This might become my farewell thread to IA :(

[2.0civic]

Sooo....anyway..it has been a nice run on here. Ive met alot of awesome people through here and met some other not so awesome people at the same time.

As a few of you know, I got fired a few days ago from my job. Basically what happened is that a coworker/manager by default (owners son) is 21 going on 22 and was talking to a 14 year old (8th grader). Well before i started working one of our locations, we had close to a $400 drawer shortage. When it was "finally" discovered a few months ago, due to the fact that my owners son didnt do his bookkeeping responsibilities, we both agreed not to tell his dad about the shortage until we got it caught back up. Anyway, last week he got busted by the 14 year old for lying about some completely retarded shit and due to me not siding with HIM, he tells his dad that "our drawers ~$140 short. Steven just bought a new laptop...blah blah blah". Well the week before, i had to run the store since he went on vacation. I come in last friday to work and his dad bitches me out saying that If i didnt like my job to go ahead and quit because he didnt like theives and liars working for his company. I have NEVER taken shit from the company and have gone above and beyond to help them (104 mile round trip drive UNCOMPED FOR GAS) when i was working 5 minutes from my house originally. So i get told by owner that hes going to reveiw security tapes at which point i calmly say "feel free too...theres nothing on them that will incriminate me on anything and if you are going to fire me, i will go ahead and pack my stuff and clean my desk". Monday, i get a phone call saying that he isnt holding me responsible for the missing cash since his son fucked up and the drawers been short before. Even after he blatently accused me of stealing fromt he company, he offered no apology after he found out that it wasnt me. Needless to say, i really didnt feel like being there anymore. Tuesday, i came down with a really nasty sinus infection and went to the doctor on wednesday since i couldnt breathe and felt like shit. I told my owner wedendsay morning that i was taking the rest of wednesday and thursday off since the DR gave me two shots and i felt like ass (atleast my sinuses were getting better). When i tell him this, he told me that if i did feel better, go to my buford store (the 52 mile one way trip) and if i didnt, that was fine, just show up friday to lawrenceville. Thursday rolls around and i went to go run some errands and go with cramerisking on here to go get his car registered. 3" straight exhaust FTW. Anyway, i get back and my girlfriends mom calls me saying that my coworker told her i got fired (she works 2 doors down from us in the same strip). I IMMEDIATELY call my owner and he makes up some shit about how since i was "no call no show" he couldnt depend on me anymore and that "you arent B&D material" even though i was 2nd in sales in the entire company (only behind my service manager who has 6 corporate accounts) and tells me that im fired.

Ive been wanting to get out of that hellhole for a while since its owned by bible beating hypocritical ass christians and ran like shit and they have no customer service ethics so now ive actually got motivation to move on.

As even fewer of you know, my senior year i aced not only the preASVAB but aced the real asvab as well. The ONLY thing that kept me from going military was knowing that i was going to leave my sister and family behind. The last two weeks however though, ive been working out a lot more than what i have (dropped 18 pounds ) and i have gotten back in touch with one of my old recruiters and he works at MEPS now so now ive got an appointment in three weeks to go retake my physical and they want me to retake the REAL asvab test again. Basically if i make over a 90 percentile, i can get intel assignments.

Right now im just frustrated alot in the fact i keep working for shitty ass companys and not getting anywhere in them when im ALWAYS first or second in sales. The military option makes things look a bit brighter right now other than getting shot at. If i dont have another job in two weeks, i will be getting a shipout date shortly there after.


So hopefully this answers a few of your guys questions as to why i havent been on alot lately. If you havent noticed, thats fine also, im just getting tired of 10 PM's a day of "where the hell you been?"


After i figure out what the hell im doing with my life again, ill come back (hopefully soon).


Im going to miss you guys and what not.




Thanks for all the memories


-Steveo (fka b18hatch)

[Echonova]

Hope things works out for you!! MAKE SURE THE INTEL POSITION IS IN WRITING!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can't stress it enough. Not in writing= recruiter lied.

