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aaaaaaaaaaarghhhhhhhh crap balls
Mon, 06/18/2007 - 7:46am
So promotion time has once again come and gone... no suprise yours truly did not get promoted this year. Damn. I was feeling good about it this year too... studied, walked out of the test feeling like I did a good job, but not so much. Oh well.... this has actually stricken me with a bout of depression thats proving hard to shake... add to that my birthday yesterday which was mostly an afterthought to my family. Wiggity. I really shouldnt complain but the thing that rubs me the most about the promotion is that this one dude, who nobody can even stand, got promoted. Hes been in like, I dunno 3-4 years less than me, hasnt deployed, hasnt won any awards, has crappy perfomance reports, and everyone that meets him pretty much wants to choke him, but...... he got promoted. Its like when you find out santa isnt real (sorry guys). I dunno man. Im not feeling too spunky this week. Damn. My stinky is out of town for two weeks so no real band practice for now. Errrrr... I didnt even get the bass neck I was told I was going to get for my birthday. Damn, dont get me all excited about something then not deliver. WTF mate. Ok, im done ranting. peace.
rock.
DDD
Mon, 06/18/2007 - 9:46am
#2
Commiserations.
Go finish that green warmoth behemoth. Play it.
Mon, 06/18/2007 - 9:49am
#3
Ok. So the unqualified horse's butt that nobody can stand to be around got promoted. Hmm. Sounds like the military has a few things in common with the private sector.
Mon, 06/18/2007 - 10:00am
#4
Fenderman;111595 wrote:
Ok. So the unqualified horse's butt that nobody can stand to be around got promoted. Hmm. Sounds like the military has a few things in common with the private sector.
Oh yeah, that happens alot.
Sorry to hear about your troubles DDD. Hit the woodshed and slap some sh*t out on your bass and you'll feel better.
Mon, 06/18/2007 - 10:40am
#5
DocLow;111592 wrote:
Punch a baby.
I already punched like, 10 babies and I still dont feel better. But a beer does sound like a good idea.
rock.
DDD
Mon, 06/18/2007 - 10:54am
#6
Damn man... That must be bad... I mean, that usually does the trick for me.
Have you tried punching a woman?
It works too, but I preffer the baby approach.
What the hell, the guy Kisses ass, that's how you get promotions in the army, right? Then there's nothing to envy this guy, feel good of the fact that you'r a REAL man, and you dont bend over for no position.
I think.
Mon, 06/18/2007 - 11:02am
#7
I just suck at taking tests... military tests are gay... I guess I just dont get it when it comes to testing. I have better perfomance reports, more time in service, I have medals that give me points toward promotion, but my test scores suck. I wish I was more book smart and stuff.
rock??
DDD
Mon, 06/18/2007 - 12:03pm
#8
DDanDevious;111607 wrote:
I just suck at taking tests... military tests are gay... I guess I just dont get it when it comes to testing. I have better perfomance reports, more time in service, I have medals that give me points toward promotion, but my test scores suck. I wish I was more book smart and stuff.
rock??
DDD
Some people just know how to take tests. Do you know how many college graduates I've run across that have Business Management degrees that couldn't mange their way out of a wet paper sack? But they passed the tests...
Reminds me of being in my high school algebra class. I'll bet 2/3 of the people that passed that class didn't have a clue how to apply their knowledge. Most people just did what they were told, never questioned anything, and passed. I struggled like mad because I had to know the why. Once I understood why I did OK.
Anyway, you ever read any books by Richard Marcinko? Without going in to a lot of detail about who this great military hero is, he writes fictional military novels. Good stuff. Pick up his first couple books (which are autobiographical) Rogue Warrior and a leadership guide called The Rogue Warrior's Stragegy for Success.
He hits on this very subject quite often.
Mon, 06/18/2007 - 12:06pm
#9
Brother, I did 8 and one half years and got out as an E-5. I know where you're coming from. I had a pretty common problem... I couldn't bring my self to kiss any ass. I always scored in the top 1% on the test... But my Chief and CO would never let me get anywhere. Something the navy doesn't like about showing up, doing your job better than anybody else (including my chief), keeping your head down and going the f@#$ home.
Mon, 06/18/2007 - 1:31pm
#10
this is a serious case of FUMU....
foul up, move up......
hey, at least you play bass, all cant be that bad!....you coulda turned out to be a twanger........at least that didn't happen....
take some satisfaction that you did a good job, and will continue to do so......
Mon, 06/18/2007 - 5:03pm
#11
Happy belated birthday dude, for real. No one in my family remembered my birthday this year and it was a kick in the nut$. Not to mention I had to put my best friend of eleven years down the day before. Certainly not the same circumstances as you, but I can relate to a sh!t on a shingle birthday. Hang in there, drink a bunch of beer and start over tomorrow!
Mon, 06/18/2007 - 7:15pm
#12
tom;111647 wrote:
. Not to mention I had to put my best friend of eleven years down the day before. tomorrow!
I'm taking it that it was your dog? That had to hurt.
Had my gentle as a giant pit bull for nine years. He was 5 weeks old when I brought him home. I'm all he knows.
(He's gentle as a giant but DO NOT mess with my wife. Period. He WILL eat your stupid a** up. That includes me.)
Mon, 06/18/2007 - 8:38pm
#13
Man, I'm still not over the whole Santa Claus fraud BS.
Tue, 06/19/2007 - 6:37am
#14
oooh, yeh.... sorry about exposing the truth about Santa. So im giving serious consideration to job opportunities on the outside... hmmmmmmmmmm
rock.
DDD
Sit down.
Have a beer.
Punch a baby.
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