“Whoever is stupid and industrious must be got rid of, for he is too dangerous.” I have never before heard it put that way, but that is… *terrifyingly* accurate.
This aligns with Carlo Cipolla's Laws of Human Stupidity (see Wikipedia). One of the laws is, "The stupid individual is the most dangerous kind of individual."
Stupid and Industrious - the Karen who doesn't know crap, but has the stick-to-it-iveness and go-getterness to go and get into every sticky situation known to man.
@@josepherhardt164 this is true! imagine being dumb while also having a heavy amount of power? you'd fuck up the entire set of things, nation, country, or a company to shreds
I know it to be slightly different - he said that the stupid and industrious should be the low-ranking soldiers (pawns), for they are great at following orders to the letter without questioning them. The lazy but smart are the best for high-ranking positions, for they are always looking for ways to rationalize, i.e. become super efficient in their pursuit to make their job easier. Therefore this corporal/specialist deserves to become a warrant officer or a sergeant major, while the highest rank she should get is a private first class.
second story, he was absolutely right to get his day off to go duck hunting, the ducks had obviously infiltrated higher management and were prepared to do anything to stop him
My brother's old roommate had a great MC military story. Bill was leading a platoon, out on the airfield. They were late, and had to get across the airfield really fast, but were not allowed to march double-time. They were told that rule, while they were marching double-time, and were stopped and shouted at by a sergeant. So, Bill, said, "Allright, men! You heard the sergeant! No double-time. Now, on my count, COMPANY, SKIP! SKIP LEFT! SKIP RIGHT! SKIP LEFT! SKIP RIGHT!" The sergeant was good humored about it, fortunately, and acknowledged the palpable hit, in that there was NOTHING in the regs against skipping in formation. The base commander, on the other hand, once the word got around (so, about 15 minutes later, on that base), was NOT so amused.
An Article 15 is a form of military punishment. There is no jury, no investigation, no courtrooms involved. Depending on how severe the punishment is, a company commander, usually a Captain, can give you one for what could be considered relatively minimal offenses, such as frequent tardiness, and things like that. With no higher approval, a company commander can reduce your pay, and take all of your free time, leaving you only the time necessary to eat and do laundry, etc, for two weeks. Also, Armorer in terms of this story is a very specific job. Comparing it every other soldier isn't accurate data. Think more like they are the best of 2000, as opposed to the best of 1.3 mil. people. Each unit in the Army should have their own Armorer. Source: Ten years military service.
In the Navy, the Captain (much higher than an Army Captain) can also award 3 days bread and water. The sailor sits in the brig and can have as much bread and water as they want, but it wears very thin, very fast. Someone who worked for me got that, and as soon as they were released they wanted any thing to eat that wasn't bread.
@@Right-Is-Right It was most likely an ARCOM. I was in the military for 10yrs working as head of physical security. Part of that job was inspecting arms rooms. One of the Armorers did such a good job they became the golden standard for other battalions. I put in recommendation for an award. The only award Joe's are likely to get doing outstanding work is an ARCOM unfortunately.
@@TorsilClimber I agree with you that Joes doing outstanding work can only get an ARCOM in situations like this. My 2nd deployment we had several lower enlisted only get ARCOMs for certain instances where they went above and beyond during multiple missions outside the wire, but every E7 or above in my battalion got a Bronze Star. Even the ones that were in the TOC the ENTIRE deployment and NEVER went outside the wire.
@@Right-Is-Right Not true. For Army awards outside of combat, you can receive three medals, an Army Achievement Medal(AAM), an Army Commendation Medal(ARCOM), and a Meritorious Service Medal(MSM). Each have ribbons, are consecutively higher in rank and worth more promotion points and status. MSM is the highest and can basically set a career for fast tracking.
I can only imagine the chaos that would have unfolded if there actually had been some type of supply emergency while OP had been out on the training exercise. That Captain would have been laid out even worse than she already was.
Yeah, I’m not in the army so I don’t know these things, but even an amateur like me can tell this Karen was being a vindictive idiot for trying to pull a power play like that.
None because it is a bullshit story, the army do not hand out medals for the best kept armory, never have and never will, medals are not handed out like lollies for doing menial tasks.
@@minecraftfirefighter He does not do logistics, he allegedly maintains and hands out weapons, logistics in his alleged field are covered by the quartermaster who goes through transport.
@@Right-Is-Right I've heard there was a time when instead of having a group of armorers they put a single lowly E3 armorer in charge of supporting an entire forward support company, no knowledge just fresh of job training (small arms). Having to figure out everything, how to order guns/parts, how to organize them, how much to have in stock and how to deal with wrong delivered stuff, all while getting no respect and not having anyone to fall back on. I'd say that contains some logistics.
I divide my officers into four classes as follows: the clever, the industrious, the lazy, and the stupid. Each officer always possesses two of these qualities. Those who are clever and industrious I appoint to the General Staff. Use can under certain circumstances be made of those who are stupid and lazy. The man who is clever and lazy qualifies for the highest leadership posts. He has the requisite and the mental clarity for difficult decisions. But whoever is stupid and industrious must be got rid of, for he is too dangerous. Needed to copy/paste this quote
A German general named Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord is attributed to have said it in 1933. The reference may be apocryphal, but it’s definitely a good one.
Clearly he's not aware with the difference between civic and military, Not that I am either but know enough that such a thing would be quite unfortunate for your military career, that duress thing certainly was the best thing in that situation
And doing it right once means not spending twice as long as half-assing it again later. I'm lazy, spending 2-3 hours in the morning doing 6-8 hours worth of work before anyone else even wakes up means my "5:00" is 7am and i get to do whatever i want with attention to detail and mindfulness all day at my own lazy pace.
Just remember, warrant officers are former enlisted elevated to officer status. They've generally been on the short end of the stick at some point in their careers.
NOTHING BUT FACTS!!! The most vicious of the WO breeds are the Marines. I'm not saying that because I'm biased (I'm a USMC vet myself), but Marine officers are THE WORST when it comes to ego. We are already "The Few, The Proud", and OCS is one of the most difficult out of all the branches. So naturally, a butter bar (2nd Lieutenant) would definitely act like their shit doesn't stink. Some act like they don't EVER shit at all, unlike us plebs. But there is ONE THING all officers fear---THE WARRANT OFFICER. Most of them were already salty staff sargeant and gunnies and had to deal with PLENTY of the "lazy and stupid" types---piled on with a heaping amount of entitlement. But they forget---and are quickly reminded---that Warrant Officers have been innoculated against their bullshit. I know two WOs that chose to become one JUST SO they can shit down officers' necks. They become WOs out of spite.
@@KingNicotine OMG they do!!! They are the lich kings of Mordor. I mean...officers fear them, Sargeants Major give them a wide berth with a generous amount of respect, NCOs and staff NCOs wanna BE them, and get away with eviscerating anyone of any higher rank. What other kind of power is this except dark? I wouldn't be surprised if they were trained in necromancy and blood magic.
Bruh he's THE BEST IN THE ENTIRE ARMY! HE should be running training drills. For literally everyone else. Too bad he can't because he has to do the job of three people.
Bullshit story, the army do not hand out medals for the best kept armory, never have and never will, medals are not handed out like lollies for doing menial tasks.
@@GamerGrovyle most likly OP recieved an ARCOM; its a mid level award given to enlisted and junior officers for consistent acts of heroism or meritorious service.
"You spent $1.50 too much on food once. We can't allow that." "Fine. Enjoy paying for an extra $100 in food per month from here on." When are companies going to realize that nitpicking and micromanaging is expensive?
Sane US companies pay "per diem" for meals which is dollar limited (as non-taxable) by city/county tables set by the government. The rates are higher for expensive cities and I've made pretty good bank by buying groceries for a one or two week business trip instead of eating out every meal. OTOH, I don't know what OP meant by "fly-in, fly-out" - a daytrip will qualify for at most a fraction of full per diem. Also it sounds to me like the OP was the asshole in that story. Wasting food, etc, to "stick it to The Man" only works if The Man gives a crap, which the accountants who irrationally clung to the rules obviously did not.
@@SansNeural I think using the allowance to purhcase food to bring home was definitely in line. Not eating the whole day is just stupid. But yes, a fixed allowance (and if you _really_ can find food at that price, show a receipt) is the reasonable way to handle this. You solution of buying groceries (when possible) us a great solution,
Yeah I would take it up with a boss or something. Or hell, just ask for that month’s food expenses to be calculated by month determined on how many days a month they were allowed daily food allowance. Also $30 is kinda low. That’s definitely not breakfast lunch and dinner, at least in most places in the US
I used to work at an airport, and I went through exactly the same attitude change over time as she did. I started out motivated and flexible, but the company got more and more petty, so I started doing only the absolute minimum required of me. It was a unionized company too. People often joke about union employees being ridiculous about things like scheduling and who can do which job, but I can tell from experience that they get that way because the people they work for are petty bean-counters who won't make an inch of allowance for anything.
It's like Bill Gates said, "I will always choose a lazy person to do a difficult job, because he will find an easy way to do it". (Not an original quote but the most famous person who has said it)
There is merit in that. I found many ways to streamline my work in IT. It's a field that makes it easier. Not that I was lazy. We were undermanned and overworked Streamlining my work upped my productivity, and my customers appreciated that.
I was listening to the video and had to pause and rewind to see if there was something in Google called a ‘doddle’. Then realised the OP was British. Hehehe
If the company sends a cease and desist order, that literally means that they are not denying they are doing shady or illegal stuff or many other businesses decisions. Also especially if their is no NDA involved, they are not obligated to get some form of privacy especially if they are doing shady or illegal things.
just because a conversation takes place in a "publicly accessible" tool (like discord, skype, etc.) doesn't mean it's not private information. especially if what he was dealing with included reports of various kinds, I guarantee the group he referred to was a private group specifically for the employees. This is important because this means, most likely, the OP thought this was public information because "it's being talked about in a public way" but ignoring the fact that the "public way" was the equivalent of a closed room (group that only allows certain people to join) ... so actually, yes, the information he shared probably was considered private company information. That being said, all of that doesn't matter. The OP was on leave, not fired (yet) and so still an employee. who shared company information to another employee. The company gave him a cease and desist letter for essentially sharing information with a coworker. Worse, it was for whistleblowing, which (at least here in USA) retaliating against a whileblower is absolutely illegal. ... so ya. information was probably private, but most likely did not matter at all.
Article 15 is usually issued for disobeying an order, comes with a fine and they can even strip up to 2 ranks from you. Them being a captain means they could of done another one (i forget what it's called I've been out for 14 years now) but it allows a higher fine and the potential of losing more than 2 ranks. Being #1 at something in the army is a major deal. Like all the big brass ends up making it a point to meet you and know you. I got an award while i was still training in AIT, I ended up spending most of it in an office working for a BG, until the general appointed at the base requested me. That captain really fucked up. I was a trainee with more privileges than most staff. You get recognized and it's a game changer.
I love listening to these videos while working or trying to sleep. Rslash's voice has a very soothing quality to it. I really enjoy the Malicious Compliance and TIFU videos. That's all from me and have a lovely day all of you
I loved the phone call during the duck hunt. That sounds even funnier than stories of being called while taking an enormous crap. 11:30 My first thought is always "A guitar and amp that go to 11." 13:30 I like calling it "The most expensive $1.50 ever."
The last story resonated. I used to work 50 weeks a year on the road (the original agreement was supposed to be 38… which never happened). I used to eat on the cheap and they kept changing the food budget. I’d work through nights, holidays, weekends… realized what it meant to them when I left. Didn’t even get a phone call wishing me luck or anything. I don’t work OT, I don’t take on free work, I will not miss breaks or lunches and I feel no guilt in going expensive on meals on the company’s dime… You mean nothing to them. Don’t ever think that you do…
I forget that some managers can be crappy people. Last night we had a Christmas party and most of our food came from our mangers. It was fun and I'm glad I work with good people.
@@damitafrost4228 My father owns furniture business, every year he does small party for people working in his company and gives them pretty good "christmas package" with vodka, champagne, sweets and other stuff like that, some of people who work there worked there their entire adult life and I might be the one to take over and I can't imagine. treating your workers otherwise
right! my manager, who sometimes is a bit lazy, is pretty nice to us. every week, if we hit a donation goal (like, $200 in donations from customers), then she would have her wife bake us lil treats to bring to work. they're usually gone by the time I clock in tho since I work night shift :')
One thing that comes to mind upon hearing the story about the relatives expecting the OP to buy gifts for their kids is another Reddit story where someone went to a store to buy a lightsaber that could be programmed to make whatever noise you wanted it to upon being activated. There was only one left, and someone had programmed it to say "Fuck!" every time it was activated or swung. They also said they never were able to figure out how to reprogram it. You wanna get out of their good graces and punish 'em for that entitlement? Buy the kids a couple of those, program them in a similar manner and take their instructions out of the box!
