Hello All!
I haven't been around much as I am in stasis between hiring and the academy start date. Been doing a bunch o' paperwork and counting down the days...
People in HQ say to enjoy the dullness, for soon I will wish I was so bored...
Question for you all: Do the "orders" of various brass get less contradictory once the academy starts, or is it par for the course?
BTW I am very happy to be in and waiting!
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12-01-09 07:05 PM #1
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Yar! I come from the depths of paperwork!
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12-01-09 08:19 PM #2
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You're probably being jerked this way and that because of your 'holding pattern' and the various brass at HQ think no one will care or notice if they have you do this and that.
Once you graduate and clear off of FTO, you will have more of a dedicated chain of command and your instructions/assignments will most likely become less disjointed.Click HERE for a common sense tutorial on posting at RealPolice.net.
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12-01-09 08:33 PM #3
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Stand by to stand by.
Originally Posted by ducatimom
And newbies are supposed to post an intro in Rap Sheets.
Of every one hundred men, ten should not even be here. Eighty are nothing but targets. Nine are real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle. Ah, but the One... One of them is a Warrior... He will bring the others back.
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12-01-09 09:43 PM #4
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LESS contradictory? Originally Posted by ducatimom
No.
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12-01-09 10:08 PM #5
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Good to know. I thought such was likely, but thought I should ask anyway. Originally Posted by GoDirectly2Jail
I am getting my bearings, though. Most of the people I have met are good people, and I have enjoyed yapping with them about life in the RPD. It took me a bit to figure out how to go from "HQ persona" of normal interaction, to "academy persona" of para-military interaction. I guess it is all part of the learning process.
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12-01-09 10:10 PM #6
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Silly man, I did an intro in Rap Sheets MONTHS ago... Originally Posted by Sgt. Slaughter
Stand by to stand by.
And newbies are supposed to post an intro in Rap Sheets.
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12-01-09 10:12 PM #7
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But... But... Originally Posted by Curt581
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile-driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack!
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12-01-09 10:19 PM #8
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Hmmm. Guess it went over your head.... Originally Posted by ducatimom
Silly man, I did an intro in Rap Sheets MONTHS ago...
Of every one hundred men, ten should not even be here. Eighty are nothing but targets. Nine are real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle. Ah, but the One... One of them is a Warrior... He will bring the others back.
"Wrong door, buddy!"
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12-01-09 10:37 PM #9
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Oh, nar... Originally Posted by Sgt. Slaughter
Hmmm. Guess it went over your head....
Must be all of the paperwork... YES! That's it! Paperwork...If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile-driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack!
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12-01-09 11:15 PM #10
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I'm glad it wasn't my sophisticated sense of humor... Originally Posted by ducatimom
Oh, nar...
Must be all of the paperwork... YES! That's it! Paperwork...Of every one hundred men, ten should not even be here. Eighty are nothing but targets. Nine are real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle. Ah, but the One... One of them is a Warrior... He will bring the others back.
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The old "move the barrier" scenario. Originally Posted by ducatimom
You just keep moving the barrier, as each supervisor tells you to move it.DONLON
I mean, we're getting killed for these people and they don't even appreciate it. They think it's a big joke.
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12-02-09 12:14 AM #12
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... kinda akin to digging foxholes from what I gather... Originally Posted by phantasm
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