What did you Say?
Civilian Life is different than you may have remembered it. Your level of discipline and attention to detail far surpasses the average person. While refining your character, the civilian populous continues to erode theirs. While this may certainly be the case, it is most definitely an over generalization that easily excuses Veterans from a poor understanding and lack of acceptance of fellow students and faculty that lack a structured military background. In other words, what you deem "Nasty" or "Unsat" about another person may be "Locked On" or "Squared Away" to them... And vice versa.
In light of this cultural phenomenon, here's a list of 10 translations to improve understanding of each other:
5 TRANSLATIONS FOR VETERAN COLLEGE STUDENTS
1
Veteran: The Chow Hall is next to Motor T.
Civilian: Starbucks is next to the Parking Garage.
2
Veteran: Sally looks like 10 lbs of shit stuffed in a 5 lbs sack.
Civilian: Your girl's muffin top is making me ill.
3
Veteran: Suspend Com; Resupply inbound..
Civilian: Stop texting me; it's on the way.
4
Veteran: G6 is out to Lunch and this oversize paper weight is eating up my liberty time.
Civilian: The IT department is a joke and the school computers are slow.
5
Veteran: Reveille is at O-Four-Hundred Hours... MRE's for Chow... We'll form up and go for a short hump day-packs; followed by hygiene and recovery time at the barracks. Muster for the 96 Safety Brief will be at 1300 with the Company Guns and Company CO.
Civilian: We will wake up at the crack of dawn, eat camping food that was made for animals in a third world country, and walk 10 miles, while carrying 35 lbs of unnecessary shit in an over-sized backpack, before getting home to our dorm rooms to shower and pass the hell out. At 1 pm, we'll all get together and listen to an old jaded alcoholic and spoiled college frat boy talk about safety and share horror stories and tragedies before the four day weekend.
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