Perspective

by alfie 1 Replies latest jw friends

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  alfie

  > > > >Something to remember the next time you're thinking your job is
  > really
  > > > the
  > > > > >pits.
  > > > > >
  > > > > >A US Air Force C-141 is scheduled to leave Thule Air Base,
  Greenland
  > at
  > > > > >midnight. During the pilot's preflight check he discovers that the
  > > > latrine
  > > > > >holding tank is still full from the last flight. So, a message is
  > > > > >sent to the base, and an airman who was off duty is called out to
  > take
  > > > care
  > > > > >of it.
  > > > > >
  > > > > >He finally gets to the air base only to find that the latrine pump
  > has
  > > > been
  > > > > >left outdoors and is frozen solid so he must find another one in
  the
  > > > > >hangar,
  > > > > >which takes even more time.
  > > > > >
  > > > > >He finally arrives at the aircraft and is less than enthusiastic
  > about
  > > > what
  > > > > >he has to do. Nevertheless, he goes about the pumping job
  > deliberately
  > > > and
  > > > > >carefully (and slowly) so as to not risk criticism later.
  > > > > >
  > > > > >As he's leaving the plane, the pilot, an Air Force Major, stops him
  > and
  > > > > >says, "Son, your attitude and performance has caused this flight to
  > be
  > > > > >late,
  > > > > >and I'm going to personally see to it that you are not just
  > > > > >reprimanded, but punished."
  > > > > >
  > > > > >The poor guy says, "Sir, with all due respect, I'm not your son.
  I'm
  > an
  > > > > >Enlisted Airman in the United States Air Force. I've been in Thule,
  > > > > >Greenland for eleven months without a furlough, and reindeer are
  > > > > >beginning to look pretty good to me. I have one stripe, it's two
  > thirty
  > > > in
  > > > > >the morning, it's twenty degrees below zero and my specialty here
  is
  > to
  > > > > >pump
  > > > > >shit from an aircraft. Now just what form of punishment did you
  have
  > in
  > > > > >mind?"
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  onacruse

  Hehe...reminds me of a particularly unpleasant job I got at Brooklyn Bethel.

  In the Towers Hotel (back when the WTS was leasing only 3 floors), someone decided to drop a lot of beer bottles down the plumbing vent pipes (a roof-top party, no doubt). The result? Every toilet from the above 10 (?) floors poured out into the 2nd floor...unspeakable , simply unspeakable

  I was tasked to do the cleanup. Took a gallon of bleach and threw it all over the place. Then a wet vac, sucking up turds and cigar butts.

  LOL, one of my unerasable memories!

  Craig