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Rant time.
I was on Facebook and read a status message someone had left that said how tired they were and how rought it is working 10 hours a day and ONLY sleeping 8 hours a night. Also, the guy was bitching about having to walk uphill to his classes on campus. Then, I read another status message about how pissed off someone was at their boss for not letting them have a 3-day weekend and how they deserved a vacation.
Icing on the cake: I told one of them to keep their head up and it'll be okay, then the little fuck wrote me back, and I quote:
"You don't know what it's like. My life sucks."
Commence the e-facefucking...
"I don't know what it's like? I'm sorry, it must be rough to be cradled in your parents gooch since birth. It must be real hard working at a fucking McDonald's for 8 hours a day making the same salary I do, if not more, and you get to take whatever time you want off. I haven't taken a shower in 3 weeks because we don't have running water. I haven't had a letter from home since I returned to Afghanistan June 1st. Birds won't bring us mail because the last time a contract flight came near our COP it was shot down with an anti-aircraft gun. We have enough food to last us for another 12 days eating 2 meals a day and after that it's all rations. I sleep around 2 or 3 hours a night on a good night and my 8 hours of guard duty a day are comparable to your 8 hours at your pissass job. Then, when I'm not on guard, I go on patrols or missions...sometimes for days on end, catching maybe an hour of sleep while we're outside the wire. I climb mountains all fucking day wearing a kit that weighs almost my body weight all the while managing communications with the rest of my Battalion. And I won't even mention firefights because the concept of life and death would be lost to you. So, pretty please with sugar on top, grow a pair and shut the fuck up."
To which he responded:
"Fuck you."
I was on Facebook and read a status message someone had left that said how tired they were and how rought it is working 10 hours a day and ONLY sleeping 8 hours a night. Also, the guy was bitching about having to walk uphill to his classes on campus. Then, I read another status message about how pissed off someone was at their boss for not letting them have a 3-day weekend and how they deserved a vacation.
Icing on the cake: I told one of them to keep their head up and it'll be okay, then the little fuck wrote me back, and I quote:
"You don't know what it's like. My life sucks."
Commence the e-facefucking...
"I don't know what it's like? I'm sorry, it must be rough to be cradled in your parents gooch since birth. It must be real hard working at a fucking McDonald's for 8 hours a day making the same salary I do, if not more, and you get to take whatever time you want off. I haven't taken a shower in 3 weeks because we don't have running water. I haven't had a letter from home since I returned to Afghanistan June 1st. Birds won't bring us mail because the last time a contract flight came near our COP it was shot down with an anti-aircraft gun. We have enough food to last us for another 12 days eating 2 meals a day and after that it's all rations. I sleep around 2 or 3 hours a night on a good night and my 8 hours of guard duty a day are comparable to your 8 hours at your pissass job. Then, when I'm not on guard, I go on patrols or missions...sometimes for days on end, catching maybe an hour of sleep while we're outside the wire. I climb mountains all fucking day wearing a kit that weighs almost my body weight all the while managing communications with the rest of my Battalion. And I won't even mention firefights because the concept of life and death would be lost to you. So, pretty please with sugar on top, grow a pair and shut the fuck up."
To which he responded:
"Fuck you."
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