Anyone that has EVER worked with my husband knows he calls everyone that he thinks is an idiot and Oxygen thief.....heres a story I found about one.....lol The Oxygen Thief: A Soldier in training, was a total mess up, to put it gently. Couldn’t be on time, couldn’t show up dressed to standards, constantly forgot professional courtesies, so on. When he was on his last straw, his squad leader pulled him aside and more or less started yelling, then stopped himself. “No. You know what? I’m done yelling at you. It doesn’t work. Stay right here; don’t go anywhere.” He stormed off into the company building. The phrase, “stay right here, don’t go anywhere” is typically the precursor to something horrible happening when said in anger. The squad leader eventually emerged carrying a small-ish potted tree, which he handed to the service member. “You will keep this tree alive. You will carry this with you wherever you go in uniform. You will take it to PT, you will take it to chow, you will take it to work. If anyone asks you why you’re carrying this tree around, you will tell them, ‘It’s to replace the oxygen I stole from everyone else.’ “
Posted on: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 16:38:20 +0000
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