I Am Protesting!

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;788577']Okay, I live in the barracks. I have my own room, and it's pretty nice. Carpet, decent furniture. It's not the Hilton, but it's a place to crash.

Now my air conditioning is out. AGAIN. Every time we have a storm, this happens. The lazy-ass civilian contractors are not fixing the problem (my next-door neighbor fixed AC's for a living, and he knows what the problem is). They have to totally replace one part, but you can ghetto-rig it to last for a few days until you get the replacement part. For the last month that I know of, they keep ghetto-rigging it.

The military isn't wasting your tax dollars as much as the lazy-ass contractors are.

So now, I'm sitting outside in my underwear.

Spongebob underwear.
 
;788582']Underwear. Outside. Me.

I know it isn't that big of a deal. But technically, money comes out of my check for 'rent'. It's a good deal, but these civilians are rude, lazy, and they have apparently been like this since the military put barracks management in their hands. If the money comes out of my check, I want to be comfortable.

This happened once in an apartment I had. Maintainence guy would never show up. I stopped paying rent and hung a sign outside that said "No A/C since XX (whatever day it was).
 
That's understandable. And since it is coming out of your check it is that big of a fucking deal. You guys have guns, the civilians don't. I don't see why there should ever be a problem.
 
;788588']Yeah, but because of our government, well...

To put it bluntly for a long time a lot of civilians bitched about how good we had it in the military (goes back to our old belief- unless there's a war or they can make money off of us, they hate us). The military has to give a certain amount of civilians jobs. Of course, the military can shut its gates and run itself- we even have a military version of 'store clerk'. But we do this to help local economy.

Of course, when the military runs things, we have a system. Any issues are taken up the chain of command and dealt with. Of course, if you piss off a civilian (which, most of them love to talk to you like you're some kind of dog), they will go to the highest man in your chain of command they can track down (I've seen them go and talk to a 2-star general on the golf course).

This sickens me. I won't say I am, but these soldiers are some of the finest in our nation. They deserve better.
 
When my family lived on base, I don't think they had this problem (90-93) but of course I was at the oldest 3. And I know about helping out the economy, because if the base in Killeen TX didn't have civilians working there, no one would have a fucking job.

But I think a bill should be passed that if a civilian disturbs a 2 star general over a dumbass complaint, said general should be able to shoot him in both knee caps.
 
I don't understand the logic of treating the people who protect you like crap, somehow the reasoning seems flawed.
Also, good choice on the Spongebob;)
 
I'll bet the reason they bitch so much is because they'll get paid either way. And it's not their asses on the line. But if one started talking down to me, out comes Mr. M4 for target practice. Run civillian contractor, RUN!
 
And then out comes the American Legal System. How does life in prison sound? Or maybe you'll be lucky and just receive the death penalty.
 
I feel your pain. The only buildings in my state that have A/C are the ones built in the last five years or so. If you live on a top floor you are MISERABLE.

A/Cs weren't put into building because it never got as fucking hot as it does now.

I vacuum and wash dishes topless because it gets so hot. This window fan is not much help in a big room. It does pull the heat that my coputer emits, outside.

Life sucks when it's hotter in your crib than it is outside. I'd much rather be cold than hot. :thumbsdn:
 
I hated living in the barracks, though I never got my own room. I haven't had A/C in a long time, and our swamp cooler has not had running water in over a year, makes those 110 degree days worth living I tell you. I feel your pain, if they can fix the fucking thing, they should.
 
Damn man, I think that's the first time you've sidestepped the opportunity to brag or just be a arrogant bastard. That heat must be slowing you down, they better fix it before it gets you shot. ;)
 
Well, you could have been my cousin on 10/1/2001 sleeping in a wadi in Qatar without cover and being washed a mile down stream in a flash flood.

But he doesn't bitch about that.
 
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