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17thRecceSgt
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True story, happened today.
A few weeks ago, there was an illegally parked car at the gym (right in front of a fire hydrant). I left a note on the windshield which amounted to "this is your freebie, this is not a parking spot, next time I see it here the MPs will be called." Left my rank, name, work local. Figure if it is someone higher rank, well, atleast I can roast them alittle for not playing buy the rules if I have a head left...
The car is one of the typical pimped-out Honda's alot of troopies drive these days...you know the kind.
Today, arrive at Stadacona Gym at 1515 for PT. Same car, in same spot, with open parking spots that are actually for the gym.
Walk in, ask front desk staff if in fact it is a parking spot (no). Ask them to call the MPs to have car ticketed.
Go back 15 minutes later. PSP staff tell me "we couldn't get thru to them". Sure.
Civie then tells me "I shouldn't worry about it". I tell her, in the military, we don't decide which rules to follow and which ones not to, and when you don't follow them, and your caught, then you take your lumps. Nicely.
I call MPs. Ask for a car to be dispatched to sort this character out. Dispatcher asks for license plate, so I go to get it...car is gone. Ok, so you got away this time. My head says to me "never pass a fault". Especially after you already got your freebie. And are now NOT being smart about being stupid. This gets entered into the MPs log thankfully.
PT ends at 1700 (the gym closed then). Drive around Snr NCO/Officers quarters. No car. A BLock (Jnr NCO on Stad). No car. Drive to Windsor Park Jnr NCOs shack. Bingo. Car is there.
Leave a note on windshield, basically saying "you were illegally parked. you shall call me at the number below, or I will have the MPs /ask the MPs to come and find you. Got it? Sign the note, leave my work duty cell number (its on me 24/7).
Get call from MPs. They need to talk to me. Tell them "come on over!".
MPs show up. This little POS puts a "i feel threathened" complaint in on me ( :rofl to get around the fact he is in crapola. MPs have to investigate. I got read the Cautionary Statement, the whole deal.
The MPs I must say, were nothing but 101% professional, and told me straight up, they thought his complaint was horseshite. BUT they also pointed out they HAVE to follow it up, and file a report, which will go to my CO (I promptly gave them his name and local).
They advised me that, being a NCO, or a Snr NCO is not like it used to be (one of the MPs was former combat arms, Arty, can't remember his name now doh!). I explained from my perspective, it was a discplinary issue (not obeying orders) as much as an MP issue, and that I was giving the kid a break by dealing with it at my level, rather than putting it thru the MPs and the Base Chief. They agreed totally. He should have called and left it at that. He didn't. SO...now all this crap. I am not worried. I was sorting out a subordinate, and handling it at the lowest level. I could have walked the 50 feet from his car to the MP Guardhouse and let them have at the little prick. I chose not to.
It leaves me here wondering what happened to the times when, if you handled something at your level, firmly and fairly, no abuse of anything, that was the way to do the business.
Again, the MPs were bang-on, and when they left, they said "We wish there was more Sgt's like you around Halifax, everyone around here passes the buck and we get to deal with the shite" type thing. Good to hear. A crop of weak, "turn away from discipline issues" Snr NCOs. Great. What the hell happened to "us" (read NCOs)???
I looked at the younger MP, and told him on his way out the door...."as an NCO, you should never pass a fault". I wonder if he knew what I meant...the older one did cause he sorta chuckled...
Someone, please, tell me that its not like this all over...that Pet and Edmonton, Gagetown....that these places still function with the NCO being the first and fairest and effective point in the discipline system... :
A few weeks ago, there was an illegally parked car at the gym (right in front of a fire hydrant). I left a note on the windshield which amounted to "this is your freebie, this is not a parking spot, next time I see it here the MPs will be called." Left my rank, name, work local. Figure if it is someone higher rank, well, atleast I can roast them alittle for not playing buy the rules if I have a head left...
The car is one of the typical pimped-out Honda's alot of troopies drive these days...you know the kind.
Today, arrive at Stadacona Gym at 1515 for PT. Same car, in same spot, with open parking spots that are actually for the gym.
Walk in, ask front desk staff if in fact it is a parking spot (no). Ask them to call the MPs to have car ticketed.
Go back 15 minutes later. PSP staff tell me "we couldn't get thru to them". Sure.
Civie then tells me "I shouldn't worry about it". I tell her, in the military, we don't decide which rules to follow and which ones not to, and when you don't follow them, and your caught, then you take your lumps. Nicely.
I call MPs. Ask for a car to be dispatched to sort this character out. Dispatcher asks for license plate, so I go to get it...car is gone. Ok, so you got away this time. My head says to me "never pass a fault". Especially after you already got your freebie. And are now NOT being smart about being stupid. This gets entered into the MPs log thankfully.
PT ends at 1700 (the gym closed then). Drive around Snr NCO/Officers quarters. No car. A BLock (Jnr NCO on Stad). No car. Drive to Windsor Park Jnr NCOs shack. Bingo. Car is there.
Leave a note on windshield, basically saying "you were illegally parked. you shall call me at the number below, or I will have the MPs /ask the MPs to come and find you. Got it? Sign the note, leave my work duty cell number (its on me 24/7).
Get call from MPs. They need to talk to me. Tell them "come on over!".
MPs show up. This little POS puts a "i feel threathened" complaint in on me ( :rofl to get around the fact he is in crapola. MPs have to investigate. I got read the Cautionary Statement, the whole deal.
The MPs I must say, were nothing but 101% professional, and told me straight up, they thought his complaint was horseshite. BUT they also pointed out they HAVE to follow it up, and file a report, which will go to my CO (I promptly gave them his name and local).
They advised me that, being a NCO, or a Snr NCO is not like it used to be (one of the MPs was former combat arms, Arty, can't remember his name now doh!). I explained from my perspective, it was a discplinary issue (not obeying orders) as much as an MP issue, and that I was giving the kid a break by dealing with it at my level, rather than putting it thru the MPs and the Base Chief. They agreed totally. He should have called and left it at that. He didn't. SO...now all this crap. I am not worried. I was sorting out a subordinate, and handling it at the lowest level. I could have walked the 50 feet from his car to the MP Guardhouse and let them have at the little prick. I chose not to.
It leaves me here wondering what happened to the times when, if you handled something at your level, firmly and fairly, no abuse of anything, that was the way to do the business.
Again, the MPs were bang-on, and when they left, they said "We wish there was more Sgt's like you around Halifax, everyone around here passes the buck and we get to deal with the shite" type thing. Good to hear. A crop of weak, "turn away from discipline issues" Snr NCOs. Great. What the hell happened to "us" (read NCOs)???
I looked at the younger MP, and told him on his way out the door...."as an NCO, you should never pass a fault". I wonder if he knew what I meant...the older one did cause he sorta chuckled...
Someone, please, tell me that its not like this all over...that Pet and Edmonton, Gagetown....that these places still function with the NCO being the first and fairest and effective point in the discipline system... :