What Makes You Angry Today?

[combatgoldfish]

Dan, I'm right there with you. I'm pulling shit tons of hours and I'm not sleeping much. The only thing keeping me alive is caffeine and anger.

Shit, today is my day off and first thing this morning I get a call to come into the office to work.

 

[Chin Strapped]

Relentless. I'd be happier with a 30 hour week, not ideal though when you need cash.

The Mrs is going to start studying next year, then a full time job. I'm going to go part time. I've got 5 years to push until that happens.

 

[Daz]

I am a self employed locksmith and although I get to see my customers through out the day I have to say its pretty lonely. There are no lads to chew the fat with, no taking the piss out of each other and no feeling part of a group of like minded people.

I miss the banter and that's something most civvies can't relate to. My dark humour often has me biting my tongue or at least wishing I had. Military humour is one of a kind it really is

 

[Chin Strapped]

I will always feel an outsider at work. So you may as well stick to working solo Daz, I don't think that quality banter exists in the civi workplace.

No work would ever get done.

 

[Daz]

I will always feel an outsider at work. So you may as well stick to working solo Daz, I don't think that quality banter exists in the civi workplace.

No work would ever get done.

Fair point dan about civvies and banter and no work ever getting done.

For those serving and having served, its what gets us through the day though. Maybe that's part of the reason that so many of us seem to have a shit time at work.

There is no banter fairy in civvy street, if there was it would be dancing round the office half naked with its wand sticking out of its ass telling mum jokes lol.

 

[Jimmy1]

For those serving and having served, its what gets us through the day though. Maybe that's part of the reason that so many of us seem to have a shit time at work.

A lot of people leave the military and get jobs where there is action or where they are under stress, it's sort of what they need. They fit well into paramedics, police etc, etc. Once you have PTSD though and are professionally diagnosed with PTSD and Chronic Depression, here in Australia, you are not allowed to touch weapons and sometimes they take your licence off you.

So to find a job where you fit in is virtually impossible.

You see, the problem with PTSD is that you are constantly reliving 'The Past' so therefor you want to be in the past, and the people of today don't understand the very dark humor that we have either, that kind of humor you have to develop to deal with the stress of being shot at or having mortars and rockets coming down your ears.

When I served, bomb tech's and air traffic controllers were two fields where you had to have something to deal with the stress. I once knew a bloke who's hair went white in his first three months as an air traffic controller.

Just waffling now.

 

[combatgoldfish]

Bought a new bed yesterday evening. The beast brings sleep issues on its own but this bed was making things unbearable. My back is literally killing me having to sleep on that thing. If it was a horse, I would have shot it.

I go bed shopping. I've been putting it off and finally pull myself into one. When salesmen approach me defenses go up, ptsd monster winds up, it's not pretty. The guy is annoying, asks me what I'm looking for, I let him know of my back problems and he asks what kind of work I'm in. I let him know I'm prior military and my job. As soon as i did that he drops the sales pitch bs, tells his roommate was a combat engineer.

Found the perfect bed, last one so I get 500 off and cover at half off.

Then the bs with the delivery company starts while I'm at school and the old lady is at home. They come, call me saying she's not at the house when she is. Ended up having to argue with the sales department and moving company over the phone for two hours while I was suppose to be in class.

One of them hung up on me, when I reported it the manager laughed. Yeah, wasn't a nice conversation at all. I didn't scream or curse. Ended up sending the owner of the company an email, she called me back within 5 mins of getting it, apologized and waived more off what I spent.

 

[Chin Strapped]

Well handled. Almost as if shit is more dramatised in civi street because it's so boring.

I absolutely despise sales tactics; switch off time for me.

 

[Anglesachse]

Nice to hear that even in a shit world somethings do happen for us, even if you still have to put up with the shit of others first.

Chuffed to bits for you CG cocker.

 

[Anglesachse]

..............I absolutely despise sales tactics; switch off time for me.

One of the biggest compliments I get in my shop from older customers is "I don`t try to sell them shit"

I had a retired Brit Cpt (ex ranker) in the shop a while back, wanted to buy a rule book for Napoleonics. I refused to sell it to him because I know what he plays and what he is looking for, and it just wasn`t for him. He was gob smacked I refused a sale :cool:

Didn`t stop him coming in a week later and buying it anyway :D, but he was determined and was grateful for my Honest opinion. (makes a change).

I am going to miss Dougie :(. known him now about 2 years, salt of the earth and no bullshit, just my type of brother, he is off back to Gloucestershire to put his feet up so no more Tea and Biscuits when we meet up.

 

[Chin Strapped]

That's a complete role reversal. The customer pushing the sale.

 

[Sarg]

Yeah, wasn't a nice conversation at all

I'm getting very good at screaming without screaming, cursing without cursing and blood curdling without real blood. Improvement, no?

Sarg