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We have mice, birds, spiders and now cockroachs in my hangar. Gimmie mouse office any day.
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We have mice and spiders, working our way towards cockroaches. The birds avoid basements.
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Sep 13, 2022 04:21
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Its almost like working in buildings built in the 40s isnt ideal!!
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Sep 13, 2022 04:23
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we have a family of raccoons. Big upgrade.
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Sep 13, 2022 12:31
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Legitimately jealous
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Sep 13, 2022 13:38
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Do you have to salute the raccoons
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Sep 13, 2022 14:07
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Canuck-Errant posted:Do you have to salute the raccoons Who wouldnt respect raccoons more than people you actually have to salute
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Sep 13, 2022 14:12
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Jobbo_Fett posted:We have mice and spiders, working our way towards cockroaches in the stoooore in the stoooooooooore we have mice and a spider and a cockroach right beside her in the quar ter mas ters' store  Scouting was just indoctrination, to make us okay with this
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Sep 13, 2022 18:49
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We just found mice in our building and I'm kinda shocked that we're not the exception. We also got an CO2 & air quality check recently and, uhh, lol My Spirit Otter posted:Its almost like working in buildings built in the 40s isnt ideal!!
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Sep 14, 2022 21:35
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continual clusterfuck update: Found a new clinic. GP refused to do my forms. "Not your family doctor, not taking new patients, also you don't have one anyway. Bye." Phoned original clinic. Nearest appointment: 30th. Told that I could try a walk in Friday. [Note: Said clinic is 45 minutes by bike] Emailed the recruiting centre with a hail-mary ask if I could appeal the need for the forms, which I strongly doubt but given how much Alberta's lovely health services are ping-ponging me around I have to ask. How the gently caress is anyone supposed to actually do this? Like 95% of this problem is "No family doctor." What is anyone supposed to do in that case, give up? I'm definitely not, but this is a clusterfuck.
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Sep 14, 2022 22:37
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Nothing in the military works, save yourself the assache and dont join
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Sep 14, 2022 22:41
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I had a med tech do my medical and just needed an eye exam from an optometrist during recruitment. Something get flagged in your questionnaire or something? This was also the reserves so ymmvMy Spirit Otter posted:Nothing in the military works, save yourself the assache and dont join Also this.
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Sep 15, 2022 01:41
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my morning jackass posted:I had a med tech do my medical and just needed an eye exam from an optometrist during recruitment. Something get flagged in your questionnaire or something? This was also the reserves so ymmv I told them I had mild allergies and when I was in grade school a teacher thought I might maybe have ADD but was never diagnosed. Oh and I had strep throat this one time and used to have egzema. This resulted in 5 papers I need a GP to complete. One of which did, basically filling out "No these aren't real issues." he then didn't sign or date it, so it was refused. Since that dudes really far away I tried a closer doc after emailing and asking, and getting a refusal to send me the photocopies. So I went to the new clinic, who refused to even read the papers. Next step: Going back to that far-away clinic friday, as a walk in (no appointments) and trying for "please loving sign that poo poo." It's fun. The overall lesson I learned was that I was too forthcoming in being truthful, apparently. Oh and that Alberta's healthcare system has already collapsed. SRQ fucked around with this message at 02:05 on Sep 15, 2022 |
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Sep 15, 2022 01:59
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SRQ posted:The overall lesson I learned was that I was too forthcoming in being truthful, apparently. Honestly, after I got rejected for having a kidney stone one time, I have to agree. I get the duty to report, integrity, etc, but DMedPol restrictions are kinda bullshit. At the very least, everyone has a lovely recruiting story, and this one will be yours.
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Sep 15, 2022 23:17
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I was honest about last smoking weed only 3 months before my interview (this was 2004). I had to reapply 3 months later to make the 6 month cutoff Basically every other guy in my recruit class lied and one even did his interview stoned. Hope you're doing well out there Ricky
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Sep 15, 2022 23:29
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Well dead queen is adding a delay, but the recruiting centre seems a bit understanding after the last doc straight refused to even READ THE FORMS. So next weeks plan: Get the incorrect documents. Attempt appointment with doctor suggested by family (Chances low, he's listed as no new patients) Attempt appointment at other doctor taking new patients (chances moderate, but he might insist on testing which again, Jesus Christ, the forms don't say they need testing the forms say IF TESTING HAS BEEN DONE) Take incorrect documents to original clinic as walk in (lmao dudes on there m/f) and beg/bribe them to just sign the loving thing. If I had known this would be such a clusterfuck I would have skipped to his level of effort instead of "Well it takes a week to get back and forth, but surely at the end of it I'll have what I need. Right? ... right?"
