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Friend of mine joined a well-known marine engineering company as a naval architect in the 1980s. On his first day he was shown to a drawing board in a vast room surrounded by other drawing boards and studious designers. There were offices along two sides of the room and where they met was a very large office occupied by an important looking individual. My mate noticed that people were continually going in to confer with this chaps and after a while he nudged his neighbour and said "who is that in the big office?" "Oh, that's CinC" replied his neighbour. "CinC? What's that mean?" " Oh, he thinks it's "Commander in Chief" but it actually means "C*** in the Corner"...
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A friend who had a DFC put it on his CV for an application to a major British airline. He said his interview was dominated by talking about said medal. He got the job.
if you’ve got it, use it to your advantage
if you’ve got it, use it to your advantage
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EIEIO
At London Centre I remember there was an invented position called the EIEIO.
He/she was the External Interference Engineering Investigations Officer !!!
The laconic atco
He/she was the External Interference Engineering Investigations Officer !!!
The laconic atco
Thread drift but heyho!
The European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting, collocated with the Met Office College at Shinfield near Reading. was inevitably
"Early Closing Monday Wednesday and Friday."
They didn't look busy on Tuesday or Thursday either.
The European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting, collocated with the Met Office College at Shinfield near Reading. was inevitably
"Early Closing Monday Wednesday and Friday."
They didn't look busy on Tuesday or Thursday either.
That someone else felt as it was on his CV, therefore worthy of discussion in an interview is not the applicants fault. Possibly he may have come across someone equally with a complete hatred for the military who may have taken a different viewpoint.
If they gave out DFCs to every Tom, Dick or Harriett then it becomes less likely to get asked about. But from an interview perspective it gives you a chance to ask about character, coping under stress and working under pressure.
Tabs please !
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Resonable because what he put down was a statement of fact, he wasn't boasting of it. It is true he may have got the interview because it was on the CV.
The Merry Maidens had a spell using topless [or virtually topless] female staff. I seem to remember drinking there on such evenings, but it might have been some other time, some other place, some other bar staff ..........
I seem to recall that in the village pub in Stourton By Stow, the landlord (ex-RAF) and his good lady employed female bar staff who were properly dressed but 'easy on the eye'. I never bothered to count the change!!!!!
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My favourite Aunt asked me to her dining out as a retiring colonel, splendid evening. After the meal as a very junior officer I was keeping in the background until a very senior chap pointed out a retired Major over the room and said got a very good VC
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An RAF ex colleague of mine was a Flt. Lt, as was his wife. She was then promoted. His boast was that he went to bed a Flight Lieutenant and got up a Squadron Leader.
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Reminds me of the story of four men, who went “up” to London in the same train compartment every day for years.
Eventually one chap put down his newspaper and announced “I’m a brigadier - my son is a surgeon.”
The second chap responded, “I am a brigadier - my son is an architect.”
The third said, “I am a brigadier and my son runs a hedge fund.”
After a pause, the fourth fellow says,
”I’m a dustman. I have three sons and they are all brigadiers...”
Eventually one chap put down his newspaper and announced “I’m a brigadier - my son is a surgeon.”
The second chap responded, “I am a brigadier - my son is an architect.”
The third said, “I am a brigadier and my son runs a hedge fund.”
After a pause, the fourth fellow says,
”I’m a dustman. I have three sons and they are all brigadiers...”
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There used to be a trade assistant general as the “trade” was called at Odiham and who was employed as the Guardroom runner, his father was a Colonel or similar at Tidworth and repeatedly pressurised him to join the army as an Officer etc.... He finally cracked, went down to the RAF CIO and asked what the lowest possible job he could join up as... hence his trade and rank.
There used to be a trade assistant general as the “trade” was called at Odiham and who was employed as the Guardroom runner, his father was a Colonel or similar at Tidworth and repeatedly pressurised him to join the army as an Officer etc.... He finally cracked, went down to the RAF CIO and asked what the lowest possible job he could join up as... hence his trade and rank.
Jack
I do have a drinking buddy in the pub though who likes to holler “evening Group Captain!” at me (most definitely not my former rank), the reply of “evening Guardsman” is usually followed up with the offer of a pint.
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There used to be a trade assistant general as the “trade” was called at Odiham and who was employed as the Guardroom runner, his father was a Colonel or similar at Tidworth and repeatedly pressurised him to join the army as an Officer etc.... He finally cracked, went down to the RAF CIO and asked what the lowest possible job he could join up as... hence his trade and rank.
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My dad was a DPhil, not a medical doctor...