I somewhat agree that Hellraiza that despite common mindset,
being a clerk or storeman or whatever is not as good as what many
people think to be.
If you make a mistake, such as losing a very expensive store
item, the impact is much more real and physical. Sometimes
something gets lost and you don't even know when or how it got
lost. You have to keep it to yourself, don't dare to tell your
commanders, find all ways to hide the fact while at the same time,
feeling guilty about handing over your problems to your next batch.
There is much mental stress involved. I may not be a storeman but I
am the 'store i.c.' for my company, so I know.
I see my friends do admin work and seriously, it isn't any much
easier. If they screw up their work, they can affect the entire
company.
There isn't really a so-called 'slack vocation' out there. If a
person seriously wants to gain and learn something out of his two
years experience in NS, he will give his all and his best even if
he is just a clerk or driver. People may belittle him and give him
little regards, but he can still give his best effort in whatever
that he do.
If a person is spoilt and pampered, he will somehow chao
keng all the way into supposedly slack vocation such as a
clerk and will indeed slack his way through. That's why other
people are given the impression that such vocation is slack.
And seriously, depending on the way you look at it, there's
nothing bad about infantry unit. You gain much physical endurance,
strength, bonding with your batchmates (unlike logistics unit who
goes through less 'tekan' session), etc.
