In their infinite wisdom, management has decided that 12 hour work days just aren’t long enough and we need to have a 13th hour added to the daily schedule. This 13th hour is spent in the classroom covering incredibly important topics like drinking lots of water and not having sex while in combat. I guess there are also more combat oriented ones like how to use certain crowd control weapons that just don’t apply to where I work. As you can probably tell I am very excited about this wonderful addition to my schedule.
Apparently they have added this 13th hour to our workday because everyone who is in contact with detainees needs this important training.
Hmmmmmm
Are we sure that EVERYONE who is in contact with detainees needs this important training?
The medics who treat the detainees don’t need it.
The food service team that delivers the detainees’ meals doesn’t require it.
The soldiers working at the visitation center do not find it necessary.
The soldiers who work at the detainee education center don’t have use for it.
The intelligence agents who interrogate the detainees seem to get by without.
Most importantly, the in-processing personnel from the last 3 freaking years found a way to accomplish the mission without it.
So I need a 13th hour added to my workday and all of them don’t?
I just wish that if they are going to say it’s mandatory for everyone working with detainees, then they actually MAKE it mandatory for everyone working with detainees. I mean seriously, if it is THAT important…
Oh and here is the kicker… I even have to go on my day off. So there won’t be any sleeping in because I will still have to be there on time.
Oh Wait!!
Now that I think about it, starting tomorrow, those of us who are Sergeants and above will not be allowed to have days off anymore anyways. So I guess I won’t have to worry about it after all. Well that is a relief.
What sucks about all of this is that I really want to just toss in the towel and skate by half-ass the rest of the way. I really want to do only what is asked of me and no more. It would be great if I could just be a shitbag-good-for-nothing for the next 4 months. But I can’t. That just isn’t who I am. And it sucks, the treatment we get deserves much less than I will end up giving.
1 comment:
Since when have you felt bad about being a slacker, dude? that ain't good stonekutter hakuna matata, bro. seriously though I've always felt my sense of duty is relative to my sense of justice, and If i'm caught up in a system full of abuses my first response is to slow down and focus my energy on burning the motherf'er down. that's
probably why I can't a hold a job. It's a tough decision, chuck. so I'll make it for ya. SLACK WHEN THEY AIN'T LOOKIN, AND LAUGH WHEN THEY ARE!
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