Mildly Amusing Xtranormal Video - New First Officer

Reminds me of someone here if you substitute Annapolis for Colorado Springs.
 
I worked for a place run by Zoomies. The non-flying ones make even less sense.

I did have fun with one particularly gung-go one once. He thought "rank" still meant something and tossed a USAF Officer's handbook on my desk and loudly announced that he had provided this (lovely crooked photocopy of the one he probably slept with) booklet to all of his staff and that they were working on memorizing it.

I picked it up off my desk and threw it back at him, harder than he'd tossed it on my desk to emphasize my next point...

"Guess it's a good think I don't work for you, then. I have real work to do."

He was livid, but also was bright enough to know I was right.

He stomped off and later whined to my Army Tank Commander / Former Pratt & Whitney Engineer boss about it, who later shared with me that I should have at least warned him, since he had a really hard time keeping a straight face listing to the little tyrant's "concerns" about his staff. ;).

My boss suggested maybe he ought to avoid our work area when things were busy. ;)
 
It's not the zoo. It's "Boys Town down the Road" (assuming yoy're in Colorado)
 
Hmmm. Looks like xtranormal.com, the website that was used to make the animated video, is shutting down.
 
Erice said:
Hmmm. Looks like xtranormal.com, the website that was used to make the animated video, is shutting down.
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Kind of a one-trick pony. Most of the yuks came from hearing attempts at real-world dialogue or even sarcasm and humor read in deadpan text-to-speech that sounded like it was right out of War Games era computing.
 
denverpilot said:
I worked for a place run by Zoomies. The non-flying ones make even less sense.

I did have fun with one particularly gung-go one once. He thought "rank" still meant something and tossed a USAF Officer's handbook on my desk and loudly announced that he had provided this (lovely crooked photocopy of the one he probably slept with) booklet to all of his staff and that they were working on memorizing it.

I picked it up off my desk and threw it back at him, harder than he'd tossed it on my desk to emphasize my next point...

"Guess it's a good think I don't work for you, then. I have real work to do."

He was livid, but also was bright enough to know I was right.

He stomped off and later whined to my Army Tank Commander / Former Pratt & Whitney Engineer boss about it, who later shared with me that I should have at least warned him, since he had a really hard time keeping a straight face listing to the little tyrant's "concerns" about his staff. ;).

My boss suggested maybe he ought to avoid our work area when things were busy. ;)
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I had a similar with an Army recruiter at school, after I told him off for his constant harassment (I never should have taken that ASVAB, but it got me out of English class) he marched off to my primary vocational instructor and told him he needed to give his students a lesson in respect. My teacher (Vietnam vet) gave him the dressing down of his life going on for several minutes about how he needed to show respect to get some, called him a "hobby soldier" and many other choice things. Never had to deal with that nimrod again!
 
I spent a year and a half at the zoo, so called because we marched while spectators gathered on a wall overlooking the terrazzo. I didn't leave voluntarily, nor for conduct, honor violation, failing classes, medical reasons, or any of the very numerous causes. I was dismissed for lack of military aptitude for commission. That was kind of a catch 22 that meant you were not fit to be an officer because someone said so. I finally met one of my old classmates about 25 years later, and the first words out of his mouth were "Frank, they really screwed you." Thus, I probably do not need to carry their water for them, but my impression is the Academy is a great place to learn some officering skills. I also spent some time enlisted in the Naval Air Reserve, and got commissioned in the Army National Guard,even serving as a company commader. In my opinion, the best places for officers to learn to be real leaders in the military are in line units that operate on the ground. When a ship's captain in the Navy, Coast Guard or Army says the the helmsman, turn to port, the only one he needs to convince is the helmsman. Likewise, when the aircraft commander turns the plane, it is going the way he turned it. When a company commander says, soldiers (or marines) let's go left, he has to convince each and every one of them. That is leadership. Nevertheless, my classmates at the Academy were fine men, and I believe that the overwhelming majority of them turned out to be fine leaders.
 
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