The Fuzzy Private

As I have said countless times, nothing in Korea surprises me anymore. As you all you who read this know, I rarely talk about work unless it involves something outragous and off the wall. Here is another highly amusing situation.

I placed three more soldiers in pre-trial confinement (Army jail) this past week for various sorts of bad behavior. They all came out of my famed Criminal Company. It is a Chemical Company but the name Criminal Company sticks. The following is a conversation between a Private ("PVT") E-1 and an E-6 "Staff Sergeant"/NCO. The NCO noticed the PVT texting on his his cell phone while in uniform and told him he could not do that. Here is what transpired.

NCO: Hey PVT you aren't supposed to be texting and talking at the same time." Private keeps walking.
NCO: Hey PVT did you hear me!@
PVT: Yeah I heard you SGT but I am not listening to you.
NCO: (Even angrier)walks over and closes said phone and hands it back to the Private and says"Have a nice day Solider!"
PVT: (After angerly throwing down his phone) says: "You are lucky I did not break my damn phone or s!@# would pop off!"
NCO: What did you say to me?! and what do you mean s!#t would pop off ?
PVT: "S!@#! would pop off." I am fuzzy private ( in the Army we have velcro rank now and all E-1 do not wear rank and yes you lose rank for stellar performances such as this one) for a reason. Other NCOs tried this s!@# I wasn't havin any of it!!"

I should also add on that the Fuzzy Private's friend/co-criminal who is also in jail, told the fuzzy private that if the fuzzy private went to CID (Army detectives and crime solvers) and made up a story that yet another Solider (who is also in jail with these other two) sold him drugs, that the Fuzzy Private's friend would pay him $500. Well the Fuzzy Private did not get paid so the Fuzzy Private went back to CID and said that he made up the story about the other soldier selling him drugs. Ah yes the Land of the Morning Calm.