[2.0civic]

Hope things works out for you!! MAKE SURE THE INTEL POSITION IS IN WRITING!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can't stress it enough. Not in writing= recruiter lied.

believe me, that and my outrageously large sign on are BOTH in writing. Ive actually had a lawyer look over all of it. Im not going into details on the sign on but they normally break it down into part of it after basic, part after half term, and part at end term...my sign on is 20k more than what Ive heard/seen elsewhere and i get 50% after basic, 50% after 3 years...its getting hardder and harder to turn down

[blackshine007]

Wow. Don't take this the wrong way, but some things happen for a reason. Don't ever stress over it. Good luck in the future

[2.0civic]

Wow. Don't take this the wrong way, but some things happen for a reason. Don't ever stress over it. Good luck in the future

not taking that the wrong way at all. Honestly, thats what ive thought the last two days.

thanks though

[Leadfoot_mf]

change your sig. oh i guess now its time to bust the son with the 14 yo.

[2.0civic]

change your sig. oh i guess now its time to bust the son with the 14 yo.

nah, kharma will get his ass in the end. If i get this new job with our competitor, i wond be satisfied til i put there company out of business.

Hes actually got more to worry about than my firing...Death threats from pissed off people have him scared to leave the store at night

[Revmaynard]

Man, that's some serious shit. I know how shitty one-sided jobs go. I hope you get things worked out.

[Echonova]

I'm calling dibs on your rep bar when you leave!!!!



Edit: *cough* I mean if *cough*

[2.0civic]

I'm calling dibs on your rep bar when you leave!!!!



Edit: *cough* I mean if *cough*

Its only 1605 and reps dont mean too much lol

however, if i leave, im keeping the account logged on and may be passing it to a buddy of mine and just getting the name changed

[Revmaynard]

So did you work at Nextel?

[2.0civic]

So did you work at Nextel?

kinda sort of not really. I worked for an agent. Basically i did sprint and nextels shitty work they didnt want to do. I sold phones and did tech work and listened to customer piss and moan about how we fuck them blah blah blah. I mainly focused on aircards for a few companys to have internet access anywhere and dealt with a few accounts in the builder industry.

[ATK_Designs]

Don't worry dude. You've got better things coming. It's not biggie.

Keep your head strong and stay positive.

[2.0civic]

Don't worry dude. You've got better things coming. It's not biggie.

Keep your head strong and stay positive.

yeah man. Im not stressing it for a week or two but after two weeks, i got a decision to make

[Revmaynard]

Ah, my friend wants to join the Navy right now...lol....

[2.0civic]

Ah, my friend wants to join the Navy right now...lol....

nah i couldnt join the navy...be on a boat with nothing but dudes that long...shit would turn anyone into a fruitcake

[Echonova]

Ah, my friend wants to join the Navy right now...lol....

I would never join the Navy, they lose Waayyyyy to many guys.. More than the Army. One time a ship left with a hundred sailors, and only came back with fifty couples.

[sullen]

I would never join the Navy, they lose Waayyyyy to many guys.. More than the Army. One time a ship left with a hundred sailors, and only came back with fifty couples.

lol

[2.0civic]

I would never join the Navy, they lose Waayyyyy to many guys.. More than the Army. One time a ship left with a hundred sailors, and only came back with fifty couples.

LIRL thats awesome...

[2.0civic]

alright, im bout to go ride my fourwheeler for a minute but ill talk to you guys in a few when i come back in.

[Magnus213]

Honestly don't know you very well at all, but I wish you all the best.

[Nitro]

well that was a nasty turn of events homie......keep yur head up & g/l for the future.

[Revmaynard]

Lol, I'd never join any armed forces. My dad was a Marine, that was enough.

[The Yousef]

good luck dude...

[2.0civic]

good luck dude...

thanks bro

[NewGen33]

Hope things turn out for the best, take care.

[TIGERJC]

good luck, and I hope everything works out in your favor. But I can not stress this enough, do not take money into consideration on joining the military. My cousin joined for the money and two years later he says that was his worst decision he has ever made (but he was in combat)

[OneSlow5pt0]

GL man,hope u find what ur looking for

[SLo_MKIII]

dont know u to well but u tought me not to talk shit as a noob when u were still b18hatch but best of luck to u in anything u decide to do

[RandomGuy]

good luck bro

lmk if u need anythin mayne
we'll keep in touch

[cactusEG]

good luck on what ever u decide to do and be careful

[Crazy Asian]

great there goes another IA memeber. I hate this.

