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  • fixthecopier
    ALIEN OVERLORD

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    • Apr 2008
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    ...and it was the most profanity I have ever heard on a service call.

    Fortunately it was not directed at me or the copier I was servicing. The only comment made about me was "Wow, the copy guy's here already?"

    I was in one of the school buildings, I think the class is for electronic communications. The Biz\
    hub 250 was throwing a drum code prematurely. I was quietly trying to get it to reset and students were on the computers and all was normal and quiet. I was getting ready to walk out to the truck to get another drum and overheard the Master Sergeant talking to another instructor about none of the students passing their PT test {physical training}, and he said something to the students about a counseling statement, or write up.

    When I came back a few minutes later, all of the students were in the back in front of the Sergeant's desk, and around the copier I was working on. The Sergeant was chewing their ass. Not like you would expect or see in the movies. He was not raising his voice at all. This was not like "Full Metal Jacket". He was speaking in a very normal if not even low and mellow tone.

    I went on changing the drum and developer and normally would not have paid attention to what was being said, but a certain word kept popping up. FUCK and variations of it. I would not have even paid attention to it even then except that I was hearing it in a very regular pattern, about every 5th or 6th word.

    The students were being reamed for not doing enough sit ups and push ups and other things and the 51 year old Sergeant was pointing out how old and broken he was and how he could still pass a PT test, basically calling them a bunch of pussies. Kind of like ... I can't fucking believe you mutherfuckers can't pass a goddamn mutherfucking PTtest What the fuck is wrong with you bunch of fucking pansies. I am 51 fucking years old and my fucking ass can run a five fucking mile run with a fucking 80 pound pack on my goddamn back and you half ass fuckers can't even do 30 fucking sit ups. The fucking US Army has invested a lot of fucking money in your goddamn asses and you sorry fuckers are going to get your fucking shit together... and, well you get the picture. After it had been going on a while, I started counting the fucks , and with what was left of the ass chewing, I still got 53 before it ended.

    And it was all said with the calmness of some one who was maybe reading a boring contract to you. And it was the most profanity I ever heard on a service call!
    The greatest enemy of knowledge isn't ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. Stephen Hawking
  • Akitu
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    • Oct 2010
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    #2
    Re: ...and it was the most profanity I have ever heard on a service call.

    Your post gave me a lot of confidence in my lazy ass. If those soldiers can't do those 30 push ups and sit ups but my flabby ass can, I think I'm doing okay.
    Cthulhu for president! Why settle for the lesser evil?

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    • Hansoon
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      • Sep 2007
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      #3
      Re: ...and it was the most profanity I have ever heard on a service call.

      That's fucking funny......



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      • blackcat4866
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        • Jul 2007
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        Re: ...and it was the most profanity I have ever heard on a service call.

        The Sargent knew how to get get the most profound effect. Yelling does not produce the same effect as the right words in a conversational tone. It's the quiet tone that can be downright frightening. =^..^=
        If you'd like a serious answer to your request:
        1) demonstrate that you've read the manual
        2) demonstrate that you made some attempt to fix it.
        3) if you're going to ask about jams include the jam code.
        4) if you're going to ask about an error code include the error code.
        5) You are the person onsite. Only you can make observations.

        blackcat: Master Of The Obvious =^..^=

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        • Brian8506
          Service Manager

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          • Feb 2009
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          #5
          Re: ...and it was the most profanity I have ever heard on a service call.

          Fuckin A!
          Originally posted by fixthecopier
          Fortunately it was not directed at me or the copier I was servicing. The only comment made about me was "Wow, the copy guy's here already?"

          I was in one of the school buildings, I think the class is for electronic communications. The Biz\
          hub 250 was throwing a drum code prematurely. I was quietly trying to get it to reset and students were on the computers and all was normal and quiet. I was getting ready to walk out to the truck to get another drum and overheard the Master Sergeant talking to another instructor about none of the students passing their PT test {physical training}, and he said something to the students about a counseling statement, or write up.

          When I came back a few minutes later, all of the students were in the back in front of the Sergeant's desk, and around the copier I was working on. The Sergeant was chewing their ass. Not like you would expect or see in the movies. He was not raising his voice at all. This was not like "Full Metal Jacket". He was speaking in a very normal if not even low and mellow tone.

          I went on changing the drum and developer and normally would not have paid attention to what was being said, but a certain word kept popping up. FUCK and variations of it. I would not have even paid attention to it even then except that I was hearing it in a very regular pattern, about every 5th or 6th word.

