Tool of the day
#8911
I saw something similar at the Udvar-Hazy Museum at IAD when I was killing time during an extended airport sit. No less than FOUR pilots in full uniforms strolling around the exhibits. Granted, it is very close to the airport and easily accessible by public transit. And full disclosure: they had done probably the same "ditch the bags in the crew room quick and catch the bus" routine i had done. But for the love of Pete, at least have the decency to loose the epaulets, brass and ID!
#8912
UND
University of Numorus Dorks
ERAU
Egotistical Retarded Aviators United
#8916
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Maybe, just maybe, he commuted in. Lands and his wife calls him and said "hey, pick me up some cough drops on your way home". He doesn't want to change to just run in quick so he figures, even though he'll look like a tool maybe he'll just run in quick. Is it really that big of deal?
#8917
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[QUOTE=Thrust Normal;2294415]Maybe, just maybe, he commuted in. Lands and his wife calls him and said "hey, pick me up some cough drops on your way home". He doesn't want to change to just run in quick so he figures, even though he'll look like a tool maybe he'll just run in quick. Is it really that big of deal?[/QUOTE. ]. I have been guilty of that , what are you going to do ?
#8918
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#8919
Wow. And here I am, feeling toolish just for filling my car at the gas station on the way to the airport, while in uniform. Suddenly I don't feel so bad!
#8920
You guys have some psychological issues. To put gas in your car while wearing your uniform is no big deal - why would you feel like a tool? Same for judging someone for stopping in someplace on the way home real quick simply to avoid having to drive all the way home, only to turn back around and do a pointless round trip to the place you just passed. How dumb is that? For me, in some cases it could easily be a thirty minute drive one way to get to wherever I might need, and I'm not going to waste another hour or more of my life, and gasoline in the car because someone might judge me - I'm already gone from home enough. That judging individual has just become the tool. Indeed, there are fools who think they're awesome and want to show it (like Med students in my wife's class who went shopping at the mall in their white coats, or out to lunch wearing the coats), but to feel stupid for occasionally putting gas in your car or picking something up real quick, is kind of sad. Don't be so quick to rush to judgement - you may just discover that YOU are the tool. Just my two cents.
Last edited by Fletch727; 02-04-2017 at 06:40 AM.
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