10:22 Correction: his _arms room_ was the best in the entire army. That means he wasn't just the best out of the entire army, he was better than _any three person crew_ in the army. 1 guy better than 1 guy? Cool. 1 guy better than 3 guys? Insane.
For the last story of the worker who was allowed $30 / meal (or was it per day). An additional option would be, if you were not getting home soon, to buy a meal for the homeless. Once, I watched my wife buy a second breakfast and give it to someone near a subway station. They loved it and my wife felt good about making someone's life a little easier that day.
In my Navy days onboard ship, I once was threatened with an Article 15 for a trumped up charge. I was E4, my accuser an E6 who hated me. I upped the ante, demanding Captain's Mast, similar to a Court Martial but allowing me to defend myself. I had several other petty officers my grade and above testifying for me, as well as the Sonar Chief, all knowing I was innocent. Had I been found guilty my career was over. I won, with the E6 losing a cushy duty as punishment, and his officer buddy losing a cushy duty too for backing him. The XO was peeved at me, but I was vindicated. Other fallout occurred, but that is a long story.
@@SusieQ3 Lets say, me and the XO had problems. He was a real "character". But I did get some "malicious compliance" against him. Never piss of an electronic tech!
As a first hand witness to someone recently receiving an article 15, your guess is pretty spot on. An article 15 is an administrative action, and not a legal action, where the commander presses charges against the service member for wrong doing. The service member is given a chance to meet with legal and offer up a defense for themselves to the commander, or in this case the commander's commander, who issued the article 15, but like you said, the commander probably already made up their mind and won't care about the defense. If it goes up to a higher commander, that commander is usually more interested in saving face and protecting their own reputation then actually determining whether or not the person is guilty. It is not a legal proceeding so the commander is under no obligation to adhere to innocent until proven guilty and it's not a legal proceeding so the service member is not allowed to bring a lawyer to speak on their behalf during their defense presentation. The whole process is like baby's first trial and is ripe with bias against the service member. Considering how severe the punishments can be if found guilty, it's pretty unfortunate the recipient of an article 15 has very little means of defending themselves against blatantly biased investigation process and officers tend to stick together and side with each other. With how hard the army has been preaching people first lately, they sure seem to hate soldiers
@@june012006 right, and that came up in this soldier's case, but even with a lawyer, the command climate at that installation during that time would not have been conducive to a favorable or even fair outcome. The op was fortunately to have plenty of written records and a senior warrant officer on their side. This soldier was facing the wraith of an embarrassed commander on his way out and senior NCOs too afraid to stand up to risk their own reputations and even egging on the commander. A court martial would have ensured this soldier's pcs ordered were deleted and kept him in a miserable environment for up to a year which is what the commander wanted. This panel is notorious for always handing out guilty verdicts with maximum punishments. The article 15 was pushed through based off an MFR written from second hand account and heresay. Think about that. Not even a sworn statement, an MFR and the soldier was still found guilty of the article 15 despite picture evidence and in person testimonies to the BC stating evidence to the contrary of their alleged actions. A court martial wasn't worth the risk and at least this way, they were able to do their extra duty and pcs away from there.
In the last story I feel like instead of taking a bite and then throwing the rest away, she could have, I don't know... given it to a hungry homeless person everyday? It could have been a maliciously compliant Robinhood story
Yeah, OP sounds like an AH. Plus the whole "healthy food" stuff is off. Food courts are closed and there's only fast foods, so what? You can get a salad at McDonald's. I'm not saying they're wrong for using the whole 30$ every day, it's their right to, but they could've found a better way to spend them. Wasting food out of spite is just gross and immature.
9:45 Tell me why I'm not surprised it was a German Wehrmacht officer who said "I divide my officers into classes" and then argued for the extinction of one of those classes.
@@TecnoGearMusic Kurt Von Hammerstein-Equord was still a Prussian noble who only took offense to the fact that Hitler killed his friends, not that Hitler was genocidal. The Prussians had been blaming Jews for the collapse of German nobility since the early 1880s, and being opposed to murder when it’s *your* friends and not other people doesn’t make you cool. But yeah you’re right he was in the Riechswehr if only because it hadn’t yet been dissolved in to the Wehrmacht
The Yellies toy... my sister in law pissed me right off a couple weeks ago when she questioned my parenting and told me she was worried for my child's "well being" because I wouldn't make her do a week of virtual schooling for KINDERGARDEN. my neice is now getting a Yellies, a glitter slime kit and an obnoxious turtle toy that "poops" as her Christmas gift.
My Aunt’s MO when my kids were young was to buy whatever the loudest toy in the toy store was. Not a joke. It was her “joke” every year. We still love her.
The Christmas gifting story reminds me of my sister. She bought all the talking Elmo’s one after another for my daughter.( loud and obnoxious.) because she thought it was hilarious. Until she had another daughter, and we gave them all to her!
Article 15 or “NJP” is regularly used to punish service-members who do something that is either not technically against the rules or get in trouble with the local police (DUI those types of things, not if you get pulled over). NJP is abused by some commanders. When I was active duty I put a sailor on SIQ (Sick in Quarters) for four days (the maximum I could) because she had a 103.9 degree temperature and tested positive for the flu. It was as much to protect her health as it was to protect those she cares for, as she was a corpsman in the hospital…in the area where all of the chemotherapy patients stay. About a day later this captain came in (An O-6) and walked directly up to me with my Chit in his hand (military form), “Revoke it!”. My chief, a Corpsman with a Purple Heart who had served in Combat on 6 different deployments since 2001 stepped in between us as the Captain talked about how this particular sailor was the only Corpsman on staff for that floor that could use the pharmacy machine. “I can’t do that, it would go against the Core Values.” This is a common retort in these situations. The core values being: Honor, Courage and Commitment. He screamed for a few minutes and told me that he would ensure I got NJP for this. “Cool.” I didn’t get NJP but the hospital’s commander did come by and ask some questions of me, I showed him the Patients chart and he was flabbergasted that I had to even explain. If she had been sent to work, that Flu would have spread like wildfire around the ward.
@@ruthdeckman9781 My niece got into some glitter when she was six. We had to move. It was the only way. And wouldn't you know? In our new place, I STILL found glitter in the dresser drawers. It took a decade, and three moves to get rid of all the glitter.
@@AuntLoopy123 I just now realized something. The renters before us had some kids. This is why I vacuumed glitter off the carpet every day. For 8 years. That stuff even got on the cat. And my grandson.
Why would anyone make that kind of toy? Probably a person who was in the same situation as OP and wanted to bring weaponized malicious compliance to the people... 🤔🤣🤣🤣
I think it was first designed to train people to stop screaming at tarantulas, who DO come faster, the louder you scream. You want to avoid a tarantula? Stay calm, and keep your mouth shut. Or, do like my little 3-year-olds did, and say, "Ooooooh! The pretty spider! It's so furry!" and try to cuddle it. That thing knew what was up, and scampered. Thank God.
1:04 Just want to point out that a doddle is NOT a bunch of excel sheets and documents. If something is a doddle it just means it's really easy, it's a British slang term!
My mom was so excited when she found one that is super nice at Goodwill for $15. And the video I got of my Mom's face while my brother and his girlfriend go out to smoke is hilarious. Proud of herself and slightly ashamed at the same time. 🤣🤣
When I was in college we had a big presentation that was essentially our exam, 30% of our final grade. This was an optional class, Vampire Mythology, so all we had to do was pick a vampire movie and then go into detail about the mythology, references, history etc. Of the three of us, one girl dropped out and the other was a guy that contributed nothing. I picked "What We Do in The Shadows" (a comedy movie) so it was supposed to be a fun project. On the day we were supposed to present the guy sat down and saw the printouts I did of my slides. He was like "Sweet let me see my part". I 'politley' reminded him that those were my slides (we each were supposed to present our own slides) and not so politely pointed out that since he didn't do anything, he didn't have any slides to read. He didn't even watch the movie! So he bullshitted his part during the empty slides that I left for him to fill. I had spoken to the professor ahead of time, and we had one of those group contracts, so I did fine and he failed the class. This guy was in my program, so that wasn't the only class I had with him. The next semester I got put into a group with him again, hoping he had learned his lesson. Nope! The deadline for the (very simple) project was looming and he had contributed nothing at all. So, as the socially anxious nerd I was, I texted him that "I am not going to carry you on this" and reminded him to do his part. He managed to do it that time. During that same semester I overheard him on a phonecall with a friend "You drank nail polish remover?" I thought, oh man what? his friend is going to have to go to the hospital! Then he said "Nah man, that's weak shit. I can drink a while bottle of nail polish remover." And that's the day I learned people drink acetone to get drunk faster? The program we were in was ANIMAL CARE! I really hope that if this guy did manage to graduate (after failing a handful of classes and having to do another year), that nobody ever hires him to take care of anything. Just another rich spoiled idiot looking to party in college.
I had a similar case to the group mark case It was a huge group assignment meant for 6 people; detailing the cities entire train network and logistics as well as a proposed expansion project and how that is likely to affect things and whether it’d achieve the intended outcome in theory About 26,000 words in total Two dropped out, one houdinid The three of us working pulled so many all nighters in group calls working things out and we’d always take meeting minutes (that we had to record who was absent, etc) I did these for every meeting at the semesters and houdini was absent everytime When we were coming up to deadline, houdini hadn’t sent me a single section of his roughly 6k words worth of work Eventually I just typed in the group chat (as I’d finished mine and was the one drafting and editting it all while the other two guys sorted the bibliography) that he can either do his section or we won’t be putting his name on it in anyway I ended up writing 13,000 words of this report over a week of a few hours sleep per night (some nights none at all) Finally on the day of submission after I’d put in the chat that I’d finished the last bit of drafting etc and we just needed everyone to sign the group declaration form This declaration form included a breakdown of what sections each person did and had ot be submitted with the meeting minutes I filled in his name for it and asked him to sign it and fill in what he did (knowing well he did fuck all) Then I submitted the report, which didn’t have his name on it at all, meeting minutes showing he never showed up once and the declaration form showing the “sections” he did (i.e. none) that he signed as well I regret nothing, it was funny as hell when he realised he’d signed a declaration saying he contributed nothing
Army paralegal here. From the armoror story, you got it exactly right. Article-15s are for leadership to give out punishments without going the expensive level of courts-martial. Luckily, any reasonable attorney and paralegal will look at this commanders request and turn them down.
To the expensive gifts post.... when I was married to my ex we were watching her sisters kids one night and sister was supposed to pick them up at 10 pm and wasn't. She finally showed up around 8 the next morning looking quiet hung over so we made sure the kids were sugar loaded and gave them kazoos lol. We got a very angry phone call about an hour later and never got asked to babysit again.
I did the opposite with my nieces and nephews. I was told due to the pandemic, I didn't have to get any gifts this year. I got a well paying job this year, so I went all out and got everyone a great Christmas present.
A couple years ago I got my nephew a garbage truck at a garage sale. Because I'd already seen my brother-in-law remove batters from my nephews noise making toys in the past I decided the garbage truck had to stay with me. At the time I was babysitting him a lot, so I brought it over any time I was watching him and of course he could play with it when he came over. Now it mostly just stays at my house, because I don't baby sit often and when I do it's usually here. He and my other nephew love to play with it when they are over. Most obnoxious thing about it is when you push a button it says various phrases as a garbage collector including one that say, "I love the smell of trash." Hearing that makes me wrinkle my nose, but it's still fun watching them have so much fun with it. Oh, and due to the battery thing, the noise toy I recommend the most is a large plastic tube that your swirl around in the air. It makes an interesting sound that intensifies the faster you move it AND it can double as a hazard for hitting things and knocking them down if they don't play with it outside in the open.
The last story about company expenses reminded me of an incident many years ago. At the time, I was the operations manager at a UK branch of an American company. I went to see the MD who was clearly fretting about something or other: MD: "This new project has come to a complete halt. There's something going on over there, but they won't say what it is." Me: "Well, I'm due to go over there sometime anyway, so how about I bring the trip forward and go sooner rather than later." MD: "Excellent idea, when can you go?" Me: "Any time - today if you think it's important." MD: "Fantastic, nip home and pack your bag and I'll get Jenny to book you on this afternoon's flight." So off I went to pack my overnight bag. Wife: "Hello, what are you doing home at this time?" Me: "Something's come up and I've got to go to New York this afternoon, so I've come back to pack a bag." Wife: "I'm going out tonight, remember? And you're supposed to be looking after the kids." Me: "Oh, sorry, I forgot. Can you get Whats-her-name to babysit?" So, off I went to New York and when I returned (having solved the MD's problem), I submitted my expenses and included the cost of the babysitting. A few days later, I got hauled into the financial controller's office. FC: "What's all this about? You can't claim for babysitting on expenses." Me: I had to fly to the States with 3 hours notice when I was due to be at home looking after the kids while my wife went out - something she'd planned ages ago. The cost of hiring a babysitter was a direct result of me giving up my evening on behalf of the company, so I thought it was quite reasonable to claim for it." FC: "Sorry, I can't allow it. The auditors would never approve it." Now any reasonable FC would have said, "OK, I understand, but the auditors would query it, so put the amount though as a taxi or something with no receipt and I'll approve it." It was only a tiny amount, compared to the cost of the trip, but naturally I was completely p***ed. I had given up my time at short notice and this was the thanks I got. Needless to say, I never flew anywhere with that company every again and in fact I left a few months later.
