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Thank god for the month of May, it feels good to get to this point. I had to write up my first person today, it was a long time coming. This person knew we had a flight coming in and he chooses to use the bathroom, he gets out there and the ATOC rep is walking the pax off the plane. I didn't know this because I was helping out at the counter. But I had three people tell me what happenened, it's good to know someone besides myself cares, they are tired of us looking bad. that was the last draw, me and Shawna had told him the next time would be paperwork. It wasn't that bad, he knew it was coming and it definitely isn't the first time back at his home station. He's the type that feels like he knows something that everyone else does not, that he's the only sane one in the world, like he's got some superior grasp of reality, it's kindof funny. it's inmaturity, trying to grab attention, he's like 20 I wasn't upset at all, I just told him he's making me look bad and by doing paperwork upper management can say, "that's not on Owens." It hasn't even been a month, it could be a long deployment for him, the change needs to come from him, not us forcing him to. We'll see, also I took away his computer use at work for a week, that part I feel silly, like his dad or something.
There are a few female contractors on base who wear the tightest jeans here,it's not like I look, I try to honor my wife by not looking, I just notice all the guys whose eyeballs pop out of the back of their head, haha. Why would you want to bring so much attention on yourself? Especially when the man to woman ratio is 18:1 It's like they paint them on, wouldn't you want loose comfortable clothes? don't get it, you can see the rows of male eyes that totally gawk at them at the Dfac, it's funny to watch, I wish I could film it, but it's annoying because these women must know, i would personally hate the feeling that I'm being stared down by a bunch of people...
Can't remember if I mentioned what I call "officer alley, its the little passageway separating the DFAC with chained link fence. Put of this leads into the Dfac while the other part leads to the CHU's. It's annoying going through there at lunch because there are so many officers that walk through there. It's like you have to salute 20 times. there is a certain anxiety level with saluting. you have to look for the insignia on the hat, you don't want to miss a salute because you can get chewed out. Half these officers don't even care, and give you an apathetic look and a half-assed salute. i always try to say, "good afternoon sir/mam" but half the time they don't even respond and then you feel like an idiot. The worst part of this anxiety is the possibility of accidentally saluting a fellow enlisted. The is the worst loser-move anyone can do. I haven't done it here yet but I have in the past and you feel like a total fool, it's embarrassing and you will get razzed if acquantences see it. So this whole mental process going through your mind sounds something like this, "where's the insignia, hard to see, the sunlight, is that a crows nest or an eagle, a clove or a cluster, do i say anything? do i not, then ill appear rigid, i cant' tell, do i just not salute, but what if he is an officer?" This happens every time going through officer alley. We have way too many officers here, they get paid alot and work an easy 8 hr day every day. Some are just specialists at a specific job and aren't in charge of anyone, I have more responsibilty then most. It's not that i dislike them, I would've become one myself but i got my degree a year too late. I better run, it's 3:18.....