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Sep 16, 2022 21:14
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SRQ posted:Well dead queen is adding a delay, but the recruiting centre seems a bit understanding after the last doc straight refused to even READ THE FORMS. I used https://search.cpsa.ca/ and then searched the available doctors against their RateMD profiles, and found one with decent ratings and I am in fact waiting for my intake appointment with this potential new family doc for me as we speak. Maybe it'll help if you don't have luck this week
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Sep 16, 2022 21:51
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https://globalnews.ca/news/9154586/canadian-military-shortage-of-recruits/ Should I change the thread title to “Help Wanted, seriously, pretty please”?
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Sep 26, 2022 02:34
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'dogs, ponies, but no privates'
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Sep 26, 2022 02:37
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FrozenVent posted:https://globalnews.ca/news/9154586/canadian-military-shortage-of-recruits/ For the best, really. There's enough staffing shortages elsewhere that you can't even process all the new recruits in an adequate amount of time.
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Sep 26, 2022 03:25
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Doctor Paperwork Clusterfuck Update: Got the original doctor to date and sign the papers. Took 3 hours of biking for 120 seconds of work but whatever. Realized we had no working scanner. Thankfully I have a vintage computer hobby and had a strange feeling I didn't want to E-waste the SCSI scanner we have. So between that, a Power Mac 8600 and a Zip disk, scanned them and sent them in. Then was told I used thew wrong format. So I sent them a google drive because the files are too big and somehow I feel like I'm going to end up just bringing the papers in. Anyone done BMOQ here? I'm curious if officer recruits are in barracks or get dorms. Further, if I should bring my Fancy MacBook or if it would be completely worthless in that setting and I'd just get made fun of. Further further- Apple Watch? I absolutely adore mine but it also strikes me as "the drill sergeants might tell me to gently caress off with it." I guess really it's just questioning how much latitude an officer recruit has with bringing their own stuff, or if I should bring nothing. Should I bring my own boots even? Parents offered to buy some. also yeah lmao at the whole "Canadian army desperate for recruits" and how incredibly painful the process is. That might be part of the problem, maybe. I see no reason why this paperwork clusterfuck could not have been done in-house and American friends are completely baffled our military doesn't just you know, do that. It doesn't even really make sense- why would the forces trust a public service GP over their own professionals? I am incredibly committed to this but they sure don't make it easy. Mederlock posted:I used https://search.cpsa.ca/ and then searched the available doctors against their RateMD profiles, and found one with decent ratings and I am in fact waiting for my intake appointment with this potential new family doc for me as we speak. Maybe it'll help if you don't have luck this week Thanks though if I end up having to find a new one, good resource. DESPERATELY HOPE NOT. SRQ fucked around with this message at 10:30 on Sep 27, 2022 |
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Sep 27, 2022 10:23
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A Private reservist makes less than minimum wage in BC. That's on top of the housing crisis. So we're not offsetting staffing shortages with PRes. We've repeatedly been told at the national level that there's no SWE to hire more indeterminate civilian positions, so that's no-go. Where I live, a Corporal can expect to pay maybe half their take-home income on rent. Seeing Snr NCM's with a second job is common if they have a family. I understand CFHA has to match local market rates (because we're dumb), but we've got to stop ignoring this housing problem if we want to attract new applicants. No one loving cares what hair styles are allowed now. If there was adequate military housing available at affordable rates—especially for families—people would be flocking to the CF in droves. As it stands, I'm not sure I could possibly afford to uproot my family and enter a totally new housing market with a Spec 0 Cpl's salary. mom and dad fight a lot fucked around with this message at 17:16 on Sep 27, 2022 |
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Sep 27, 2022 13:27
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SRQ posted:Doctor Paperwork Clusterfuck Update: The joining instructions for BMOQ are literally the first google hit. You'll make a fine officer 
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Sep 27, 2022 18:18
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flakeloaf posted:The joining instructions for BMOQ are literally the first google hit. As soon as i read bmoq everything made sense, lol We have enough officers, too many officers. Like 3-1 officer ncm. My Spirit Otter fucked around with this message at 18:45 on Sep 27, 2022 |
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Sep 27, 2022 18:43
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My Spirit Otter posted:As soon as i read bmoq everything made sense, lol That'll happen when you value officers too much and not the NCMs. That and when you need to rotate out so many for investigations.