Yarn. When I was 7 years old, I got myself a ball of yarn. What to do with it? I did not yet know how to knit or crochet (I learned that at 8 years old), so as a clever and industrial child ;-), I went around the house and TIED EVERYTHING TOGETHER. All the cupboard doors? Tied together. Closet doors? Tied shut. Every pair of shoes? Tied together. If it could be tied, I tied it. Going up and down the stairs was an adventure, because we had RAILINGS! On both sides! Everybody loves an obstacle course, right?! And I did this right before my Grampa came for a visit. I tied his luggage up, too. It was a matching set, so naturally every piece had to be tied closed and tied to each other piece. It took me a few days, but I did, eventually, use up every last bit of that first ball of yarn. Ah! Happy Days of Youth!
If they really wanted Xmas gifts that make noise, Laser guns are THE epitome of annoying toy sounds lol They just made random electronic “futuristic” sounds
Fun Military Facts: The US Army has almost 500,000 members in it. Article 15 is a “career ender” for most people because getting one makes it harder for you to rank up. In most cases, you get a promotion to the next rank, and if you stop getting promoted, then you’re eventually let go from the military. And lastly, working in the armory is a VERY VERY serious job; if someone loses a rifle from that armory, the entire base is locked down until it’s found and usually people like this commander would be fired for it going missing.
10:30 I think you may be misinterpreting those statistics. The 142 million represents the entire workforce (civilian), while the 1.3 million, about 1% of that, are in active service, so you could say he was one-in-a-million. Between those two figures there are plenty of people working in the civilian military-supply industry..
I know it’s old but Rslash not realizing that op meant he was the best in the job he was doing, not the entire army makes me annoyed. Like bro reading comprehension isn’t that difficult.
Sock em' boppers were an incredibly destructive gift in the sense that your bigger cousin or sibling would use full strength and send you flying. Good times.
I've loved the idea of those for so long that I'm looking forward to the upcoming campaign in my roleplay... because I'm giving a set to one of my players. What they do will be epic!
I give my brother-in-law's children the most obnoxious gifts I can find and he always returns the favor. This year, his kids are getting trumpets and drums. Last year they got RC dinosaurs that will roar for like 5min straight. And he gave my kiddo an arts & crafts bucket with ultrafine glitter in it. We'll be finding that glitter in random places for yeeeaaars.
I did 20 years in the US Army and retired as a Chief Warrant Officer 3. Article 15s can cripple a career in the Army. However, you can refuse the Article 15 and request an Article 32 hearing and a court martial. This is rarely done, but an Article 15 (AKA NJP for nonjudicial punishment) can really end your career before it starts and label you as a problem. Never got an article 15, but I did get yelled at a ton. Didn't hurt my feelings
LOL on the Christmas gift story... my best was getting all my nieces and nephews (when they where toddlers) a baby pearl drum kit... no batteries, no on/off switch and its a gift of music. I was banned from gift buying :)
Toys to get the kids depending on age: Art supplies - Lots of Stickers, Crayons, Paint or Permanent Markers (with a tiny coloring book), Books - Cookbooks for children, Home Science Experiments, Toilet Paper Creations (TP Dress...), Origami Book (With lots of paper) Musical Instruments - Drums, Guitars, Music Boxes, Air Horn Misc. - Really cheap beanbag chairs, silly string, nail polish, makeup, temporary hair dye, model kits (with paint and glue), Legos
The Article 15 thing was a big deal few months ago when soldiers were getting hypothermia and yet being told they need to stay out in the conditions commanding officer definitely would have got it in the back
UGH....group projects, the absolute bane of my existence. Before I graduated college, I was in a group project myself. I'll give you the short version. We have me: the peacekeeper A--The group leader ((and friend later on)) and Z ((not their names, but you get it)) I had met A and Z when we were all in the same class together. The first time we sat down, A and I ((sophomores, no less)) overheard a freshman whining about "bUt wHyYYyyyYYY aReN't wE oUt oF sChoOl?! iT's rAiNiIiIinGuuHHhh!!! ((YES, exactly like that))!!!". I told them that "Well, sorry, but this is the *REAL* world and you don't get breaks even if it's raining!", to only be met with huffs and stomping feet as they stomped out the door. I flashed A a knowing look over my shoulder, to which she nodded in silent agreement, as we continued setting up for class. THEN CAME THE GROUP PROJECT. A immediately snaps into leader mode, when the three of us make a group, and Z had a horrible case of freshmanitis. A and I did all the work while Z tried her hardest to keep up the expectations of A, which okay, I get, and me being the person that keeps the peace between the two, texts, cleaning of the park, and putting all the info on a posterboard to present to the college. We put our blood, sweat and tears into that project, and many huffing and puffing from both sides later, we get our passing grade and I graduate.
There's been some discussion in the comments I wanted to address: (yes, i know im 2 years late but I still don't see a clear explanation anywhere so i dont care) ART 15: not a wartime thing, just a thing to hand out punishments with some paperwork involved that can or cannot follow and hinder your career based on the severity and level. There are 3 levels summarized, company, and field. Summarized means the commander can only take your time (for reference this means being in uniform and on duty for 14-16 hours a day), but you are literally not allowed to defend yourself or appeal this decision in ANY way, it does not follow your career but effects any possible awards or promotions you had pending and or could have been in line for. Company, can take your time and/or money, they can take your time for a longer amount of time, or kick you out of the army, this one you are allowed to present evidence to defend yourself, but its hard, usually the person saying you deserve the art 15 (your "manager") and the judge (your commander) know each other pretty well and officers are taught to trust their "managers" and the judge is still pretty early in his career but your manager has been there a long time. People can come speak for or against you but only if the judge allows them to. If you didn't do it you likely will only get a slap wrist (yes, even if you're innocent), if they both don't like you then hope for the third kind. This one can technically follow you if someone is paying attention but it usually doesn't and has the same effects on awards and promotions but for a longer time period. Field grade, the worst to face the best if you're innocent, your judge is now your managers manager or higher, they don't particularly like having their time wasted, if you're innocent and have the evidence often your manager AND commander will get in trouble. There's usually an outside investigation involved not always though, depends on the new judge. Others can speak at these for or against you if they are invited, you have the ability to invite. This can take more money, more time, your rank, or just kick you out. Depending which job you have these can be career ending, they likely are because now you probably hate the Army and all future commands and managers will treat you very negatively simply for this having happened regardless of what you say or show to explain. (ignore anything about court martials they are a thing but are in no way relevant to understanding the story in the video) What are these given for? 2 pieces of paper, sometimes 1 piece of paper and a manager saying "well i talked to them about (insert topic) before too." That insert topic and piece of paper or the 2 pieces of paper need not be for the same things. The pieces of paper can basically be for anything, some are sensible, disobeying a direct order (doesn't need 2 in this case), disrespecting an officer, punching a superior, and also nonsensible things, I think your hair is too long, i think your hair is too short, i think you aren't wearing your bun correctly, your pockets look baggy, oh because you're caring all the stuff I require you to carry in each pocket? too bad, its 1900 (7pm) and you have beard showing now, i know everyone says you were here on time but I didn't see you, your car insurance wasn't paid on time, there's a crack in your windshield, your kid got in trouble at school, you didn't talk to that person the way i think you should have even though you followed all regulations, you have an indescribable "attitude" problem, your face makes me want to punch it, i gave you the wrong information but you figured out the right information so you did something different than what i said, i gave you the wrong information but you did not figure out the right information so you did the wrong thing, you don't know how to do a task you aren't trained on or is entirely outside of your job, you take too long doing paperwork, someone else lost a thing you were signed for you were ordered to sign for the thing.....etc etc the Army's rules are written in a way that me as your manager can exploit them to all hell if i want to, this is not MEANT to be used this way, it is open to interpretation so I don't HAVE to punish you in a dumb situation. But it is also meant so that if i CANT punish you for something you got away with i can for something else. This system is often abused but works wonderfully when used correctly. The Commander in the video likely wasn't going to write an ART 15 for Disobeying a Direct order but was either going to use disrespecting an officer or make something up. MEDAL: yes he absolutely could have and likely would have. #1 in a loosely technically Army wide competition makes commanders feel good and they like to be showy, commanders don't get to brag about themselves directly so giving awards is usually what happens after something draws attention to how well an army base is performing. An AAM is worn as a ribbon most often but it is in the name Army Achievement MEDAL, there are full medals of every ribbon just its annoying as hell to set it up so it is extremely rare. He probably would've gotten an ARCOM for this. Broad stokes Certificate of Achievement, you impressed your direct manager or team lead, AAM you impressed a supervisor, ARCOM you impressed a regional supervisor. MSM you're retiring, anything else you do that is worth this will get down graded because "well it wasn't 20 years" its a tradition thing. There's also the soldiers medal, you saved someone's life (In the US), normally more than one, the news got involved and the Army is showing good face. Imagine pulling people out of a burning car right before it explodes, you then proceeded to provide life saving first aide until the ambulances got there, there weren't enough paramedics so there's videos of you (preferably in uniform) still conducting CPR with the medics and lights flashing and the burning car as the back drop. (really not joking, if there's no news story no one actually gets this award) it's the noncombat equivalent of the Medal of Honor. Arms Room: Imagine working at a bank but there's one teller and they are standing in the vault and there's a jail cell door and bars between you and them even when its open, if its closed its the big cartoon vault door. The vault is full of locked lockers that have rifles with another lock into special stands. there's some other stuff too but that's not important. The armorer is the person with the keys to the vault door and the jail cell door, its is VERY often understaffed no matter where you are and VERY often staffed by someone lower than the rank it should be. As the story tells it, its kind of a shitty thing. Units will call you at all kinds or ridiculous hours to come open the arms room, no they don't schedule anything, no you can't tell them no because they didn't schedule anything. If someone wants the door open you have to go open the door. There's also a big security check you have to complete when opening and when closing the arms room so someone coming to sign out 1 rifle can easily eat up an hour and a half. Usually anyone of high enough rank to do the job finds an excuse not to do the job and it gets pinned on someone who can be described as Clever and Lazy because they are the only ones competent enough to do the job while not finding an excuse out it because they decide the perks outweigh the negatives. This story is actually extremely common in the army, having someone (especially at a lower rank) with a responsibility that removes them from stupid made up BS will quickly lead to someone being mad that that soldier isn't having to do the BS and finding some way to make trouble before someone more important has to tell them they are stupid because the BS is just BS and the responsibility is a necessity. Its not often its an officer being the dumb one unless they are prior enlisted. Also yes, you can sleep in the arms room, it happens, a lot. you're waiting for a unit to come back because today is friday but they dont actually show up till 4am on saturday, people sleep with the jail cell part closed, no one is mad they do this. In fact they are very excited the armorer was waiting because now they can go home instead of waiting for what feels like forever after being in the field for a week and missing your video games and/or family and/or alcohol for the armorer to arrive. Are you allowed to put dirty weapons in the arms room? No. But its saturday 4am and i want to go home. who is going to point out the armorer that us promising to come in first thing monday to clean our weapons is technically against the rules? In short thank you to every armorer that has slept in an arms room and let a unit come back the next work day to do the cleaning, you all are truly the unsung heros of any field experience I know there's more confusion and incorrect stuff in the comments but this is already more than anyone really should waste time reading about this if they aren't already in the military and people are surely going to comment telling me how wrong i am too with exceptions and branch differences and "this one time" stories but if you were confused by the video you should now understand how the commander intended to get away with writing an art 15, what an art 15 even is, and what an arms room kind of is and how/why this happened, and that nothing in the story screams oh this is a lie. The only part that may be an exaggeration is maybe it was "best in the army.....in germany" or something, or not the best but highly rated. But honestly we give out a lot of "best in the army" stuff to a point im suspicious, pretty confident there are probably several "best in the army" armorers and other jobs running around at any one time. not that the people who were told they were the best are lying but the people who told them are the ones exaggerating the scope of their investigations or reviews.
