My trip to stores
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My trip to stores
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heres a experience i had i thought might make you guys smile.
I went down to stores a few weeks ago with a ripped pair of denums to exchange,a knackered RAF rucksack, a pair o knackered steel toe capped basket ball boots and i had to pick up some special measure trousers (am a slightly rounder airman lol) so i goes in, i asked the wifey behind the counter if my new boots had arrived , yeah sure she said been waiting three weeks, "why didnt you collect them?' she asked,"well i didnt get a chit to say they had arrived" "yeah you have to phone us and check". I then had my trousers issued however my clothing book was showing the wrong numbers of light medium and heavy weight trousers upon which i was duly informed that this was my fault as it was my responsibilty to check it was correct (even although stores keeps it? ) , asked for a new rucksack, "we dont have any" "oh thats ok can i just return this as am out in 5 months" the wifey then accusingly said" your out in five months? so you completely wasted out time and money in getting special trousers?" at this point i explained to the wifey i had suggested the same thing when i origionally went to stores in the first place, to be told no i had to have blues!! incidentally the RAF wouldnt tailor my number ones because i was leaving , but wouldnt let me return my number ones because i have my reserve to do!
The last part of this post had me was the real reason i posted this thread , i asked to exchange the coveralls, to be told i couldnt i hadnt washed them, i said they were washed the night before, no they are stained yeah i agreed they wont wash out, ah you need to take them to POL to get a chit to say they have destroyed them, why? because it classed as contaminated waste and if we put them with clean overalls it costs us more to recycle them?
Now i may be a simple plumber ,but it does strike me that if you work on aircraft your overalls will get stained, so what state do stores expect us to give them back? if your overalls are returned unstained i would suggest you didnt really need them to be issued to you. how much time paper and money has been wasted on that half baked idea?
Am i the only one that sees the stupitiy of the idea, anyone got any other ancedottes from stores?
heres a experience i had i thought might make you guys smile.
I went down to stores a few weeks ago with a ripped pair of denums to exchange,a knackered RAF rucksack, a pair o knackered steel toe capped basket ball boots and i had to pick up some special measure trousers (am a slightly rounder airman lol) so i goes in, i asked the wifey behind the counter if my new boots had arrived , yeah sure she said been waiting three weeks, "why didnt you collect them?' she asked,"well i didnt get a chit to say they had arrived" "yeah you have to phone us and check". I then had my trousers issued however my clothing book was showing the wrong numbers of light medium and heavy weight trousers upon which i was duly informed that this was my fault as it was my responsibilty to check it was correct (even although stores keeps it? ) , asked for a new rucksack, "we dont have any" "oh thats ok can i just return this as am out in 5 months" the wifey then accusingly said" your out in five months? so you completely wasted out time and money in getting special trousers?" at this point i explained to the wifey i had suggested the same thing when i origionally went to stores in the first place, to be told no i had to have blues!! incidentally the RAF wouldnt tailor my number ones because i was leaving , but wouldnt let me return my number ones because i have my reserve to do!
The last part of this post had me was the real reason i posted this thread , i asked to exchange the coveralls, to be told i couldnt i hadnt washed them, i said they were washed the night before, no they are stained yeah i agreed they wont wash out, ah you need to take them to POL to get a chit to say they have destroyed them, why? because it classed as contaminated waste and if we put them with clean overalls it costs us more to recycle them?
Now i may be a simple plumber ,but it does strike me that if you work on aircraft your overalls will get stained, so what state do stores expect us to give them back? if your overalls are returned unstained i would suggest you didnt really need them to be issued to you. how much time paper and money has been wasted on that half baked idea?
Am i the only one that sees the stupitiy of the idea, anyone got any other ancedottes from stores?
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i went to stores the otherday to ask for some punctuation marks why do you want some of them they says well says i if i dont use them thingies no one reading my posts on proone will have the slightest idea wot i is on about well you cant have any of them thingies they says cos they is only special punctuation thingies officers for the use of well i s
ays in that case can i at least have some of those capital letter thingies no they says why not says i cos weve only got one of them and someone might need it they says
Or words to that effect.
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Ginseng
ays in that case can i at least have some of those capital letter thingies no they says why not says i cos weve only got one of them and someone might need it they saysOr words to that effect.
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Just another example of the tail wagging the dog, see the threads on JPA, plods, movers/stackers (same?) etc for other examples.
Oh yeah, and you are a simple plumber !
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Oh yeah, and you are a simple plumber !
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Now i may be a simple plumber ,but it does strike me that if you work on aircraft your overalls will get stained, so what state do stores expect us to give them back?
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Arggh, clothing stores, appear to be the same where ever you go.
Once submitted a clothing request to an US based airline with a note to explain that the current items had been destoryed in a small fire. I got a note back saying that the items could not be issued without the old ones being returned so they got a small, well sealed, envelope with some soot inside. Got a bo##ocking for that one from head office but my own own head of department wrote in my annual review, "clicker obeys the company regulations with vigor".
Once submitted a clothing request to an US based airline with a note to explain that the current items had been destoryed in a small fire. I got a note back saying that the items could not be issued without the old ones being returned so they got a small, well sealed, envelope with some soot inside. Got a bo##ocking for that one from head office but my own own head of department wrote in my annual review, "clicker obeys the company regulations with vigor".
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<<to be told i couldnt i hadnt washed them, i said they were washed the night before, no they are stained yeah i agreed they wont wash out, ah you need to take them to POL to get a chit to say they have destroyed them, why? because it classed as contaminated waste and if we put them with clean overalls it costs us more to recycle them?>>
classed as contaminated waste this is a point I made earlier. My contractor had to install a washing machine and drier because the dirt in the overalls is contaminated waste.
