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Just Me's blog: "THIS SUCKS"

created on 03/08/2009  |  http://fubar.com/this-sucks/b282651

Rough Couple of Days

Well, let's let people know why I am not happy in life right now. 


Ok.  I leave on Wednesday for Oklahoma, and my leave form for the 4th time has been kicked back.  My Granny is not doing so hot, so I am going to go and see her.  I leave from Oklahoma (mom's house, gotta deliver her Mother's Day present) and head for Maryland to spend a couple of days with the boys.  Leave from Maryland on prolly the 28th for Georgia, where I get to spend the next 2 months in class/training. 

But to add to the frustration, I was getting ready to give a class yesterday, and picked up my cellphone to call my supervisor and ask where the hell everyone was.  "This call is not allowed from this line."  I was pissed.  I still had a day to pay the bill. 

I finished the class (4 people were in the class, and it is mandatory everyone receives it.)  So I headed to my shop and jumped online.  Logged into AT&T and clicked on pay bill, paid my $111, and though woohoo!  Well the confirmation screen comes up, no problem.  Click on yes, make payment.  The final screen comes up with the confirmation number and all that jazz, and HOLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Total balance due on your bill is $1779.  I AM PISSED!  I am remaining rational, and look at the full bill, but am still pissed off.  I am looking at the bill, and there is my phone number, usual charges, I have like $4 of overages on my phone.  No problem.  Look at the ESUTB's line, (she got a new phone of her own in Nov because of me complaining about overages), and I am full of rage!  I kept the family line only because that way my boys could call me for free. 

Total charges for her line:  $1,692.28

I ask if I may make a phone call with someone else's cell.  I look up her number on my cell (it's programmed in my cell phone, what's the point of me memorizing numbers?)  I call her, and ask how she plans to help pay this 1700 so I can get my phone turned back on.  She laughs at me.  Then says she didn't use it, she ain't responsible, etc....etc...etc..

Anyways, she goes to looking for her phone when she got home, and we talk on my home phone when i get home, I call my mom, get the information from her (needed her personal info because she got us the account before we came back to the states so we had a way to stay in contact when we got back in 2004, I pay the bill but it's under her name.)  I call AT&T, and report her phone as stolen.  45 minutes later, call the ESUTB back.  Well, it takes 3 to 5 business days for them to decide if they will waive the charges on the stolen line, because we should have reported it stolen as soon as we noticed it.  I was like, uhmmm...HELLO!  I did!  Anyways, so for the time being, I am without a cell phone, which means I can't call anyone while at work because no one has a local number to Hood, and hopefully there are no emergencies while I am at work.  Emergencies with my Soldiers, can't find someone, etc....etc....etc.., oh yeah, and they may deny my leave form because they don't have a good way to stay in contact with me.  BS!

Then today, I don't go to PT because of some pre-deployment stuff.  Starting to stage vehicles.  Well, we are about an hour and a half late rolling into the staging area with 4 tactical vehicles, and one personal vehicle to drive us back.  None of the vehicles passes inspection.  Too much fuel in the generators.  No problem.

We let them run ALL DAY LONG!  About 2 PM I am walking the line, and checking fuel levels.  All still have too much fuel.  We have two onboard generators, that have plastic fuel tanks.  No way to drain the fuel.  No way to get the onboard fuel pump to pump out the fuel.  One is on E, the other is on 1/4.  That sucks. 

The trucks, still over 1/2 a tank.  So I go to looking for some empty fuel cans, and a hose.  No empty fuel cans, so I take some full ones and start pouring them into trucks that aren't leaving.  I find an old water hose in the dumpster, and cut some siphon hoses.  I siphoned about 100 gallons of fuel, and had a GOOD record going.  I did not have any fuel spilled on me and only a bit (less than prolly 2 ounces) on the ground.  Went to check one of the generators, and some IDIOT rolled up the hose rather than laying it out.  Well another NCO picks up the hose, in the process douses me from head to toe in Diesel.  (didn't know a hose had that much in it.) 


Get two more trucks sent off to staging, and one passes inspection, the other will be inspected in the morning.  Oh yeah, and I had to continue on smelling like Diesel all day.  This is about 4:30 PM, and oh yeah, the office phone rings....it's my boss, he says don't forget you have training tomorrow.  So to top things off, I not only have to give all of my new Soldiers' their initial evals with my expectations by Friday, I also have to give Training tomorrow on how to give a memorial service, give my old Soldiers' their final evals from me, do the write up for my eval, and all of this is due by Friday.  I'm not a happy camper. 

After 5 beers since 5 PM CST, if I burp, I still taste diesel.  I had to use an emergency eye wash station for the first time in my life, and had to wash a uniform I put on for the first time today, oh yeah, and have no cell phone which means no primary means of communication.  And to top it off, have a PT test on Friday, still have not found the packing list for BNCOC,and leave next week.  It's not my week.

 

Alright this is enough

I bought some NASCAR merchandise last year. I actually spent my hard earned tax free money on it before I left Kuwait. I bought me a T-Shirt and a hat. Mark Martin, #8 Army shirt and hat. Then I also bought a Jeff Burton shirt and hat...AT&T. Well what do you know, I actually paid attention....NEITHER ONE DRIVES FOR THE SAME SPONSOR. I give up.
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