The tough times of a Corperal
05.04.08 (9:52 pm) [edit]
As a newly ranked RCAC corperal i've had some tough times trying to get those who i used to be training with and are now a lower rank then me, to listen to me. There are times when i want to strangle those cadets who are lower then me for not listening to me and not taking my orders, sometimes quite frusterating. But this one private in particular was supposed to be promoted to the same rank as me but he didn't pass the same test as i did, and therefor didn't get promoted. Well this one private as you might have suspected is quite the (I don't have to listen to you) fellow. As you might pick up on this true story I'm about to tell you.
My RCAC corp was doing a bottle drive to help fundraise for a rock climbing event we will be doing in 2 weeks. This particular private i guess decided it would be the perfect day to take none of my orders. The first stint he pulled was telling me that he's older then me (oh yeah by 2 months) that he shouldn't take any orders from me. As i try to exsplain the basic fundamentals of RANKS, he doesn't take much interest in my exsplaining. I eventually let the argument slip because we didn't have time to argue amungst our selves. So the day went by as planned going door to door asking residents if they'd like to donate some bottles for our bottle drive, it was about midday when the Private tried roughing it up again. As we were leaving our last route to receive another one he desided that he could sit in the front seat of the car (where im supposed to sit) and so i try once more to exsplain the fundamentals of Ranks and my privilages. He still wouldn't budge from the front seat and so i tell the driver "We arn't going until he gets out of my seat." and so the driver calmly waits which i am very thankful for. As the argument rises to it's climax i open the door to the passenger seat and yell at him "Out!" he finnally said "Oh you're about as stubborn as a sack of hammers." and went off grumbling to the back seat i had finnally won the argument.
But as my luck would have it as the day went farther and farther on he tried pulling the exsact same thing again this time i was in no mood to be arguing again lets face it, i was tired, i smelt of beer and sticky pop, and i was very very pushed to the limit. And so as the argument started up again i yelled at him "Do you want me to get the IC!?" he replied back quite meakly "I don't care." he had been using those 3 words all day as he said them again this thought kept running in my mind. Im not allowed to touch another cadet, im not allowed to touch another cadet.That thought and the thought of losing my well earned reputation, if i was to strangle that other cadet, would be ruined. And so about halfway to getting to the IC i noticed that she was busy so i decided i wouldn't want to interrupt her for this stupid problem, so i went and got the person the private hates most, One of the Master Corperals. there would be no arguing with him and so i went and drug him over to yell at the private about 3 secconds after he started talking to the private, ZIP! He was out of the front seat and into the back like lightning. The show went on until home time there was many other arguments and many other points of the day that made me want to rough him up a bit but really whats the point of rules if you were to break them, so thankfully for the private i stuck to those rules and tried my hardest to not let him get the best of me.
The leason learned here, DON'T EVER LET SOMEONE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOU!
CPL. Dubois
RCACC 3025 Service Battalion
My RCAC corp was doing a bottle drive to help fundraise for a rock climbing event we will be doing in 2 weeks. This particular private i guess decided it would be the perfect day to take none of my orders. The first stint he pulled was telling me that he's older then me (oh yeah by 2 months) that he shouldn't take any orders from me. As i try to exsplain the basic fundamentals of RANKS, he doesn't take much interest in my exsplaining. I eventually let the argument slip because we didn't have time to argue amungst our selves. So the day went by as planned going door to door asking residents if they'd like to donate some bottles for our bottle drive, it was about midday when the Private tried roughing it up again. As we were leaving our last route to receive another one he desided that he could sit in the front seat of the car (where im supposed to sit) and so i try once more to exsplain the fundamentals of Ranks and my privilages. He still wouldn't budge from the front seat and so i tell the driver "We arn't going until he gets out of my seat." and so the driver calmly waits which i am very thankful for. As the argument rises to it's climax i open the door to the passenger seat and yell at him "Out!" he finnally said "Oh you're about as stubborn as a sack of hammers." and went off grumbling to the back seat i had finnally won the argument.
But as my luck would have it as the day went farther and farther on he tried pulling the exsact same thing again this time i was in no mood to be arguing again lets face it, i was tired, i smelt of beer and sticky pop, and i was very very pushed to the limit. And so as the argument started up again i yelled at him "Do you want me to get the IC!?" he replied back quite meakly "I don't care." he had been using those 3 words all day as he said them again this thought kept running in my mind. Im not allowed to touch another cadet, im not allowed to touch another cadet.That thought and the thought of losing my well earned reputation, if i was to strangle that other cadet, would be ruined. And so about halfway to getting to the IC i noticed that she was busy so i decided i wouldn't want to interrupt her for this stupid problem, so i went and got the person the private hates most, One of the Master Corperals. there would be no arguing with him and so i went and drug him over to yell at the private about 3 secconds after he started talking to the private, ZIP! He was out of the front seat and into the back like lightning. The show went on until home time there was many other arguments and many other points of the day that made me want to rough him up a bit but really whats the point of rules if you were to break them, so thankfully for the private i stuck to those rules and tried my hardest to not let him get the best of me.
The leason learned here, DON'T EVER LET SOMEONE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOU!
CPL. Dubois
RCACC 3025 Service Battalion