Former Air Force E-4 here, and her saying she is going to give him an article 15 for not signing would get her in SO much trouble. She didn’t even try and give him an LOC (letter of counseling) which has to come WAY before an article 15, and those are pretty much saved for people who totally f***ed up. Like DUIs and stuff like that. Not only that, but in the military (all branches) you are allowed refuse an order if the order is unlawful and the fact she was trying to get someone in there for that job who didn’t have clearance (especially for the armory) is a huge unlawful order. He could of used his chain of command to get the her in trouble without letting someone without clearance in there. (Though the “under duress” was very smart of him.) I honestly wouldn’t of signed it at all, and informed her that I couldn’t sign it because what she was asking was unlawful. She would of had to to get in touch with someone above her, of go to his supervisor. And then still got in trouble. Granted his guy sounds pretty young, and I know all this massive info because throughout my whole time in the military, I always worked with my commanders and higher ups (we are talking Lieutenant Colonel‘s, and Colonel’s mainly. Some Majors and Captains… heck, one of my supervisors was a Captain one time.) And just for those who don’t know what an article 15 is, it can kill your military career. Like they can take rank from you, and even stop you for advancing your rank, and you HAVE to advance (especially E-0 through E-5… once you hit about E-6 there isn’t as much pressure because E-7 through E-9 only have so many, something to do with % within that branch of the military, like only the top 3% can ever make chief Master Sergeant which is the Air Force’s E-9 rank.) or they can discharge you from the military. I’ve seen it happen! And you can get an article 15 even when you are just at your permanent station, it’s not something you can only get while deployed.
I work in accounts and that last story makes me laugh, the person being a dick made so much more work for themselves over 1.50. Also ended up costing the business more. I would have gotten a reprimand for something like this.
I feel like a slacker in group projects because I never really know what I should do (even if I'm doing a lot of work) One of my favorite group projects was a French fruit filled baked good (Galette). It looked really good, but nobody in my group wanted any so we decided that we give it to the School workers as a gift. We each got to choose a fruit at the start for the filling and I chose mango as it's one of my favorite fruits (Top 5, not an "I'll eat it as soon as I buy it", but more of a "I'll eat it if I crave it". As of writing, I crave a mango)
The military one is me in a nut shell, though not USA and not ballistic, was recon and had my military issued webbings remade because they were not the quality I needed(I needed to hold more mags)
Your summary of "Article 15" was basically correct. It's called "administrative punishment" because it isn't punishment issued by a court. The issuing officer (typically a unit commander, but there are exceptions) gets to say "What you did was wrong. Here's your punishment." It can be appealed, but the appeal is to the next higher commander (usually a no-win situation). There are limits to what the punishment can be - a certain amount of money and or time spent doing "punishment" work (like cleaning, painting, etc).
Article 15 is used when infraction isn't serious enough to file charges and have court proceedings, but serious enough that someone in your chain of command feels you need to be disciplined.
Op forgot to add: several large containers of glitter. Glitter is the gift that never stops giving. It, like cat litter, expands exponentially once it’s outside it’s container. They’ll be finding glitter when their children’s children have children. Muahaha Maybe add some glue so the glitter sticks better. Also, don’t forget legos. The smaller pieces the better
Army guy here I can help explain AR15. when you screw up, you get a counseling where you sign a piece of paper saying how you fucked up and what your punishment is. A BIG screw up is an article 15 (AR15) where you lose a large chunk of your paycheck (up to half) and up to 45 days of extra duties. Anything bigger than an AR15 is UCMJ. In conclusion, a counseling in a speeding ticket, AR15 is community service, and UCMJ is prison
I remember when I was younger, my brother got his hands on "Make your own snow" from a spray bottle thing.. as in.. you sprayed this stuff on windows and it kind of looked like snow. So you could make pictures and things on your window. Well... 3 years down the line.. you could -still- see remnants from this snow on the windows (and since I was very young and got my hands on it too... on desks and drawers and wardrobes.." I can highly reccomend a present like that for something that will offer potential years of memories.
😂You changed the first story so it was incorrect. At 1.10 when they say 'this was many excel/google docs...' they were referring to what the many reports they were collecting were, NOT WHAT A DODDLE IS 😂 making a doddle just means they made it easy. You changed the next sentence from 'this was' to 'a doddle is' which made it incorrect. Maybe it isn't 100% clear they mean the reports, but they DEFINITELY don't mean the doddle and if you knew what a doddle was you'd know that. That's what you get for changing the words of the post when you don't actually know what it means 🙄
The armorer: I‘m neither in the military, nor American, but I do know that the co refers to article 15 of the ucmj, which I believe the navy calls a Captain‘s Mast. It‘s not only for war times, but for minor incidents that the co doesn’t think warrants a court martial (or, bother the JAG Corps). However, according to the UCMJ, any service member, except those embarked or on a vessel away from its home port, can refuse the non-judicial punishment and insist on a court martial. If the member accepts, he or she can bring a representative to the hearing, present evidence and the CO has to take everything into consideration. Also, the penalties are limited, so for minor infractions (that could be punished more severely in a court-martial), a non-judicial punishment can be a good choice - especially as it isn‘t registered as a criminal conviction by a federal court (though it will be placed in the service records). So: Either OP doesn‘t know very much about the UCMJ (I got most of my information from TV and a few more details from the internet), or the story isn‘t entirely true - because it‘s highly unlikely a JAG would proceed a court-martial because a service member did exactly what he/she is supposed to do, even if his CO doesn‘t like it. On the contrary: The only possible reason for an Article 15 or a court-martial in this situation is for not obeying orders. While any service member is required to follow all LEGAL commands issued by a superior, the order to sign a document that would break the law (like, passing the responsibility for the armoury to a person lacking the necessary clearance) is clearly no legal order and must therefore not be followed. As the Lt. got reprimanded for following illegal orders, the appropriate way for OP would have been: 1. refuse to follow the illegal order, 2. not sign the papers, but request a court-martial under the UCMJ, and 3. contact the Captain‘s CO and the Army Judge Advocate General‘s Corps. Likely the same outcome for Cpt. Stupid, but no reprimands for the (ill-advised) Lt. - but no „exercise vacation“ for OP, of course…
@@David-mb1wn after watching so many TH-cam tutorial videos about trading I was still making losses until Williams started managing my investments now I make $10,567 weekly. God bless sir Williams
One of my best friends has a little daughter. At some point in my life I somehow got a container full of those whistle things that coaches use at games etc, but from cheap plastic. They make a hell of a noise. It has become almost a tradition now, that every time they come around she asks for a new one, because the old one mysteriously disappeared. I would of course kindly offer her a new one, with her dad staring daggers at me, because he would have to come up with another way to make it disappear again. It's a great game, I love it.
An article 15 can vary wildly at the commanders discretion. You could just get extra duty or if you really messed up/the commander hates you the punishment could include; extra duty, halving your pay, reduction in rank, prevention of future promotions (career ending if you're not highly enough ranked,) removal of security clearences, bunch of situational specific consequences, and recommendation for a DD-214 (papers for separation from the military.) These punishments are all on top of anything the military AND civilian courts want to add on top. Fort Leavenworth is not a place you want to be sent to.
That manager was known for three things. Intelligence is not one of them. (Military story) Gallon Ice Cream story: Seems to me they were being lazy and didn't want to put in the extra work. Basketball car story: Clever. Armorer story: That manager seems to be stupid and stubborn.
NJP or Article 15 is offered in lieu of a courts martial. It is for minor misconduct and has a limited amount of punishment ranging from reduction in rank, confinement for a small period of time, loss of pay, etc. It’s used, generally, as a way to save an enlisted person’s career as while a NJP doesn’t look good on your jacket being brought up on official charges is often a one way ticket for a Big Chicken Dinner (Bad Conduct Discharge or worse Dishonorable Discharge.) Article 15s have to be consensual, though. It’s similar to a plea deal with a prosecutor except it is the enlisted man’s CO who acts in that capacity. It’s a way to stop the discipline process short of courts, judge advocates, etc which can get out of hand. I disliked having to do them but that is your job sometimes if you’re an officer. You can refuse an article 15 (which would have been the correct decision if she brought him up on charges) but then you’d be brought up on official charges and potentially court martialed. Considering she was giving an illegal order the correct response from this gentleman would be to politely inform the captain that she is giving an illegal order. If she persisted, your options are either to go along with her order or refuse it, if you do the latter she’d bring you up on charges - you don’t want to accept an Article 15 from her though because you’re in the right, so you refuse the NJP and make her bring formal charges which will involve HER commander, the judge advocates, etc. If her CO finds out she is trying to bring charges because she is ordering the only qualified armorer off base it won’t end well for her.
“Whoever is stupid and industrious must be got rid of, for he is too dangerous.”
I have never before heard it put that way, but that is… *terrifyingly* accurate.
This aligns with Carlo Cipolla's Laws of Human Stupidity (see Wikipedia). One of the laws is, "The stupid individual is the most dangerous kind of individual."
Basic stupidy is one thing, and can be dealt with. But stupidity with power and position.... that can wreck nations! As we are learning, once again.
Stupid and Industrious - the Karen who doesn't know crap, but has the stick-to-it-iveness and go-getterness to go and get into every sticky situation known to man.
@@josepherhardt164 this is true! imagine being dumb while also having a heavy amount of power? you'd fuck up the entire set of things, nation, country, or a company to shreds
I know it to be slightly different - he said that the stupid and industrious should be the low-ranking soldiers (pawns), for they are great at following orders to the letter without questioning them. The lazy but smart are the best for high-ranking positions, for they are always looking for ways to rationalize, i.e. become super efficient in their pursuit to make their job easier.
Therefore this corporal/specialist deserves to become a warrant officer or a sergeant major, while the highest rank she should get is a private first class.
In the army there is a saying,
"Do not fear a competent enemy, Fear an incompetent ally."
@@edwardtory1250 battle of the alamo
@@edwardtory1250 makes me think of all the US deaths from friendly fire by the US
That's a quote from Napoleon actually.
The actual quote is this: "What one should really fear is not a competent enemy, but an incompetent ally.”"
@@sancturillore Thanks 4 the history lesson
Reminds me of Gen. Patton's quote about the French. 😄
second story, he was absolutely right to get his day off to go duck hunting, the ducks had obviously infiltrated higher management and were prepared to do anything to stop him
Underrated comment, tbh
The ducks were getting hunted. It was Canadian geese which infiltrated the ranks of upper management. Those things are bastards.
@@redfive2008 magpies*
@pumpkinboi9441 Yeah, Maggies are assholes
The greatest stories start with "I'm in the US Military". That brand of MC is top shelf.
As an army vet, I co-sign. The military is MC heaven.
The military are MASTERS of malicious compliance.
I really should post some of my mom's stories. She has one involving an entitled general, some gorillas, and a little malicious compliance...
My brother's old roommate had a great MC military story.
Bill was leading a platoon, out on the airfield. They were late, and had to get across the airfield really fast, but were not allowed to march double-time. They were told that rule, while they were marching double-time, and were stopped and shouted at by a sergeant.
So, Bill, said, "Allright, men! You heard the sergeant! No double-time. Now, on my count, COMPANY, SKIP! SKIP LEFT! SKIP RIGHT! SKIP LEFT! SKIP RIGHT!"
The sergeant was good humored about it, fortunately, and acknowledged the palpable hit, in that there was NOTHING in the regs against skipping in formation.
The base commander, on the other hand, once the word got around (so, about 15 minutes later, on that base), was NOT so amused.
Well yeah, they literally train you in malicious compliance.
An Article 15 is a form of military punishment. There is no jury, no investigation, no courtrooms involved. Depending on how severe the punishment is, a company commander, usually a Captain, can give you one for what could be considered relatively minimal offenses, such as frequent tardiness, and things like that. With no higher approval, a company commander can reduce your pay, and take all of your free time, leaving you only the time necessary to eat and do laundry, etc, for two weeks.
Also, Armorer in terms of this story is a very specific job. Comparing it every other soldier isn't accurate data. Think more like they are the best of 2000, as opposed to the best of 1.3 mil. people. Each unit in the Army should have their own Armorer.
Source: Ten years military service.
In the Navy, the Captain (much higher than an Army Captain) can also award 3 days bread and water. The sailor sits in the brig and can have as much bread and water as they want, but it wears very thin, very fast. Someone who worked for me got that, and as soon as they were released they wanted any thing to eat that wasn't bread.
You misses the bit about the medal of complete bullshit for being the best armorer, there is no medal for the best armorer, disregard story.
@@Right-Is-Right It was most likely an ARCOM. I was in the military for 10yrs working as head of physical security. Part of that job was inspecting arms rooms. One of the Armorers did such a good job they became the golden standard for other battalions. I put in recommendation for an award. The only award Joe's are likely to get doing outstanding work is an ARCOM unfortunately.
@@TorsilClimber I agree with you that Joes doing outstanding work can only get an ARCOM in situations like this. My 2nd deployment we had several lower enlisted only get ARCOMs for certain instances where they went above and beyond during multiple missions outside the wire, but every E7 or above in my battalion got a Bronze Star. Even the ones that were in the TOC the ENTIRE deployment and NEVER went outside the wire.