[Julio]

This is where all the armed forces love to come in and offer all there B.S. While a man is down and feel lost in life or cant get ahead in life.. they come in and paint a "bright" future. So fucked up..

to think about joining the military because you feel theres no way out or whatever I think is the wrong idea...

[2.0civic]

This is where all the armed forces love to come in and offer all there B.S. While a man is down and feel lost in life or cant get ahead in life.. they come in and paint a "bright" future. So fucked up..

to think about joining the military because you feel theres no way out or whatever I think is the wrong idea...

I know the risks and am aware of everything as far as the military aspects go but i cant keep working $9 an hour jobs and pay bills with either.

As far as the sign on goes they offered, its $80k...IN WRITING...$40k after basic, the rest after three years

[AznTraitor]

As far as the sign on goes they offered, its $80k...IN WRITING...$40k after basic, the rest after three years

BS. Please show me or break it down to me how you are getting a 80k enlistment bonus. A fucking 92F (petroleum specialist) one of the most high risk jobs is only getting like 25k right now, and the highest it reached was 40k. Because I've yet to hear about such a high enlistment bonus, and it's not on any of the military websites offering that much.


and you do not get half of your enlistment bonus until you complete basic training and successfully finish your ait training the first go around and become mos qualified, and generally then once you reach your unit of assignment it'll take anywhere from 30-90days...so you do not get it right after basic


So I'd like to know how you are getting paid more than ANY re-enlistment bonus or any high demand mos's with the extra bonuses tacked on....I did the math, any even with all the highest extra incentive bonuses you do not even touch the 60k region.

so please, do tell.

[AznTraitor]

to think about joining the military because you feel theres no way out or whatever I think is the wrong idea...

this is truly the only post that is worth a damn in this whole thread.


I deal with this on a daily basis, and to be 100% honest with you, this is why you have so many awol's and deserters...because they join the service for all the wrong reasons.

So before you sign in at meps....and meps sucks so much balls by the way...it's all a hurry up and wait game....sit down and really think about it...you are about to sign up for a commitment, this is a voluntary army....so if you sign and later run, you will be prosecuted.

Something I tell alot of future soldiers is, nothing in the Army or any branch of service is written in stone...things can change all the time with or without warning, because you are a worker bee, and you do as told.

if you have any doubts, don't sign. If you think you are a hardass and have somekind of attitude going in....you will be in for a rude awakening because your life will be miserable in the military.

if you said you scored a 90+ on your first asvab, and you want to do intel, because from the sounds of it...don't seem like you want to be the fighting type....talk to the Air Force and Navy recruiters when you are at Meps, look at all your options....I will tell you this now though, basic training for both AF and Navy are considerably easier and shorter than Army and Marine basic training....enlisted life for AF and Navy is also better than Army and Marines....I'm not saying you sit around and eat coffee and donuts all day, but your overall living conditions will be much nicer than Army/Marines.

Goto meps, take your asvab, do your physical, and talk to the army, navy, and air force recruiters, you do not have to sign anything unless you want too. It's perfectly normal to go there and leave and come back some other time to swear in, Don't be enticed by bonuses....you are taxed 28% on them, and that should not be a weighing factor of joining any branch...


there are a few other guys on this site that are in the military or are prior service, I'd listen to them, but everyone else who says that their dad or brother or cousin is all hersay...they haven't been there or done it...and you will also learn that "military brats" act like they know it all, but actually know nothing at all

[PhAtBoYMr2]

Stay up homie life has it's twist and turns always the trick is you gotta ride that shit out!

i'm sure we will see you again, this place is hard to get rid of!

[Hektik]

Maybe I missed it but what branch are going into?

Either way goodluck man.. let me know if you need anything.

[2.0civic]

Maybe I missed it but what branch are going into?

Either way goodluck man.. let me know if you need anything.

considering army. Military is not set for sure yet though. Just being highly considered

[quickdodge®]

Army would be the last branch I'd go to. Later, QD.