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~ You Must Be Full OF Crap... ~
A US Air Force C-141 is scheduled to leave Thule Air Base, Greenland at
midnight. During the pilot's preflight check he discovers that the
latrine holding tank is still full from the last flight.
So, a message is sent to the base, and an airman who was off duty is
called out to take care of it. He finally gets to the air base only to
find that the latrine pump has been left outdoors and is frozen solid so
he must find another one in the hangar, which takes even more time.
He finally arrives at the aircraft and is less than enthusiastic about
what he has to do. Nevertheless, he goes about the pumping job deliberately
and carefully (and slowly) so as to not risk criticism later.
As he's leaving the plane, the pilot, an Air Force Major, stops him and
says, "Son, your attitude and performance has caused this flight to be
late, and I'm going to personally see to it that you are not just reprimanded,
but punished."
The poor guy says, "Sir, with all due respect, I'm not your son. I'm an
Enlisted Airman in the United States Air Force. I have one stripe, it's two thirty
in the morning, it's twenty degrees below zero and my specialty here is to pump crap from
an aircraft. Now just what form of punishment did you have in mind?"
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