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A US Air Force C-141 is scheduled to leave Thule Air Base, Greenland at
midnight. During the pilot's pre-flight check, he discovers that the latrine
holding tank is still full from the last flight.
So a message is sent to the base and an airman who was off duty is called out
to take care of it.
This guy finds that the latrine pump truck has been left outdoors and is frozen
solid, so he must find another one in the hangar, which takes even more time.
He returns to the aircraft and is less than enthusiastic about what he has to
do.
Nevertheless, he goes about the pumping job deliberately and carefully (and
slowly) so as not to risk criticism later.
As he's leaving the plane, the pilot stops him and says, "Son, your attitude
and performance has caused this flight to be late and I'm going to personally
see to it that you are not just reprimanded but punished".
Shivering in the cold, his task finished, he takes a deep breath,
stands up tall and says, "Sir, with all due respect, I'm not your son; I'm an
Airman in the United States Air Force. I've been in Thule, Greenland, for 11
months without any leave, it's two-thirty in the morning, the temperature is 40
degrees below zero, and my job here is to pump shit out of an aircraft.
Now, just exactly what form of punishment did you have in mind?"
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