I found that its takes a great deal to respect a person, and it takes just that bit for the respect to be lost.

You probably would have gathered from the previous post, the past week wasn't all that smooth. I was roped into the formation workplan team, and I had been slogging for the last couple of weeks with a couple of my friends on the slides. It wasn't easy, as the department we were supposed to augment couldn't give a damn about this thing. Of course, that was until Commander gave us a good verbal whipping on Monday. No, they did not join us in the working, they made us work harder without much of their help.

So that kind of sums up four of the five days last week (yes, Vesak Day inclusive). So on Friday, the routine was pretty similar, except that I spent the afternoon at an NDP meeting. My reward for a week of hard work? My Ops Officer from Squadron called for a meeting with all the officers, and again, my head was on the sharp edge of his reprimand. I wasn't there, but I surmised that irresponsible and couldn't care less about Squadron affairs, and poor time management culmulating in my absence from the Squadron were some of the nicer things he said.

Worst still, my 2IC got the worse of the reprimand, as he was the only one representing the platoon. I'm so sorry I wasn't there CR.

If you were me, would you feel justified?

Before Justin and Shimon left the Squadron, I assured them that this S3 was the better of the lot. I told Aaron and Jeremy the same thing when they joined us. But now, given the insensitivity of this mooron, he was an officer I respected. Note, was, you are just another mooron now.

You can argue that my view might have been biased, but most in the Squadron do not share his view. If I do my arithmetic right, I work for 9 working days a week. You are in no position to claim that you work harder. Only my OC is eligible.