In <7f788686-4633-42d3-813b-09a0abccb...@comcast.net>, on 09/16/2014
at 08:46 AM, Ed Gould <edgould1...@comcast.net> said:
>On Sep 16, 2014, at 6:05 AM, Elardus Engelbrecht wrote:
>> Ed Gould wrote:
>>
>>> The nightly production meeting was held and I had to get up and
>>> explain WTF had happened and how I fixed it. There was a grizzled
>>> old female first sergeant that didn't like my explanation as she
>>> knew everything.
>>
>> That old b*tch! Based on what did she made that statement?
>> Qualification? Experience? Under-the-table-friendship with some CE?
>In the Army you weren't supposed to question (her) authority.
That depends on what you mean by authority. There is authority based
on rank and authority based on role. Watch what happens when a 2nd Lt.
pulls rank on a company clerk or first Sgt; the company commander will
politely[1] ask him to stop sabotaging the smooth operation of his
unit. A 1st sgt. that overrides a specialist in his area of expertise
better know everything, or she will be in a world of hurt the first
time that she gets it wrong.
How did she reach that rank without learning that?
[1] FSVO.
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