Did two years overseas with my company. Got home for Christmas Salary—no overtime since 1982.
Ok, no weight requirements per se. But if we put on a few pounds we heard about it. No fatties in that company over the manager level.
And if you have ever managed a merger with a computer system that crashed? Weeks before it was fixed? Yes, others understand stress and hardship.
As I said, I appreciate the point. And certainly I appreciate the original proposition. However, the assumption that one class is harder working and more deserving of their part of the pie is simply short sighted.
How many of your coworkers were killed or wounded during your deployment? I’m assuming you slept in a tent with communal showers, latrines and mess facilities? Also, no doubt the hours ran 0500 to 2100 or so, regardless of weekends, or some variant allowing about 10 hours of nonduty time?
This was back before MREs so we had C rats and some stuff brought out in insulated cans ~ frankly, it was all great stuff ~ glad to do it ~ thought hopefully of stuff Back in the World and looked forward to telling the story some day.
Thank you for listening. Made me feel Twenty Something for a moment, and that doesn't happen just every day.