          The students were being reamed for not doing enough sit ups and push ups and other things and the 51 year old Sergeant was pointing out how old and broken he was and how he could still pass a PT test, basically calling them a bunch of pussies. Kind of like ... I can't fucking believe you mutherfuckers can't pass a goddamn mutherfucking PTtest What the fuck is wrong with you bunch of fucking pansies. I am 51 fucking years old and my fucking ass can run a five fucking mile run with a fucking 80 pound pack on my goddamn back and you half ass fuckers can't even do 30 fucking sit ups. The fucking US Army has invested a lot of fucking money in your goddamn asses and you sorry fuckers are going to get your fucking shit together... and, well you get the picture. After it had been going on a while, I started counting the fucks , and with what was left of the ass chewing, I still got 53 before it ended.

          And it was all said with the calmness of some one who was maybe reading a boring contract to you. And it was the most profanity I ever heard on a service call!

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          • RRodgers
            Service Manager

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            • Jun 2009
            • 1947

            #6
            Re: ...and it was the most profanity I have ever heard on a service call.

            Fuck the fucking fucks!
            Color is not 4 times harder... it's 65,000 times harder. They call it "TECH MODE" for a reason. I have manual's and firmware for ya, course... you are going to have to earn it.

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            • igi
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              • Apr 2009
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              #7
              Re: ...and it was the most profanity I have ever heard on a service call.

              what army is thath he realy went easy on them

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              • Iowatech
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                • Dec 2009
                • 3930

                #8
                Re: ...and it was the most profanity I have ever heard on a service call.

                Good to hear that somewhat unlimited verbal encouragement can still be used in military applications.

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                • ss12
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                  • Jul 2008
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                  #9
                  What you really want to say

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                  • fixthecopier
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                    • Apr 2008
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                    #10
                    Re: ...and it was the most profanity I have ever heard on a service call.

                    Originally posted by Iowatech
                    Good to hear that somewhat unlimited verbal encouragement can still be used in military applications.

                    The building I have with some of my most used copiers has an old school First Sergeant. I was on a Bizhub 600 one day and he came stomping down the hall after leaving a meeting, screaming out loud about being stabbed in the goddamn back, can't trust these sorry motherfuckeres, pieces of shit, ect. ect., then he saw this young Navy student who had hair that was not perfectly cut to Army regulations and the First Sergeant stopped dead in his tracks and pointed and screamed "If that goddamn hair isn't cut by the next time I see you, I am going to rip your fucking head off and use it for a fucking soccer ball! Did you fucking hear what I said boy?"

                    Nothing like a little motivational talk.
                    The greatest enemy of knowledge isn't ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. Stephen Hawking

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                    • Kidaver
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                      • Apr 2011
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                      #11
                      Re: ...and it was the most profanity I have ever heard on a service call.

                      Originally posted by fixthecopier
                      The building I have with some of my most used copiers has an old school First Sergeant. I was on a Bizhub 600 one day and he came stomping down the hall after leaving a meeting, screaming out loud about being stabbed in the goddamn back, can't trust these sorry motherfuckeres, pieces of shit, ect. ect., then he saw this young Navy student who had hair that was not perfectly cut to Army regulations and the First Sergeant stopped dead in his tracks and pointed and screamed "If that goddamn hair isn't cut by the next time I see you, I am going to rip your fucking head off and use it for a fucking soccer ball! Did you fucking hear what I said boy?"

                      Nothing like a little motivational talk.
                      When I was deployed in Iraq I had a battalion CSM pretty much tell me the same thing in not quite so many profane words....more like the NCO in the first story...quiet yet direct and serious....and I had a briefing in about 45 minutes he was to be at...needless to say my plans before that briefing changed real quick...
                      "In a cruel and evil world, being cynical can allow you to get some entertainment out of it."

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                      • fixthecopier
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                        • Apr 2008
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                        #12
                        Re: ...and it was the most profanity I have ever heard on a service call.

                        Originally posted by Kidaver
                        When I was deployed in Iraq I had a battalion CSM pretty much tell me the same thing in not quite so many profane words....more like the NCO in the first story...quiet yet direct and serious....and I had a briefing in about 45 minutes he was to be at...needless to say my plans before that briefing changed real quick...
                        The first sergeant in this building barely has any hair left, and I think he takes offence when these kids flaunt their full heads of thick hair. And on top of that, the foreign students do not have as strict policy on hair. I see one guy from Finland with a full head of curls and a beard, and yesterday, I went in and there was a line of students waiting at attention, to go in the office and get their ass chewed, and one from Germany had shaved his head, and was growing a full beard. Now that is really rubbing it in.
                        The greatest enemy of knowledge isn't ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. Stephen Hawking

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