Thursday, July 4, 2013

Happy 4th, and a Salute to all our men and women in uniform

A young Naval Officer was in a terrible car accident, but due to the heroics of the hospital staff, the only permanent injury was the loss of one ear.

Since he wasn’t physically impaired, he remained in the military and eventually became an Admiral. However, during his career he was always sensitive about his appearance.

One day the Admiral was interviewing two Navy Master Chiefs and a Marine Sergeant Major for his personal staff.
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The first Master Chief was a Surface Navy type and it was a great interview. At the end of the interview the Admiral asked him, “Do you notice anything different about me?”

The Master Chief answered, “Why yes sir. I couldn’t help but notice you are missing your starboard ear, so I don’t know whether this impacts your hearing on that side.”

The Admiral got very angry at this lack of tact and threw him out of his office.

The next candidate, an Aviation Master Chief. When asked this same question, he answered, “Well yes sir, you seem to be short one ear.”

The Admiral threw him out also.

The third interview was with the Marine Sergeant Major.

He was articulate, extremely sharp, and seemed to know more than the two Master Chiefs put together.

The Admiral wanted this guy, but went ahead with the same question.

“Do you notice anything different about me?”

To his surprise the Marine Sergeant Major said, “Yes, sir. You wear contact lenses.”

The Admiral was impressed and thought to himself, what an incredibly tactful Marine.

“And how do you know that?” the Admiral asked.

The Sergeant Major replied, “Well sir, it’s pretty hard to wear glasses with only one freakin’ ear.

2 comments:

Gregory said...

You have GOT to read this:


The Southeastern meeting for P>40WHNSTNW (people over 40 who have not said the N word) will be held in the phone booth at the corner of Peachtree St. and Ponce De Leon Ave in Atlanta on Monday, July 8.



We apologize for the size of the accommodations but a smaller venue could not be secured.
Happy 4th to you :)

JeremyR said...

Why do I have to drive clear to Atlanta?