@@Right-Is-Right Not true. For Army awards outside of combat, you can receive three medals, an Army Achievement Medal(AAM), an Army Commendation Medal(ARCOM), and a Meritorious Service Medal(MSM). Each have ribbons, are consecutively higher in rank and worth more promotion points and status. MSM is the highest and can basically set a career for fast tracking.
I can only imagine the chaos that would have unfolded if there actually had been some type of supply emergency while OP had been out on the training exercise. That Captain would have been laid out even worse than she already was.
Yeah, I’m not in the army so I don’t know these things, but even an amateur like me can tell this Karen was being a vindictive idiot for trying to pull a power play like that.
None because it is a bullshit story, the army do not hand out medals for the best kept armory, never have and never will, medals are not handed out like lollies for doing menial tasks.
@@Right-Is-Right so you are telling me logistics is menial tasks?
@@minecraftfirefighter He does not do logistics, he allegedly maintains and hands out weapons, logistics in his alleged field are covered by the quartermaster who goes through transport.
@@Right-Is-Right I've heard there was a time when instead of having a group of armorers they put a single lowly E3 armorer in charge of supporting an entire forward support company, no knowledge just fresh of job training (small arms).
Having to figure out everything, how to order guns/parts, how to organize them, how much to have in stock and how to deal with wrong delivered stuff, all while getting no respect and not having anyone to fall back on.
I'd say that contains some logistics.
Slacker: "Sorry, I can't come to the presentation."
Also Slacker: 'where marks"
i see you in the comment section of most reddit story reading youtubers.. just saying this after months of silence
I divide my officers into four classes as follows: the clever, the industrious, the lazy, and the stupid. Each officer always possesses two of these qualities. Those who are clever and industrious I appoint to the General Staff. Use can under certain circumstances be made of those who are stupid and lazy. The man who is clever and lazy qualifies for the highest leadership posts. He has the requisite and the mental clarity for difficult decisions. But whoever is stupid and industrious must be got rid of, for he is too dangerous.
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I would love to know where this quote came from.
A German general named Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord is attributed to have said it in 1933. The reference may be apocryphal, but it’s definitely a good one.
Dilbert Version: There are few things more dangerous than a resourceful idiot.
That Captain threatening an Article 15 while not in active combat would have me laughing in her high horse face! Great job adding “Under Duress”!
being in active combat isn't a requirement for receiving an Article 15
Adding "under duress" would have anyone above him in the chain of command laughing at him while writing up his article 15.
"That Captain threatening an Article 15 while not in active combat would have me laughing in her high horse face!"
What planet are you from?
Clearly he's not aware with the difference between civic and military,
Not that I am either but know enough that such a thing would be quite unfortunate for your military career, that duress thing certainly was the best thing in that situation
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Putting all your skill points into intelligence and laziness is the ultimate minmax strat.
The story reminded me of what my old metal shop teacher said, "give the laziest man the hardest job, and he'll find the easiest way to do it."
@@GrandInfernoElite efficiency means you can be more lazy for longer and not worry about getting the work done.
And doing it right once means not spending twice as long as half-assing it again later. I'm lazy, spending 2-3 hours in the morning doing 6-8 hours worth of work before anyone else even wakes up means my "5:00" is 7am and i get to do whatever i want with attention to detail and mindfulness all day at my own lazy pace.
for the armorer story, never piss of a warrant officer. they will can and usually will make your life a living hell if you cross them or piss them off
Just remember, warrant officers are former enlisted elevated to officer status. They've generally been on the short end of the stick at some point in their careers.
@@merlinathrawes746 WO's....the undead of the armed forces...neither enlisted nor officer...imbued with dark powers by command...
They know the rules better than p'much anyone else b/c they have to suffer them the most.
NOTHING BUT FACTS!!! The most vicious of the WO breeds are the Marines. I'm not saying that because I'm biased (I'm a USMC vet myself), but Marine officers are THE WORST when it comes to ego. We are already "The Few, The Proud", and OCS is one of the most difficult out of all the branches. So naturally, a butter bar (2nd Lieutenant) would definitely act like their shit doesn't stink. Some act like they don't EVER shit at all, unlike us plebs.
But there is ONE THING all officers fear---THE WARRANT OFFICER.
Most of them were already salty staff sargeant and gunnies and had to deal with PLENTY of the "lazy and stupid" types---piled on with a heaping amount of entitlement.
But they forget---and are quickly reminded---that Warrant Officers have been innoculated against their bullshit. I know two WOs that chose to become one JUST SO they can shit down officers' necks. They become WOs out of spite.
@@KingNicotine OMG they do!!!
They are the lich kings of Mordor.
I mean...officers fear them, Sargeants Major give them a wide berth with a generous amount of respect, NCOs and staff NCOs wanna BE them, and get away with eviscerating anyone of any higher rank. What other kind of power is this except dark?
I wouldn't be surprised if they were trained in necromancy and blood magic.
Bruh he's THE BEST IN THE ENTIRE ARMY!
HE should be running training drills. For literally everyone else.
Too bad he can't because he has to do the job of three people.
Bullshit story, the army do not hand out medals for the best kept armory, never have and never will, medals are not handed out like lollies for doing menial tasks.
@@Right-Is-Right Probably not a "Military Medal" like you'd get from being shot at.
More like a "Here's an award for being a good little servant"
@@GamerGrovyle most likly OP recieved an ARCOM; its a mid level award given to enlisted and junior officers for consistent acts of heroism or meritorious service.
Well he's just the best at the one thing and almost everyone doesn't do that job.
@@Right-Is-Right how do you know? ever had one? nope didn't think so... another arm chair soldier
"You spent $1.50 too much on food once. We can't allow that."
"Fine. Enjoy paying for an extra $100 in food per month from here on."
When are companies going to realize that nitpicking and micromanaging is expensive?
Sane US companies pay "per diem" for meals which is dollar limited (as non-taxable) by city/county tables set by the government. The rates are higher for expensive cities and I've made pretty good bank by buying groceries for a one or two week business trip instead of eating out every meal.
OTOH, I don't know what OP meant by "fly-in, fly-out" - a daytrip will qualify for at most a fraction of full per diem. Also it sounds to me like the OP was the asshole in that story. Wasting food, etc, to "stick it to The Man" only works if The Man gives a crap, which the accountants who irrationally clung to the rules obviously did not.
@@SansNeural I think using the allowance to purhcase food to bring home was definitely in line.
Not eating the whole day is just stupid. But yes, a fixed allowance (and if you _really_ can find food at that price, show a receipt) is the reasonable way to handle this.
You solution of buying groceries (when possible) us a great solution,
*Farts*☣
Yeah I would take it up with a boss or something. Or hell, just ask for that month’s food expenses to be calculated by month determined on how many days a month they were allowed daily food allowance. Also $30 is kinda low. That’s definitely not breakfast lunch and dinner, at least in most places in the US
I used to work at an airport, and I went through exactly the same attitude change over time as she did. I started out motivated and flexible, but the company got more and more petty, so I started doing only the absolute minimum required of me. It was a unionized company too. People often joke about union employees being ridiculous about things like scheduling and who can do which job, but I can tell from experience that they get that way because the people they work for are petty bean-counters who won't make an inch of allowance for anything.
It's like Bill Gates said, "I will always choose a lazy person to do a difficult job, because he will find an easy way to do it".
(Not an original quote but the most famous person who has said it)
Warning: Nuclear Core Reactor Meltdown
There is merit in that. I found many ways to streamline my work in IT. It's a field that makes it easier. Not that I was lazy. We were undermanned and overworked Streamlining my work upped my productivity, and my customers appreciated that.
@@lancerevell5979 I now have the song, "We are outgunned! Out manned! Out numbered! Out planned!" going through my head. Thanks for that.
Well the easy way a lazy person takes can also not be the right way.
Isn’t that a Steve Jobs quote?
Oh rSlash, a doddle is an English term for something that it easy. It has nothing to do with Excel. That was just ops description of what they did.
That part made me chuckle. Bless him 😅
LOL I came down to see who picked that up, so cute
Thanks for the explanation.
I was listening to the video and had to pause and rewind to see if there was something in Google called a ‘doddle’. Then realised the OP was British. Hehehe
Hahahaha this was some funny shit. The narrator is so dumb.
If the company sends a cease and desist order, that literally means that they are not denying they are doing shady or illegal stuff or many other businesses decisions. Also especially if their is no NDA involved, they are not obligated to get some form of privacy especially if they are doing shady or illegal things.
Or the people that ordered that order to be send out are just dumb.
just because a conversation takes place in a "publicly accessible" tool (like discord, skype, etc.) doesn't mean it's not private information. especially if what he was dealing with included reports of various kinds, I guarantee the group he referred to was a private group specifically for the employees.
This is important because this means, most likely, the OP thought this was public information because "it's being talked about in a public way" but ignoring the fact that the "public way" was the equivalent of a closed room (group that only allows certain people to join) ... so actually, yes, the information he shared probably was considered private company information.
That being said, all of that doesn't matter. The OP was on leave, not fired (yet) and so still an employee. who shared company information to another employee. The company gave him a cease and desist letter for essentially sharing information with a coworker.
Worse, it was for whistleblowing, which (at least here in USA) retaliating against a whileblower is absolutely illegal.
... so ya. information was probably private, but most likely did not matter at all.
stil by posting it to those aps where i as a non participent can get to it it has become public even if not intended@@banaman7746
Article 15 is usually issued for disobeying an order, comes with a fine and they can even strip up to 2 ranks from you.
Them being a captain means they could of done another one (i forget what it's called I've been out for 14 years now) but it allows a higher fine and the potential of losing more than 2 ranks.
Being #1 at something in the army is a major deal. Like all the big brass ends up making it a point to meet you and know you. I got an award while i was still training in AIT, I ended up spending most of it in an office working for a BG, until the general appointed at the base requested me.
That captain really fucked up. I was a trainee with more privileges than most staff. You get recognized and it's a game changer.
I love listening to these videos while working or trying to sleep. Rslash's voice has a very soothing quality to it. I really enjoy the Malicious Compliance and TIFU videos. That's all from me and have a lovely day all of you
Definitely a nice thing to sleep to
Agreed
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Basically become my ritual set on rslash and slowly fall asleep
For sure my favourite to listen to while sleeping:)
I loved the phone call during the duck hunt. That sounds even funnier than stories of being called while taking an enormous crap.
11:30 My first thought is always "A guitar and amp that go to 11."
13:30 I like calling it "The most expensive $1.50 ever."
Spinal Tap? Cool! I was thinking that op should have added glitter. You can still be finding that stuff a year later, maybe even longer! 😆
@@ruthdeckman9781 Or even better, "LOOK! Nine more!"
@@AuntLoopy123 oh, yes!
The last story resonated. I used to work 50 weeks a year on the road (the original agreement was supposed to be 38… which never happened). I used to eat on the cheap and they kept changing the food budget.
I’d work through nights, holidays, weekends… realized what it meant to them when I left.
Didn’t even get a phone call wishing me luck or anything. I don’t work OT, I don’t take on free work, I will not miss breaks or lunches and I feel no guilt in going expensive on meals on the company’s dime…
You mean nothing to them. Don’t ever think that you do…
I forget that some managers can be crappy people. Last night we had a Christmas party and most of our food came from our mangers. It was fun and I'm glad I work with good people.
Our boss does NOTHING for us for Christmas. No card, no food, nothing. Been at this job over 5 years
@@damitafrost4228 My father owns furniture business, every year he does small party for people working in his company and gives them pretty good "christmas package" with vodka, champagne, sweets and other stuff like that, some of people who work there worked there their entire adult life and I might be the one to take over and I can't imagine. treating your workers otherwise
Same here. We have a party lunch at each physical location and a company wide party at a rented venue. Food, alcohol, and gifts provided.
Same, I work a minimum wage job and I absolutely love my managers. We recently did secret Santa
right! my manager, who sometimes is a bit lazy, is pretty nice to us. every week, if we hit a donation goal (like, $200 in donations from customers), then she would have her wife bake us lil treats to bring to work. they're usually gone by the time I clock in tho since I work night shift :')
One thing that comes to mind upon hearing the story about the relatives expecting the OP to buy gifts for their kids is another Reddit story where someone went to a store to buy a lightsaber that could be programmed to make whatever noise you wanted it to upon being activated. There was only one left, and someone had programmed it to say "Fuck!" every time it was activated or swung. They also said they never were able to figure out how to reprogram it. You wanna get out of their good graces and punish 'em for that entitlement? Buy the kids a couple of those, program them in a similar manner and take their instructions out of the box!
“Why would someone make such a thing?” It’s humanity. We’re the very definition of “why not?”
