So I remembered a story. I think it changes the last story a little bit. But not whole lot, just kind of. Anyway…
When I got out of high school and military recruiters would not stop calling me, I hatched a genius idea. I decided to agree to come down to my local recruiter’s office one time. I was going to take this practice AZVAT or ASVET or HAZMAT or whatever the test is that you take that is kind of like an SAT, but special for the military or something. I went with my buddy Ben. We decided to see how absolutely horrible we could do on the test and try and convince the government that we had trouble tying our shoes by ourselves, and in no way possessed the capability to carry a rifle and use it intelligently.
I goofed up. In my opinion the questions were so easy, that it would be obvious that I was trying to bomb the test, and the recruiter would have a special type of job just for somebody that fits that psychological profile. I don’t know what it would be. Counter intelligence? I don’t know. Anyway, I ended up doing my best and getting something like 98%. When I walked out of the room the guy was standing right there beaming. He had a list of jobs with stars by them that I qualified for and told me I would be well taken care of, blah, blah, blah. I looked at him, and said:
“Mister, thanks for this opportunity. The only problem is that I believe that these wars we have been getting in are mistakes. If I am going to carry a gun and work for my government I would rather do it in my own city, on my own streets, enforcing laws and policies that I understand. I appreciate you, and all the other soldiers that are okay with forcing freedom and democracy on the rest of the world, but I personally believe I sleep safe at night because I have 911. I feel like I could serve my family, community and country better as a cop than a soldier.”
I then promptly walked out and went straight to my local community college to figure out how to become a cop.
Maybe that does change the story more that just a little bit. Whatever. I am just happy that I remembered why police work was so fascinating in the first place.
When I got out of high school and military recruiters would not stop calling me, I hatched a genius idea. I decided to agree to come down to my local recruiter’s office one time. I was going to take this practice AZVAT or ASVET or HAZMAT or whatever the test is that you take that is kind of like an SAT, but special for the military or something. I went with my buddy Ben. We decided to see how absolutely horrible we could do on the test and try and convince the government that we had trouble tying our shoes by ourselves, and in no way possessed the capability to carry a rifle and use it intelligently.
I goofed up. In my opinion the questions were so easy, that it would be obvious that I was trying to bomb the test, and the recruiter would have a special type of job just for somebody that fits that psychological profile. I don’t know what it would be. Counter intelligence? I don’t know. Anyway, I ended up doing my best and getting something like 98%. When I walked out of the room the guy was standing right there beaming. He had a list of jobs with stars by them that I qualified for and told me I would be well taken care of, blah, blah, blah. I looked at him, and said:
“Mister, thanks for this opportunity. The only problem is that I believe that these wars we have been getting in are mistakes. If I am going to carry a gun and work for my government I would rather do it in my own city, on my own streets, enforcing laws and policies that I understand. I appreciate you, and all the other soldiers that are okay with forcing freedom and democracy on the rest of the world, but I personally believe I sleep safe at night because I have 911. I feel like I could serve my family, community and country better as a cop than a soldier.”
I then promptly walked out and went straight to my local community college to figure out how to become a cop.
Maybe that does change the story more that just a little bit. Whatever. I am just happy that I remembered why police work was so fascinating in the first place.
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Awesome picture. Awesome story.
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