All oil stained clothing should be laundered in an approved facility and that is not with the wifey's smalls or in the block. Follows you need several pairs of coveralls. Not enough? Then you can't work can you
<<to be told i couldnt i hadnt washed them, i said they were washed the night before, no they are stained yeah i agreed they wont wash out, ah you need to take them to POL to get a chit to say they have destroyed them, why? because it classed as contaminated waste and if we put them with clean overalls it costs us more to recycle them?>>
classed as contaminated waste this is a point I made earlier. My contractor had to install a washing machine and drier because the dirt in the overalls is contaminated waste.
All oil stained clothing should be laundered in an approved facility and that is not with the wifey's smalls or in the block. Follows you need several pairs of coveralls. Not enough? Then you can't work can you
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Whilst working for the Oz CAA some years back I was issued with an All Airport Airside security pass. Just before its two-year expiration I went to our security office to have it re-issued.
They asked for ID - I presented my pass complete with picture only to be told it was not an acceptable form of ID and asked whether I had a driver's licence.
Go figure !!!
They asked for ID - I presented my pass complete with picture only to be told it was not an acceptable form of ID and asked whether I had a driver's licence.
Go figure !!!
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I think I can almost beat that VH-G
A coupla years ago when I was thinking of pulling the black and yellow, I applied for and was shortlisted for an MoD civil servant job (which I didn't get!) in an RAF HQ (details fuzzy to preserve some anonynimity).
The interviews took place in the AVM's (2-star) office, and he chaired the interview panel. In the outer office, his PA was doing the admin for the shortlisted candidates, self and 2 others.
PA asks for proof of identity, so Teeters proffers his 1250 (RAF ID card), to be told it wasn't on the list of acceptable proof, did I have my passport or driving licence!!!!
A coupla years ago when I was thinking of pulling the black and yellow, I applied for and was shortlisted for an MoD civil servant job (which I didn't get!) in an RAF HQ (details fuzzy to preserve some anonynimity).
The interviews took place in the AVM's (2-star) office, and he chaired the interview panel. In the outer office, his PA was doing the admin for the shortlisted candidates, self and 2 others.
PA asks for proof of identity, so Teeters proffers his 1250 (RAF ID card), to be told it wasn't on the list of acceptable proof, did I have my passport or driving licence!!!!
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The Air Cadet Organisation is currently implementing a new system of basic checks when someone pitches up asking to join the staff. All unit commanders have themselves to provide ID to WHQ, in order for them to be able to verify the the IDs of potential staff.
I presented my 1250, and was told the same as teeteringhead. A 1250 wasn't good enough, and I would have to show my passport. In order to join the ACO I had to undergo DVA and CRB checks, which meant I provided 5 forms of ID in order to get my VR(T) commission and therefore my 1250.
I was also at MoD recently, with a Gp Capt who used to work there, and again our 1250s were not sufficient ID, even though we were booked in for an appointment.
Go figure.
I presented my 1250, and was told the same as teeteringhead. A 1250 wasn't good enough, and I would have to show my passport. In order to join the ACO I had to undergo DVA and CRB checks, which meant I provided 5 forms of ID in order to get my VR(T) commission and therefore my 1250.
I was also at MoD recently, with a Gp Capt who used to work there, and again our 1250s were not sufficient ID, even though we were booked in for an appointment.
Go figure.
'Ovies' get stained no matter how you wash then - that is their purpose.
Take em back and ask them to put them with all the other used overalls.
Or cut the name out of them and leave them outside, in a bag marked "Hazardous Waste".
I showed my ID to my contaminated overalls...and they didn't get it either?
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Take em back and ask them to put them with all the other used overalls.
Or cut the name out of them and leave them outside, in a bag marked "Hazardous Waste".
I showed my ID to my contaminated overalls...and they didn't get it either?
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thats why some camps call them stores - others call them supply
They do have some strange practices still though, especially on the clothing front. They could do with being dragged by the saturday night fever stylie collar into the 21st Century.
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They do have some strange practices still though, especially on the clothing front. They could do with being dragged by the saturday night fever stylie collar into the 21st Century.
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In 1979 I went to stores, and boy what a good job they'd done storing things. They issued me with brand new pair of long johns that had been made in 1953.
I think it's a record, but surely a Ppruner can beat it - BEagle, perhaps?
I think it's a record, but surely a Ppruner can beat it - BEagle, perhaps?
We must be a one off. The Clothing Stores section at the secret Wiltshire airbase is the best I have ever used. Walk in, ask for items, receive items walk away. No signatures for most of it. Wonderful people.
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Originally Posted by airborne_artist
In 1979 I went to stores, and boy what a good job they'd done storing things. They issued me with brand new pair of long johns that had been made in 1953.
I think it's a record, but surely a Ppruner can beat it - BEagle, perhaps?
I think it's a record, but surely a Ppruner can beat it - BEagle, perhaps?
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Have never had any problems getting ovies cleaned, just leave in basket with the rest of the Squadron's and it's all done under contract. The magic of RN Chinese laundrymen on board seemed to always get even OM15 out, but they always managed to shrink by 1/2 an inch as well. 
When they got too tatty just went to stores and got new ones, no fuss, no bother. Old ones went into the stackers bin IIRC.
Suspect fightingchicken came across a rather green and uber-zealous stacker who didn't like plumbers!
Did get picked up once by a FOST fishhead who only wore ovies on exercises and hence they never got dirty. His had beautifully pressed creases down both arms and legs which looked V odd.
When they got too tatty just went to stores and got new ones, no fuss, no bother. Old ones went into the stackers bin IIRC. Suspect fightingchicken came across a rather green and uber-zealous stacker who didn't like plumbers!
Did get picked up once by a FOST fishhead who only wore ovies on exercises and hence they never got dirty. His had beautifully pressed creases down both arms and legs which looked V odd.