10:22 Correction: his _arms room_ was the best in the entire army. That means he wasn't just the best out of the entire army, he was better than _any three person crew_ in the army. 1 guy better than 1 guy? Cool. 1 guy better than 3 guys? Insane.
For the last story of the worker who was allowed $30 / meal (or was it per day). An additional option would be, if you were not getting home soon, to buy a meal for the homeless. Once, I watched my wife buy a second breakfast and give it to someone near a subway station. They loved it and my wife felt good about making someone's life a little easier that day.
In my Navy days onboard ship, I once was threatened with an Article 15 for a trumped up charge. I was E4, my accuser an E6 who hated me. I upped the ante, demanding Captain's Mast, similar to a Court Martial but allowing me to defend myself. I had several other petty officers my grade and above testifying for me, as well as the Sonar Chief, all knowing I was innocent. Had I been found guilty my career was over. I won, with the E6 losing a cushy duty as punishment, and his officer buddy losing a cushy duty too for backing him. The XO was peeved at me, but I was vindicated. Other fallout occurred, but that is a long story.
*Other fallout occured* laughs in Marine.
Of course, and it was all gloriously stupid, I'm sure!
@@SusieQ3 Lets say, me and the XO had problems. He was a real "character". But I did get some "malicious compliance" against him. Never piss of an electronic tech!
A Captain's Mast is an article 15.
Yelly sounds like it was designed by an engineer who had to buy a gift for an entitled parent's kid
As a first hand witness to someone recently receiving an article 15, your guess is pretty spot on. An article 15 is an administrative action, and not a legal action, where the commander presses charges against the service member for wrong doing. The service member is given a chance to meet with legal and offer up a defense for themselves to the commander, or in this case the commander's commander, who issued the article 15, but like you said, the commander probably already made up their mind and won't care about the defense. If it goes up to a higher commander, that commander is usually more interested in saving face and protecting their own reputation then actually determining whether or not the person is guilty. It is not a legal proceeding so the commander is under no obligation to adhere to innocent until proven guilty and it's not a legal proceeding so the service member is not allowed to bring a lawyer to speak on their behalf during their defense presentation. The whole process is like baby's first trial and is ripe with bias against the service member. Considering how severe the punishments can be if found guilty, it's pretty unfortunate the recipient of an article 15 has very little means of defending themselves against blatantly biased investigation process and officers tend to stick together and side with each other. With how hard the army has been preaching people first lately, they sure seem to hate soldiers
There is the right to demand court martial though, and in the op's case, it actually may have been advisable.
@@june012006 right, and that came up in this soldier's case, but even with a lawyer, the command climate at that installation during that time would not have been conducive to a favorable or even fair outcome. The op was fortunately to have plenty of written records and a senior warrant officer on their side. This soldier was facing the wraith of an embarrassed commander on his way out and senior NCOs too afraid to stand up to risk their own reputations and even egging on the commander. A court martial would have ensured this soldier's pcs ordered were deleted and kept him in a miserable environment for up to a year which is what the commander wanted. This panel is notorious for always handing out guilty verdicts with maximum punishments. The article 15 was pushed through based off an MFR written from second hand account and heresay. Think about that. Not even a sworn statement, an MFR and the soldier was still found guilty of the article 15 despite picture evidence and in person testimonies to the BC stating evidence to the contrary of their alleged actions. A court martial wasn't worth the risk and at least this way, they were able to do their extra duty and pcs away from there.
One annoyed auntie bought several air horns on a can. That story had a happy ending auntie didn't demand OP provide presents again.
Brilliant! That's far cheaper and more effective than my "guitar and amp that go to 11" idea.
In the last story I feel like instead of taking a bite and then throwing the rest away, she could have, I don't know... given it to a hungry homeless person everyday?
It could have been a maliciously compliant Robinhood story
Yeah, OP sounds like an AH. Plus the whole "healthy food" stuff is off. Food courts are closed and there's only fast foods, so what? You can get a salad at McDonald's.
I'm not saying they're wrong for using the whole 30$ every day, it's their right to, but they could've found a better way to spend them. Wasting food out of spite is just gross and immature.
9:45 Tell me why I'm not surprised it was a German Wehrmacht officer who said "I divide my officers into classes" and then argued for the extinction of one of those classes.
he wasnt Wehrmacht, in fact he was quite opposed to the nazi regime. Even tried to overthrow Hitler
@@TecnoGearMusic Kurt Von Hammerstein-Equord was still a Prussian noble who only took offense to the fact that Hitler killed his friends, not that Hitler was genocidal. The Prussians had been blaming Jews for the collapse of German nobility since the early 1880s, and being opposed to murder when it’s *your* friends and not other people doesn’t make you cool.
But yeah you’re right he was in the Riechswehr if only because it hadn’t yet been dissolved in to the Wehrmacht
The Yellies toy... my sister in law pissed me right off a couple weeks ago when she questioned my parenting and told me she was worried for my child's "well being" because I wouldn't make her do a week of virtual schooling for KINDERGARDEN. my neice is now getting a Yellies, a glitter slime kit and an obnoxious turtle toy that "poops" as her Christmas gift.
Don't forget the clear Legos and anything cute, cheap and glitter covered.
My son received a train whistle for Christmas one year. Worst thing ever!
My Aunt’s MO when my kids were young was to buy whatever the loudest toy in the toy store was. Not a joke. It was her “joke” every year. We still love her.
It's the special occasion toy that they only get to play with when Aunt Slappy comes for a visit, or to take them on a play date, right?
The Christmas gifting story reminds me of my sister. She bought all the talking Elmo’s one after another for my daughter.( loud and obnoxious.) because she thought it was hilarious. Until she had another daughter, and we gave them all to her!
"A man who is clever and lazy qualifies for the higher leadership positions"
Me, a nerd: yea like Shikamaru
RIP Shikamaru.
Alr who is shikamaru
Article 15 or “NJP” is regularly used to punish service-members who do something that is either not technically against the rules or get in trouble with the local police (DUI those types of things, not if you get pulled over).
NJP is abused by some commanders.
When I was active duty I put a sailor on SIQ (Sick in Quarters) for four days (the maximum I could) because she had a 103.9 degree temperature and tested positive for the flu. It was as much to protect her health as it was to protect those she cares for, as she was a corpsman in the hospital…in the area where all of the chemotherapy patients stay.
About a day later this captain came in (An O-6) and walked directly up to me with my Chit in his hand (military form), “Revoke it!”.
My chief, a Corpsman with a Purple Heart who had served in Combat on 6 different deployments since 2001 stepped in between us as the Captain talked about how this particular sailor was the only Corpsman on staff for that floor that could use the pharmacy machine.
“I can’t do that, it would go against the Core Values.”
This is a common retort in these situations. The core values being: Honor, Courage and Commitment.
He screamed for a few minutes and told me that he would ensure I got NJP for this.
“Cool.”
I didn’t get NJP but the hospital’s commander did come by and ask some questions of me, I showed him the Patients chart and he was flabbergasted that I had to even explain. If she had been sent to work, that Flu would have spread like wildfire around the ward.
For the Christmas story, I would've personally reccomended silly string. That stuff can get into ceilings.
Also can't forget the glitter!
@@ruthdeckman9781 My niece got into some glitter when she was six.
We had to move. It was the only way.
And wouldn't you know? In our new place, I STILL found glitter in the dresser drawers.
It took a decade, and three moves to get rid of all the glitter.
@@AuntLoopy123 I just now realized something. The renters before us had some kids. This is why I vacuumed glitter off the carpet every day. For 8 years. That stuff even got on the cat. And my grandson.
@@AuntLoopy123 I knew it stayed around a while, but wow!
Why would anyone make that kind of toy? Probably a person who was in the same situation as OP and wanted to bring weaponized malicious compliance to the people... 🤔🤣🤣🤣
I think it was first designed to train people to stop screaming at tarantulas, who DO come faster, the louder you scream. You want to avoid a tarantula? Stay calm, and keep your mouth shut.
Or, do like my little 3-year-olds did, and say, "Ooooooh! The pretty spider! It's so furry!" and try to cuddle it. That thing knew what was up, and scampered. Thank God.
If a horrible toys sells well then clearly they one that buy’s it are not the same ones that uses it
The clever and lazy = innovation. This type of person look to make thing efficient so they don't have to do hard work anymore. Love it.
1:04 Just want to point out that a doddle is NOT a bunch of excel sheets and documents. If something is a doddle it just means it's really easy, it's a British slang term!
Drum kit is a perfect noisy gift (I wanted one for years and never got one. I’m nearly 35 and still salty).
bruh they cost like 30 bucks ^.^
My mom was so excited when she found one that is super nice at Goodwill for $15. And the video I got of my Mom's face while my brother and his girlfriend go out to smoke is hilarious. Proud of herself and slightly ashamed at the same time. 🤣🤣
@@Nerobyrne but take up space we’ve not got.
When I was in college we had a big presentation that was essentially our exam, 30% of our final grade. This was an optional class, Vampire Mythology, so all we had to do was pick a vampire movie and then go into detail about the mythology, references, history etc. Of the three of us, one girl dropped out and the other was a guy that contributed nothing. I picked "What We Do in The Shadows" (a comedy movie) so it was supposed to be a fun project. On the day we were supposed to present the guy sat down and saw the printouts I did of my slides. He was like "Sweet let me see my part". I 'politley' reminded him that those were my slides (we each were supposed to present our own slides) and not so politely pointed out that since he didn't do anything, he didn't have any slides to read. He didn't even watch the movie! So he bullshitted his part during the empty slides that I left for him to fill. I had spoken to the professor ahead of time, and we had one of those group contracts, so I did fine and he failed the class.
This guy was in my program, so that wasn't the only class I had with him. The next semester I got put into a group with him again, hoping he had learned his lesson. Nope! The deadline for the (very simple) project was looming and he had contributed nothing at all. So, as the socially anxious nerd I was, I texted him that "I am not going to carry you on this" and reminded him to do his part. He managed to do it that time.
During that same semester I overheard him on a phonecall with a friend "You drank nail polish remover?" I thought, oh man what? his friend is going to have to go to the hospital! Then he said "Nah man, that's weak shit. I can drink a while bottle of nail polish remover." And that's the day I learned people drink acetone to get drunk faster? The program we were in was ANIMAL CARE! I really hope that if this guy did manage to graduate (after failing a handful of classes and having to do another year), that nobody ever hires him to take care of anything. Just another rich spoiled idiot looking to party in college.
I had a similar case to the group mark case
It was a huge group assignment meant for 6 people; detailing the cities entire train network and logistics as well as a proposed expansion project and how that is likely to affect things and whether it’d achieve the intended outcome in theory
About 26,000 words in total
Two dropped out, one houdinid
The three of us working pulled so many all nighters in group calls working things out and we’d always take meeting minutes (that we had to record who was absent, etc)
I did these for every meeting at the semesters and houdini was absent everytime
When we were coming up to deadline, houdini hadn’t sent me a single section of his roughly 6k words worth of work
Eventually I just typed in the group chat (as I’d finished mine and was the one drafting and editting it all while the other two guys sorted the bibliography) that he can either do his section or we won’t be putting his name on it in anyway
I ended up writing 13,000 words of this report over a week of a few hours sleep per night (some nights none at all)
Finally on the day of submission after I’d put in the chat that I’d finished the last bit of drafting etc and we just needed everyone to sign the group declaration form
This declaration form included a breakdown of what sections each person did and had ot be submitted with the meeting minutes
I filled in his name for it and asked him to sign it and fill in what he did (knowing well he did fuck all)
Then I submitted the report, which didn’t have his name on it at all, meeting minutes showing he never showed up once and the declaration form showing the “sections” he did (i.e. none) that he signed as well
I regret nothing, it was funny as hell when he realised he’d signed a declaration saying he contributed nothing
I hope that everyone is having a good Wednesday!
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Bet the new managers in the last story had a suprised Pikachu face when they saw the food allowance expenses after that stunt 😂
Army paralegal here. From the armoror story, you got it exactly right. Article-15s are for leadership to give out punishments without going the expensive level of courts-martial. Luckily, any reasonable attorney and paralegal will look at this commanders request and turn them down.
"Costs of travel" story. I wonder if they could spend their $30/day on gift cards, and give them to a shelter or something similar.
Only if they bought them at a restaurant.
@@AuntLoopy123 Most chain restaurants do gift cards, right? Not a bad idea honestly, especially since OP dislikes wasting food
That's a very smart idea but at least in my company it would not be possible as I show the ticket
To the expensive gifts post.... when I was married to my ex we were watching her sisters kids one night and sister was supposed to pick them up at 10 pm and wasn't. She finally showed up around 8 the next morning looking quiet hung over so we made sure the kids were sugar loaded and gave them kazoos lol. We got a very angry phone call about an hour later and never got asked to babysit again.