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Sep 27, 2022 19:07
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Ita brutal, my unit is almost 1:1 officee ncm, and one group are barely at work and the other are working too much and busting their asses working. Guess which one is which...
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Sep 27, 2022 19:50
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Which ones do the mice and raccoons fall into?
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Sep 27, 2022 20:13
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Raccoons are definitely ncms. Ready to rob your rear end of food. Mice are officers because they sneak around and scatter when real people come around.
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Sep 27, 2022 20:19
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My Spirit Otter posted:Raccoons are definitely ncms. Ready to rob your rear end of food. True... true.
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Sep 27, 2022 20:21
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Bugged an online vendor who said he received special authorization from the crown to print dog tags with CDN FORCES CDN on them. Immediately tried finding me on linkedin.
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Sep 27, 2022 21:38
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flakeloaf posted:The joining instructions for BMOQ are literally the first google hit. I know that! I was asking about personal experience and advice. afaik the joining instructions are don't take anything not explicitly directed to, which makes perfect sense. That also doesn't answer my dorm/barracks question. Oh I was looking in the wrong spot, it does mention laptops as "restricted" but not if it's stupid in the first place to bring one. SRQ fucked around with this message at 22:08 on Sep 27, 2022 |
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The OCdt who joined our BMQ said they lived in single-room dorms. He also said he gave up his commission to join us because he was tired of the bullshit. Video checks out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UM4gjPQF7y0 Anything you show up with that isn't on the list gets locked in a closet and you won't see it again until the weekend your DS decides to open it, so yeah, travel lightest. You can always send for something you forgot; better than getting stuck with it. We had guys who had laptops and used 'em to watch movies and stuff after classes, and as long as they weren't left somewhere stupid during inspection nobody said boo. I can't see them letting you keep a smartwatch though; we all wore those awful canex ones e: Maybe uh, don't go dismantling the emergency PA system so you can connect its speaker to your computer to hear those movies better. I'm told that's not advisable. flakeloaf fucked around with this message at 22:12 on Sep 27, 2022 |
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Sep 27, 2022 22:10
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flakeloaf posted:The OCdt who joined our BMQ said they lived in single-room dorms. He also said he gave up his commission to join us because he was tired of the bullshit. Thanks, exactly what I was looking for. I did also find that video myself but also found references to barracks. Leave laptop, probably sell it beforehand actually. Thank much.
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mom and dad fight a lot posted:but we've got to stop ignoring this housing problem This is a Canada wide problem that every government will continue to ignore because our elected officials and high level policymakers are over represented by landlords. We are so short of workers in general but the problem with the army is that we can’t just bitch at the government that the common folk are asking too much money and import cheap labour. yet
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I want to know who was the person responsible for allowing royal lepage to leave the hq building and turn into bgrs. That person deserves a thousand deaths.
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Sep 28, 2022 20:22
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Jobbo_Fett posted:We have mice and spiders, working our way towards cockroaches. The birds avoid basements. A social worker I used to work with frequently snacked at their desk and ate like a hog, scattering crumbs everywhere. Our office very quickly developed a robust mouse problem.
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Fearless posted:A social worker I used to work with frequently snacked at their desk and ate like a hog, scattering crumbs everywhere. Our office very quickly developed a robust mouse problem. Thankfully for us, our cafeteria has been closed since the start of covid so everyone has to eat at their desks (likely causing the mouse problem!)
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Sep 29, 2022 12:35
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I wish you could drive to your new base in one shot and still claim the x days they alot the drive.
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My Spirit Otter posted:I wish you could drive to your new base in one shot and still claim the x days they alot the drive. gently caress that reminds me, ex-coworker's partner was forced to move to the other side of the country, but was lucky enough to be able to work from home. Except they were forced to use vacation days. Then their truck parked in a naval yard or some poo poo and nobody knew where the gently caress the truck was for over a week, because that's how moving companies work?
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