022608 No Newspapers, Bigger Cups!

Below is a pic of the breakroom here at the battalion office building. Up until the other day I used to post copies of the 'Stars and Stripes' on the walls here as a courtesy to my 'customers' and as part of my 'coffee beotch' duties. (How I got to be such I don't recall as it just sorta happened.) Now the 'Stars and Stripes' is a Friggen MILITARY newspaper but the Commander here thought that posting the newspaper on the walls 'forced' people to read a newspaper that they otherwise would not have to read and that THIS was somehow biased (and the Army takes pain at time to profess to be nuetral). Gee, GROW SOME BALLS SIR! It's just the Friggin Stars and Stripes! Not the New York Times or Washington Post! Anyway to avoid any perception that is 'biased', the walls are now bare. Urgh! F@#$$%* Army wussies...

And ANOHTHER damn thing that was bothering me is that there was only one size cup to drink from in the DFAC (dining facility). And up until the other day that size was 'small'. Now it may not seem a big deal but it was really irking me how I had to fill up 2-3 cups just so that I could sit and eat a meal entirely without having to get up and walk over to fill up my damn small cup. As you can see from the pic, it's not that much bigger but it sure makes a difference! Sometimes progress is measured in the size of your cup!

R/Chris