OK now that is funny.
If someone says you'll never find someone better then that instantly means they're lying.
"A spider tht goes faster the louder you scream" 😂😂😂😂
Satan had to sit down and learn
I did the opposite with my nieces and nephews. I was told due to the pandemic, I didn't have to get any gifts this year. I got a well paying job this year, so I went all out and got everyone a great Christmas present.
This is wholesome.
A couple years ago I got my nephew a garbage truck at a garage sale. Because I'd already seen my brother-in-law remove batters from my nephews noise making toys in the past I decided the garbage truck had to stay with me. At the time I was babysitting him a lot, so I brought it over any time I was watching him and of course he could play with it when he came over. Now it mostly just stays at my house, because I don't baby sit often and when I do it's usually here. He and my other nephew love to play with it when they are over. Most obnoxious thing about it is when you push a button it says various phrases as a garbage collector including one that say, "I love the smell of trash." Hearing that makes me wrinkle my nose, but it's still fun watching them have so much fun with it.
Oh, and due to the battery thing, the noise toy I recommend the most is a large plastic tube that your swirl around in the air. It makes an interesting sound that intensifies the faster you move it AND it can double as a hazard for hitting things and knocking them down if they don't play with it outside in the open.
Whoever made the spider that walks faster the louder you scream at it is a GENIUS OH MY GOD IMAGINE HOW MUCH FUN THAT WILL BE PRANKING SOMEONE
The last story about company expenses reminded me of an incident many years ago. At the time, I was the operations manager at a UK branch of an American company. I went to see the MD who was clearly fretting about something or other:
MD: "This new project has come to a complete halt. There's something going on over there, but they won't say what it is."
Me: "Well, I'm due to go over there sometime anyway, so how about I bring the trip forward and go sooner rather than later."
MD: "Excellent idea, when can you go?"
Me: "Any time - today if you think it's important."
MD: "Fantastic, nip home and pack your bag and I'll get Jenny to book you on this afternoon's flight."
So off I went to pack my overnight bag.
Wife: "Hello, what are you doing home at this time?"
Me: "Something's come up and I've got to go to New York this afternoon, so I've come back to pack a bag."
Wife: "I'm going out tonight, remember? And you're supposed to be looking after the kids."
Me: "Oh, sorry, I forgot. Can you get Whats-her-name to babysit?"
So, off I went to New York and when I returned (having solved the MD's problem), I submitted my expenses and included the cost of the babysitting. A few days later, I got hauled into the financial controller's office.
FC: "What's all this about? You can't claim for babysitting on expenses."
Me: I had to fly to the States with 3 hours notice when I was due to be at home looking after the kids while my wife went out - something she'd planned ages ago. The cost of hiring a babysitter was a direct result of me giving up my evening on behalf of the company, so I thought it was quite reasonable to claim for it."
FC: "Sorry, I can't allow it. The auditors would never approve it."
Now any reasonable FC would have said, "OK, I understand, but the auditors would query it, so put the amount though as a taxi or something with no receipt and I'll approve it."
It was only a tiny amount, compared to the cost of the trip, but naturally I was completely p***ed. I had given up my time at short notice and this was the thanks I got. Needless to say, I never flew anywhere with that company every again and in fact I left a few months later.
The ultimate gift for kids to get back at the parents: Drums
Yarn. When I was 7 years old, I got myself a ball of yarn. What to do with it? I did not yet know how to knit or crochet (I learned that at 8 years old), so as a clever and industrial child ;-), I went around the house and TIED EVERYTHING TOGETHER.
All the cupboard doors? Tied together. Closet doors? Tied shut. Every pair of shoes? Tied together. If it could be tied, I tied it. Going up and down the stairs was an adventure, because we had RAILINGS! On both sides! Everybody loves an obstacle course, right?!
And I did this right before my Grampa came for a visit.
I tied his luggage up, too. It was a matching set, so naturally every piece had to be tied closed and tied to each other piece.
It took me a few days, but I did, eventually, use up every last bit of that first ball of yarn.
Ah! Happy Days of Youth!
If they really wanted Xmas gifts that make noise, Laser guns are THE epitome of annoying toy sounds lol
They just made random electronic “futuristic” sounds
Fun Military Facts: The US Army has almost 500,000 members in it. Article 15 is a “career ender” for most people because getting one makes it harder for you to rank up. In most cases, you get a promotion to the next rank, and if you stop getting promoted, then you’re eventually let go from the military. And lastly, working in the armory is a VERY VERY serious job; if someone loses a rifle from that armory, the entire base is locked down until it’s found and usually people like this commander would be fired for it going missing.
@Sarafina Summers were they locked down for a long time?
10:30 I think you may be misinterpreting those statistics. The 142 million represents the entire workforce (civilian), while the 1.3 million, about 1% of that, are in active service, so you could say he was one-in-a-million. Between those two figures there are plenty of people working in the civilian military-supply industry..
yeah , by his interpretation your whole country pretty much was working for the military.. i mean .. maybe thats the future but not right now :D
I know it’s old but Rslash not realizing that op meant he was the best in the job he was doing, not the entire army makes me annoyed. Like bro reading comprehension isn’t that difficult.
Sock em' boppers were an incredibly destructive gift in the sense that your bigger cousin or sibling would use full strength and send you flying. Good times.
I remember those!
Always wanted those
I've loved the idea of those for so long that I'm looking forward to the upcoming campaign in my roleplay... because I'm giving a set to one of my players. What they do will be epic!
I give my brother-in-law's children the most obnoxious gifts I can find and he always returns the favor. This year, his kids are getting trumpets and drums. Last year they got RC dinosaurs that will roar for like 5min straight. And he gave my kiddo an arts & crafts bucket with ultrafine glitter in it. We'll be finding that glitter in random places for yeeeaaars.
On the gift one, OP forgot to add art supplies with glitter. Lots and lots of glitter.
I did 20 years in the US Army and retired as a Chief Warrant Officer 3. Article 15s can cripple a career in the Army. However, you can refuse the Article 15 and request an Article 32 hearing and a court martial. This is rarely done, but an Article 15 (AKA NJP for nonjudicial punishment) can really end your career before it starts and label you as a problem.
Never got an article 15, but I did get yelled at a ton. Didn't hurt my feelings
Hey man. Thanks for posting these daily. I'm currently sick (not covid thank god) and these videos help me sleep. Thank you man
Hope you get better soon
@@Twinklethefox9022 Thank you :)
I like imagining the looks on the faces of the people on the duck hunt conference call when they heard shotguns.
At 3:00: THAT’S where I’ll start my next job search if I need it soon; In the hot tub department!
LOL on the Christmas gift story... my best was getting all my nieces and nephews (when they where toddlers) a baby pearl drum kit... no batteries, no on/off switch and its a gift of music. I was banned from gift buying :)
Toys to get the kids depending on age:
Art supplies - Lots of Stickers, Crayons, Paint or Permanent Markers (with a tiny coloring book),
Books - Cookbooks for children, Home Science Experiments, Toilet Paper Creations (TP Dress...), Origami Book (With lots of paper)
Musical Instruments - Drums, Guitars, Music Boxes, Air Horn
Misc. - Really cheap beanbag chairs, silly string, nail polish, makeup, temporary hair dye, model kits (with paint and glue), Legos
The Article 15 thing was a big deal few months ago when soldiers were getting hypothermia and yet being told they need to stay out in the conditions commanding officer definitely would have got it in the back
UGH....group projects, the absolute bane of my existence. Before I graduated college, I was in a group project myself.
I'll give you the short version.
We have me: the peacekeeper
A--The group leader ((and friend later on))
and Z ((not their names, but you get it))
I had met A and Z when we were all in the same class together. The first time we sat down, A and I ((sophomores, no less)) overheard a freshman whining about "bUt wHyYYyyyYYY aReN't wE oUt oF sChoOl?! iT's rAiNiIiIinGuuHHhh!!! ((YES, exactly like that))!!!". I told them that "Well, sorry, but this is the *REAL* world and you don't get breaks even if it's raining!", to only be met with huffs and stomping feet as they stomped out the door. I flashed A a knowing look over my shoulder, to which she nodded in silent agreement, as we continued setting up for class.
THEN CAME THE GROUP PROJECT.
A immediately snaps into leader mode, when the three of us make a group, and Z had a horrible case of freshmanitis. A and I did all the work while Z tried her hardest to keep up the expectations of A, which okay, I get, and me being the person that keeps the peace between the two, texts, cleaning of the park, and putting all the info on a posterboard to present to the college.
We put our blood, sweat and tears into that project, and many huffing and puffing from both sides later, we get our passing grade and I graduate.
"Give the lazy man the hard job and he will find the easy way to do it!"
There's been some discussion in the comments I wanted to address: (yes, i know im 2 years late but I still don't see a clear explanation anywhere so i dont care)
ART 15: not a wartime thing, just a thing to hand out punishments with some paperwork involved that can or cannot follow and hinder your career based on the severity and level. There are 3 levels summarized, company, and field. Summarized means the commander can only take your time (for reference this means being in uniform and on duty for 14-16 hours a day), but you are literally not allowed to defend yourself or appeal this decision in ANY way, it does not follow your career but effects any possible awards or promotions you had pending and or could have been in line for. Company, can take your time and/or money, they can take your time for a longer amount of time, or kick you out of the army, this one you are allowed to present evidence to defend yourself, but its hard, usually the person saying you deserve the art 15 (your "manager") and the judge (your commander) know each other pretty well and officers are taught to trust their "managers" and the judge is still pretty early in his career but your manager has been there a long time. People can come speak for or against you but only if the judge allows them to. If you didn't do it you likely will only get a slap wrist (yes, even if you're innocent), if they both don't like you then hope for the third kind. This one can technically follow you if someone is paying attention but it usually doesn't and has the same effects on awards and promotions but for a longer time period. Field grade, the worst to face the best if you're innocent, your judge is now your managers manager or higher, they don't particularly like having their time wasted, if you're innocent and have the evidence often your manager AND commander will get in trouble. There's usually an outside investigation involved not always though, depends on the new judge. Others can speak at these for or against you if they are invited, you have the ability to invite. This can take more money, more time, your rank, or just kick you out. Depending which job you have these can be career ending, they likely are because now you probably hate the Army and all future commands and managers will treat you very negatively simply for this having happened regardless of what you say or show to explain. (ignore anything about court martials they are a thing but are in no way relevant to understanding the story in the video)
What are these given for? 2 pieces of paper, sometimes 1 piece of paper and a manager saying "well i talked to them about (insert topic) before too." That insert topic and piece of paper or the 2 pieces of paper need not be for the same things. The pieces of paper can basically be for anything, some are sensible, disobeying a direct order (doesn't need 2 in this case), disrespecting an officer, punching a superior, and also nonsensible things, I think your hair is too long, i think your hair is too short, i think you aren't wearing your bun correctly, your pockets look baggy, oh because you're caring all the stuff I require you to carry in each pocket? too bad, its 1900 (7pm) and you have beard showing now, i know everyone says you were here on time but I didn't see you, your car insurance wasn't paid on time, there's a crack in your windshield, your kid got in trouble at school, you didn't talk to that person the way i think you should have even though you followed all regulations, you have an indescribable "attitude" problem, your face makes me want to punch it, i gave you the wrong information but you figured out the right information so you did something different than what i said, i gave you the wrong information but you did not figure out the right information so you did the wrong thing, you don't know how to do a task you aren't trained on or is entirely outside of your job, you take too long doing paperwork, someone else lost a thing you were signed for you were ordered to sign for the thing.....etc etc the Army's rules are written in a way that me as your manager can exploit them to all hell if i want to, this is not MEANT to be used this way, it is open to interpretation so I don't HAVE to punish you in a dumb situation. But it is also meant so that if i CANT punish you for something you got away with i can for something else. This system is often abused but works wonderfully when used correctly. The Commander in the video likely wasn't going to write an ART 15 for Disobeying a Direct order but was either going to use disrespecting an officer or make something up.
MEDAL: yes he absolutely could have and likely would have. #1 in a loosely technically Army wide competition makes commanders feel good and they like to be showy, commanders don't get to brag about themselves directly so giving awards is usually what happens after something draws attention to how well an army base is performing. An AAM is worn as a ribbon most often but it is in the name Army Achievement MEDAL, there are full medals of every ribbon just its annoying as hell to set it up so it is extremely rare. He probably would've gotten an ARCOM for this.
Broad stokes Certificate of Achievement, you impressed your direct manager or team lead, AAM you impressed a supervisor, ARCOM you impressed a regional supervisor. MSM you're retiring, anything else you do that is worth this will get down graded because "well it wasn't 20 years" its a tradition thing. There's also the soldiers medal, you saved someone's life (In the US), normally more than one, the news got involved and the Army is showing good face. Imagine pulling people out of a burning car right before it explodes, you then proceeded to provide life saving first aide until the ambulances got there, there weren't enough paramedics so there's videos of you (preferably in uniform) still conducting CPR with the medics and lights flashing and the burning car as the back drop. (really not joking, if there's no news story no one actually gets this award) it's the noncombat equivalent of the Medal of Honor.
