When I joined up with the USAF in 76 every thing was chow runner and chow hall and eating chow or food or grub. Some time between then and my one year Alaska vacation in 90/91 at King Salmon the Air Force got all snooty and high falootin'. I must have missed that memo because a chuckle headed TSgt jumped my backside when I told him I liked how well the chow hall was looking. It was a "Dining Facility!" said he. He was very adjitated to say the least to the point of veins popping in his neck. Oh well pardon me all to hell. Always said Chow Hall after that. Still do.
This same chuckle head had a survey a couple of months later. One of the questions asked what personnel on the station did not want to see on the menu. I wrote, in my chicken scratch, basically don't cook anything that every one says tastes like crap. Holy crapski! This guy somehow had the brain cells to figure out it was me. He banned me from the DFac and we had an appointment to see the Major. The Deputy Commander was a smart and good officer and if he made General the USAF would be a better place. So I had to explain to the Major that he had asked a question and he misread the answer. He said Thank and your dismissed. Didn't matter to me too much. Being banned would have gotten me Seperate Rats. The end result was TSgt Chucklehead was not to: 1. have unapproved surveys. 2. show his personnel survey replies. 3. Not allowed to make the threat of banning personnel. He was to suck it up when the Staff Sgt told him it was a chow hall.
I was not banned from the chow hall. dang. The one thing I didn't get to do was catch him on a dark alaska night and brain him with a 2x4. But hey. There's always tomorrow.
The whole episode was too surreal at the time.
Last edited by CJCulpeper; 02-15-2019 at 07:15.
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