, for that $1000 the truck should be brand new. how can some system, completly unrelated to the brakes, fail because i just spent a lot of money on something i have never maintained, and you tell me that now i have to spend another $1000 to fix my a/c?? i'm now an irrate customer and i'm calling dmv, your a rip off. all mechanics are crooks!!!.
yes the life of a professional mechanic is very rewarding. all i have to say is thank god for tequila.
Swagger:
I'm sorry paul, thats a bit over the line there. Sure being a full time mechanic isnt a walk in the park and it reaks havoc on ones body. I've watched it tear away at the backs, shoulders and necks of many friends and family members, and the pay is definatley not woth the work. But until you can say to me or any other Sailor, Marine, Airmen, Soldier, or Guardsman that you have had to spend more than a few days away from the family (that you get to see EVERYDAY), or work in a job that could at any point, kill you because of shear negligence, or becuase your buddy forgot to put the safety on his weapon, or because some bastard jihadist placed an IED in front of a combat convoy, that just happened to kill every one in the humvee except you, then you have no right whatsoever to tell me or any other service member that we have it easy. The day i graduated boot camp, a lady called me a baby killer. When my best friend came home in a casket form Iraq on 14 November, 2005, there were people picketing against the US military out side of the cemetery. Me, cheifkp, kirk, sandbox sailor, one eye, cheekbone, deuce, gearhead, and many other members of this club, plus the other 5000 sailors and marines on this base alone work or have have worked day in and day out, side by side with systems that could kill us and the other 149 crew members on our boats in an instant, or have with out flinching, put themselves at the wrong end of an enemys AK-47 and worked in harms way to the truest form. Your job is hard. Ours is harder. We go to sea and deploy to battle zones everday of the year with out regards to school play schedules or work holidays or when our babies are due. When we bitch about our jobs the few times we do, we have the right to do so with out anyone making so much as a hint to a remark about how easy it must be for us "military types". So Mr. PaulW, please for further notice, i recommend you ommit your comments as to how easy you think we have it, or else you may end up pissing a whole lot of people off that you already know you are treading on thin ice with.
kirksjeep:
VERY WELL PUT SWAGGER!!! It brings a smile to my face that one of the younger sailors has such pride in his job, his Navy and his country. Any time you want to transfer to "Big D" we could use a guy like you.
There are those out there that really go out of their way to thank those of us that put on the uniform. I am always almost speechless when someone walks up, shakes my hand and says "Thank you for your service." It usually happens on a day where the job has me worn out, and after that it picks my spirits right back up.
BlacXJeep:
I can say, when I'm deployed, my job sucks ass. My last was 12 hour shifts -40 degrees, yes farenheit, snowing, In the armpit of the world. Of course with the Air Force I had a hardened structure to sleep in , and the food was top notch. However any time your away from the world as you know it and your family and friends for that long, it can really take a toll on your mind and body. It really is a culture shock. You take everything you have for granted untill you are away from it all.
All of us who serve, know what it is to serve and that the sacrifice is worth it. As Kirk and Swagger mentioned, for all the days were people look down on you, ask you stupid questions, spit at you, call you a "baby killer" it is well worth it when one single person once a year looks you right in the eye and shakes your hand and says, "thank you for your service!" As for those baby killer people, well I just think of them as people taking full advantage of the rights that people like us fight for. morons. I'm glad to have so many fellow service members in this club, and glad to serve right along side all of you. Even if you are a bunch of squids!
Sandbox Sailor:
wow sounds like that sucks. working in a garage is great. even better in the summer. wearing long sleeves, jeans, and work boots. coming back from a test drive when it's 90 degrees out, in a shop with NO ventilation, and the engine bay is 500 degrees, trying to bury your hands down in the back of the engine to unplug a sensor. yup wrenching all day long everyday is the life. hmmm being on a boat all day long must suck though. having the cool breeze from the ocean, not being stuck in the same place all the time, being able to move around, the surroundings change all the time, yup the navy must really suck. makes me glad i wrench every day. oh did i mention the arthritis, bad shoulder, carpull tunnel, hearing loss, or poor circulation in my feet?? how about the 70k dollars worth of tools i had to buy? yup wrenching all day long everyday is great. it's the best job ever. well at least after doing it for 11 years, i've gotten a promotion to head mechanic and now i make 38k a year.....hooray i'll retire in style!!
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Well, let's see. 90 degrees in a shop with no ventilation in long pants/sleeves and boots. Let's compare it to 130 degrees, long pants/sleeves, boots, knee pads, elbow pads, kevlar helmet, goggles, gloves... Oh, and 30 pounds of body armor with another 20 pounds of equipment hanging off the molle system. Add to that dust so thick it looks foggy out while you are trudging throgh the streets of Baghdad on patrol. You haven't seen your wife or kids for 6 months and won't see them for 6 more...
Or, maybe you are stuck on a SUNMARINE... no wind in your hair there, no shuffleboard and cocktails on the prominade deck. Not sure where you get your image f military life, but it sure as hell is NOT the Love Boat. But you are welcome. I am proud to do all of these things and put my life on the line so that you can bitch like that and not be shot for it. Again, you are welcome.
Oh, and by the way, if this is the life, why didn't you sign up?
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