Arms Room: Imagine working at a bank but there's one teller and they are standing in the vault and there's a jail cell door and bars between you and them even when its open, if its closed its the big cartoon vault door. The vault is full of locked lockers that have rifles with another lock into special stands. there's some other stuff too but that's not important. The armorer is the person with the keys to the vault door and the jail cell door, its is VERY often understaffed no matter where you are and VERY often staffed by someone lower than the rank it should be. As the story tells it, its kind of a shitty thing. Units will call you at all kinds or ridiculous hours to come open the arms room, no they don't schedule anything, no you can't tell them no because they didn't schedule anything. If someone wants the door open you have to go open the door. There's also a big security check you have to complete when opening and when closing the arms room so someone coming to sign out 1 rifle can easily eat up an hour and a half. Usually anyone of high enough rank to do the job finds an excuse not to do the job and it gets pinned on someone who can be described as Clever and Lazy because they are the only ones competent enough to do the job while not finding an excuse out it because they decide the perks outweigh the negatives. This story is actually extremely common in the army, having someone (especially at a lower rank) with a responsibility that removes them from stupid made up BS will quickly lead to someone being mad that that soldier isn't having to do the BS and finding some way to make trouble before someone more important has to tell them they are stupid because the BS is just BS and the responsibility is a necessity. Its not often its an officer being the dumb one unless they are prior enlisted. Also yes, you can sleep in the arms room, it happens, a lot. you're waiting for a unit to come back because today is friday but they dont actually show up till 4am on saturday, people sleep with the jail cell part closed, no one is mad they do this. In fact they are very excited the armorer was waiting because now they can go home instead of waiting for what feels like forever after being in the field for a week and missing your video games and/or family and/or alcohol for the armorer to arrive. Are you allowed to put dirty weapons in the arms room? No. But its saturday 4am and i want to go home. who is going to point out the armorer that us promising to come in first thing monday to clean our weapons is technically against the rules?
In short thank you to every armorer that has slept in an arms room and let a unit come back the next work day to do the cleaning, you all are truly the unsung heros of any field experience
I know there's more confusion and incorrect stuff in the comments but this is already more than anyone really should waste time reading about this if they aren't already in the military and people are surely going to comment telling me how wrong i am too with exceptions and branch differences and "this one time" stories but if you were confused by the video you should now understand how the commander intended to get away with writing an art 15, what an art 15 even is, and what an arms room kind of is and how/why this happened, and that nothing in the story screams oh this is a lie. The only part that may be an exaggeration is maybe it was "best in the army.....in germany" or something, or not the best but highly rated. But honestly we give out a lot of "best in the army" stuff to a point im suspicious, pretty confident there are probably several "best in the army" armorers and other jobs running around at any one time. not that the people who were told they were the best are lying but the people who told them are the ones exaggerating the scope of their investigations or reviews.
I really hope the reddit article about what harrowing toys to get for those kids includes copious amounts of glitter as they WILL NEVER be rid of it
I used to work in retail around a lot of glitter, and I agree... That stuff is basically impossible to get rid of.
Former Air Force E-4 here, and her saying she is going to give him an article 15 for not signing would get her in SO much trouble. She didn’t even try and give him an LOC (letter of counseling) which has to come WAY before an article 15, and those are pretty much saved for people who totally f***ed up. Like DUIs and stuff like that.
Not only that, but in the military (all branches) you are allowed refuse an order if the order is unlawful and the fact she was trying to get someone in there for that job who didn’t have clearance (especially for the armory) is a huge unlawful order. He could of used his chain of command to get the her in trouble without letting someone without clearance in there. (Though the “under duress” was very smart of him.) I honestly wouldn’t of signed it at all, and informed her that I couldn’t sign it because what she was asking was unlawful. She would of had to to get in touch with someone above her, of go to his supervisor. And then still got in trouble. Granted his guy sounds pretty young, and I know all this massive info because throughout my whole time in the military, I always worked with my commanders and higher ups (we are talking Lieutenant Colonel‘s, and Colonel’s mainly. Some Majors and Captains… heck, one of my supervisors was a Captain one time.)
And just for those who don’t know what an article 15 is, it can kill your military career. Like they can take rank from you, and even stop you for advancing your rank, and you HAVE to advance (especially E-0 through E-5… once you hit about E-6 there isn’t as much pressure because E-7 through E-9 only have so many, something to do with % within that branch of the military, like only the top 3% can ever make chief Master Sergeant which is the Air Force’s E-9 rank.) or they can discharge you from the military. I’ve seen it happen! And you can get an article 15 even when you are just at your permanent station, it’s not something you can only get while deployed.
I work in accounts and that last story makes me laugh, the person being a dick made so much more work for themselves over 1.50. Also ended up costing the business more. I would have gotten a reprimand for something like this.
I feel like a slacker in group projects because I never really know what I should do (even if I'm doing a lot of work)
One of my favorite group projects was a French fruit filled baked good (Galette). It looked really good, but nobody in my group wanted any so we decided that we give it to the School workers as a gift. We each got to choose a fruit at the start for the filling and I chose mango as it's one of my favorite fruits (Top 5, not an "I'll eat it as soon as I buy it", but more of a "I'll eat it if I crave it". As of writing, I crave a mango)
The military one is me in a nut shell, though not USA and not ballistic, was recon and had my military issued webbings remade because they were not the quality I needed(I needed to hold more mags)
Your summary of "Article 15" was basically correct. It's called "administrative punishment" because it isn't punishment issued by a court. The issuing officer (typically a unit commander, but there are exceptions) gets to say "What you did was wrong. Here's your punishment." It can be appealed, but the appeal is to the next higher commander (usually a no-win situation). There are limits to what the punishment can be - a certain amount of money and or time spent doing "punishment" work (like cleaning, painting, etc).
Day 381 of telling him he's making everyone day better
Article 15 is used when infraction isn't serious enough to file charges and have court proceedings, but serious enough that someone in your chain of command feels you need to be disciplined.
I love civilians commenting on military lol, even more when its junior enlisted acting like they have salt
Op forgot to add: several large containers of glitter. Glitter is the gift that never stops giving. It, like cat litter, expands exponentially once it’s outside it’s container. They’ll be finding glitter when their children’s children have children. Muahaha
Maybe add some glue so the glitter sticks better.
Also, don’t forget legos. The smaller pieces the better
I’ve watched so many of your videos that I find it hard to find ones that I haven’t watched
just rewatch old ones from a few years back, they'll be just like new ^^
Army guy here I can help explain AR15. when you screw up, you get a counseling where you sign a piece of paper saying how you fucked up and what your punishment is. A BIG screw up is an article 15 (AR15) where you lose a large chunk of your paycheck (up to half) and up to 45 days of extra duties. Anything bigger than an AR15 is UCMJ. In conclusion, a counseling in a speeding ticket, AR15 is community service, and UCMJ is prison
Here's a joke, so steven hawking walks into a bar.
I remember when I was younger, my brother got his hands on "Make your own snow" from a spray bottle thing.. as in.. you sprayed this stuff on windows and it kind of looked like snow. So you could make pictures and things on your window.
Well... 3 years down the line.. you could -still- see remnants from this snow on the windows (and since I was very young and got my hands on it too... on desks and drawers and wardrobes.."
I can highly reccomend a present like that for something that will offer potential years of memories.
It's hilarious that you think "a doddle" is some sort of object or program. Making something "a doddle" is British slang for "making something easy".
The one with the OP getting the Play-doh and such for the kids - he forgot the glue and the glitter.
😂You changed the first story so it was incorrect. At 1.10 when they say 'this was many excel/google docs...' they were referring to what the many reports they were collecting were, NOT WHAT A DODDLE IS 😂 making a doddle just means they made it easy.
You changed the next sentence from 'this was' to 'a doddle is' which made it incorrect. Maybe it isn't 100% clear they mean the reports, but they DEFINITELY don't mean the doddle and if you knew what a doddle was you'd know that. That's what you get for changing the words of the post when you don't actually know what it means 🙄
It drives me crazy when he does that. Why not just read the story?
@@missluciddreams3472 I know! Same
The armorer: I‘m neither in the military, nor American, but I do know that the co refers to article 15 of the ucmj, which I believe the navy calls a Captain‘s Mast. It‘s not only for war times, but for minor incidents that the co doesn’t think warrants a court martial (or, bother the JAG Corps). However, according to the UCMJ, any service member, except those embarked or on a vessel away from its home port, can refuse the non-judicial punishment and insist on a court martial. If the member accepts, he or she can bring a representative to the hearing, present evidence and the CO has to take everything into consideration. Also, the penalties are limited, so for minor infractions (that could be punished more severely in a court-martial), a non-judicial punishment can be a good choice - especially as it isn‘t registered as a criminal conviction by a federal court (though it will be placed in the service records).
So: Either OP doesn‘t know very much about the UCMJ (I got most of my information from TV and a few more details from the internet), or the story isn‘t entirely true - because it‘s highly unlikely a JAG would proceed a court-martial because a service member did exactly what he/she is supposed to do, even if his CO doesn‘t like it. On the contrary: The only possible reason for an Article 15 or a court-martial in this situation is for not obeying orders. While any service member is required to follow all LEGAL commands issued by a superior, the order to sign a document that would break the law (like, passing the responsibility for the armoury to a person lacking the necessary clearance) is clearly no legal order and must therefore not be followed.
As the Lt. got reprimanded for following illegal orders, the appropriate way for OP would have been: 1. refuse to follow the illegal order, 2. not sign the papers, but request a court-martial under the UCMJ, and 3. contact the Captain‘s CO and the Army Judge Advocate General‘s Corps. Likely the same outcome for Cpt. Stupid, but no reprimands for the (ill-advised) Lt. - but no „exercise vacation“ for OP, of course…
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One of my best friends has a little daughter. At some point in my life I somehow got a container full of those whistle things that coaches use at games etc, but from cheap plastic. They make a hell of a noise. It has become almost a tradition now, that every time they come around she asks for a new one, because the old one mysteriously disappeared. I would of course kindly offer her a new one, with her dad staring daggers at me, because he would have to come up with another way to make it disappear again. It's a great game, I love it.
Ah yes, when you delete everything just like they asked.
Karma.
It's a b!tch
Yellies are hilarious! They're electronic toy spiders, bunnies and lizzards, and they're sold as collectables! 😂😂😂
150 million people dont work for the army dabney... What is wrong with you?
Where did he even pull that number from???
An article 15 can vary wildly at the commanders discretion. You could just get extra duty or if you really messed up/the commander hates you the punishment could include; extra duty, halving your pay, reduction in rank, prevention of future promotions (career ending if you're not highly enough ranked,) removal of security clearences, bunch of situational specific consequences, and recommendation for a DD-214 (papers for separation from the military.) These punishments are all on top of anything the military AND civilian courts want to add on top. Fort Leavenworth is not a place you want to be sent to.
That manager was known for three things. Intelligence is not one of them. (Military story)
Gallon Ice Cream story: Seems to me they were being lazy and didn't want to put in the extra work.
Basketball car story: Clever.
Armorer story: That manager seems to be stupid and stubborn.
NJP or Article 15 is offered in lieu of a courts martial. It is for minor misconduct and has a limited amount of punishment ranging from reduction in rank, confinement for a small period of time, loss of pay, etc. It’s used, generally, as a way to save an enlisted person’s career as while a NJP doesn’t look good on your jacket being brought up on official charges is often a one way ticket for a Big Chicken Dinner (Bad Conduct Discharge or worse Dishonorable Discharge.)
Article 15s have to be consensual, though. It’s similar to a plea deal with a prosecutor except it is the enlisted man’s CO who acts in that capacity. It’s a way to stop the discipline process short of courts, judge advocates, etc which can get out of hand. I disliked having to do them but that is your job sometimes if you’re an officer.
You can refuse an article 15 (which would have been the correct decision if she brought him up on charges) but then you’d be brought up on official charges and potentially court martialed. Considering she was giving an illegal order the correct response from this gentleman would be to politely inform the captain that she is giving an illegal order. If she persisted, your options are either to go along with her order or refuse it, if you do the latter she’d bring you up on charges - you don’t want to accept an Article 15 from her though because you’re in the right, so you refuse the NJP and make her bring formal charges which will involve HER commander, the judge advocates, etc. If her CO finds out she is trying to bring charges because she is ordering the only qualified armorer off base it won’t end well for her.
Other excellent gift ideas: Large tub of bubble gum, drum kit, oil paints, and a St. Bernard puppy