well ... thing is ... you got to remember ... that the system is
administered by live human beings ...
and that's where the problems come in ... remember back in our
active days, what's the favourite sport ? ... whinning and bitching
about why other people have a better life than ours in NS right ?
...
some commanders are pretty flexible when it comes to welfare (read:
deferments) ... they understand that we're reservists who have our
own life and careers outside ....
others are pricks ... they'll squeeze your balls to prop up their
own career, or they simply don't grasp that we're NSmen now ... not
some blur conscript that they can call upon to do sai kang for
...
my sympathies to the chap described ... I don't mind being called
back every year for some proper training that'll keep me current
... but to be interrupted from my civvy life and career to scratch
the balls of some commanders at a change of command ceremony, I'll
say "up yours too" ...
