Now if I were feeling righteously bitchy (which I am, and you're in LUCK!) I would tell you a story about how a coworker of dh's was bragging about how his wife "works the system." How said coworker is PURRR OOUUUUDDD of his honey baby because according to him, "she knows that if she keeps complaining she'll get whatever she wants." Well, no shit sherlock. Probably because they want her to shut the fuck up.
Now, this just flat pisses me off. Pulling antics like this gives military spouses a bad name. Contrary to popular belief, sweet pea, the first shirt does not want to be on your speed dial. Need help? Getting a fucking therapist. She complained so much her baby left for the desert late, and then when he was gone, she complained so much that they brought him back early. What about the rest of the women with deployed husbands?
At first (because I am SO! DAMN! NICE!), I gave her the benefit of the doubt. I know how crazy I felt when dh was gone. Plumb Crazy. One flew over the cuckoo's nest crazy. I thought maybe she felt the same crazy. But when he's bragging that she worked the system and got her way? Fuck those beans. Suck it up.
What makes this situation even more irritating is HOW they work the system. They go to an eating establishment. She orders, eats almost all of it, and then goes back to the counter and claims that they gave her the incorrect food so that they'll give her an entire 2nd meal. What is this, high school? See who can "pull a fast one?" Screw the man?
Their eating establishment of choice?
Hold your breath now.
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WHAT THE FUCK? Why would a woman who complains endlessly about her weight and makes a point of emphasizing how she needs to stay away from the bad food need not one, but TWO meals from here? On a regular basis?
Burger King employees are NOT stupid. In fact, many of them are spouses just like ME and YOU. When they see you coming? They KNOW they didn't fuck up your order, they just think "Shit, here comes that complainer. Feed her so she doesn't make a scene!" And how do you get by that whole ticket on the bag, exactly? The one that tells the exact contents of your order? I'm sure EVERY employee in the place can't misunderstand you EVERY TIME. Shit. It's not even like we have more than one BK on the base. ONE. At least have the intelligence to spread that genius around a little, mmmmkay?
Your complaining and scene making is NOT working the system. And it's not getting you whatever you want. It's getting "your baby" noticed for all the wrong reasons. Tell me. And I am leaning on the edge of my seat for this - WHY do you need to work the system? Free housing, free utilties, food allowance, and a steady job aren't enough for you? Maybe if you complain enough, they'll make your car payments and get a nanny for your kids. Then you can have a job, too! SQUEEE!
Additionally, WHERE exactly are you when you tell your "baby" that you're at the gym at 4am (a fact that he is so *sparkle-ingly* proud of)? I AM at the gym, and lady, you ain't there. Burger King doesn't open until 6.
Your wily manipulation of the system is going to get your husband manipulated right out on his ass.
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I've worked the other side of the phone in the customer service dep't. I used to keep extensive notes of all calls--esp. the most disgruntled--in the system to avoid situations like this where someone abuses the system. And believe me--they're out there.
Also, I'm one who will raise a complaint is I feel I have a legitimate beef--such as the time I went to Pizza Hut and the service was poor. The guy paid more attention to people who came in after us and screwed up our order not once but three different ways. So, I fired off an e-mail to the corporate HQ just to let them know I was unhappy and got free pizza out of it.
Now, my intention was not to get free pizza, but to to just let them know that it wasn't up to the usual standards I had come to expect from Pizza Hut.
Of course, I've been on the other side too. I stopped at a KFC in Poduck, GA and it was unclean and the food horrible. I sent this to their web site and got a call from the manager of the store wanting to know what I wanted doen about their bad store and why did I complain.
So, it can go both ways...
oh my God, i hate dependant wives who do that.
when she got her husband back early, you asked 'what about the other wives'?
what about the more than likely 'single' serviceman who got sent to replace him.
that happened to me more than once. take your tour, and half of some married guys tour because his wife was a whiner.
don't get me started. and please call her a bitch for me.