ericlee
06-27-2008, 12:22 AM
I work with this one guy who is always telling lies about what he's done in the military and always getting busted on it.
For instance, we had the marine corps ball last year that was thrown by our company since all of us are former military. To attend, you come in wearing your class A uniform which has all your medals, ribbons and patches that you've earned.
Anyhow, this guy comes in wearing spurs on his shoes. In order to earn spurs you have to first have a very high physical endurance score to be considered to participate in the spur ride- a very strenuous test and after completion of the spur ride, you are awarded a set of spurs and a Stetson hat. Refer to the movie "Apocalypse Now" and notice that Lt. Col Kilgore is wearing both a Stetson and a pair of spurs on his boots.
Well, I notice this guy wearing the spurs without a Stetson and I ask where his Stetson is because you can't be in proper uniform wearing on thing without the other. He tells me that he was in a cav scout unit and cav scouts are given spurs to them as part of their uniform. I've been attached to cav scout units and I've never seen them wearing spurs unless they've completed the spur ride and if they are wearing the spurs, they're also wearing the Stetson with it.
So, I mention this to another coworker recently and we eventually bust this guy out for wearing something he hasn't earned. Also, this guy tells my coworker that he completed the spur ride when he told me that he got the spurs because he was in a cav scout unit.
Bah. I'll talk more about him because he's the talk of the day during work hours.
Anyone else know someone that you can't have a conversation with because you can't believe a damn word that comes from their mouth?
For instance, we had the marine corps ball last year that was thrown by our company since all of us are former military. To attend, you come in wearing your class A uniform which has all your medals, ribbons and patches that you've earned.
Anyhow, this guy comes in wearing spurs on his shoes. In order to earn spurs you have to first have a very high physical endurance score to be considered to participate in the spur ride- a very strenuous test and after completion of the spur ride, you are awarded a set of spurs and a Stetson hat. Refer to the movie "Apocalypse Now" and notice that Lt. Col Kilgore is wearing both a Stetson and a pair of spurs on his boots.
Well, I notice this guy wearing the spurs without a Stetson and I ask where his Stetson is because you can't be in proper uniform wearing on thing without the other. He tells me that he was in a cav scout unit and cav scouts are given spurs to them as part of their uniform. I've been attached to cav scout units and I've never seen them wearing spurs unless they've completed the spur ride and if they are wearing the spurs, they're also wearing the Stetson with it.
So, I mention this to another coworker recently and we eventually bust this guy out for wearing something he hasn't earned. Also, this guy tells my coworker that he completed the spur ride when he told me that he got the spurs because he was in a cav scout unit.
Bah. I'll talk more about him because he's the talk of the day during work hours.
Anyone else know someone that you can't have a conversation with because you can't believe a damn word that comes from their mouth?