Lazy Lazy

So I have been home for four days now.  

But before that...

My last week on Ice was spent organizing the shop's electronic files for the most part.  I finished with what I could on Thursday and then Friday was my last official work day.  I was told all I had to do was turn in my keys and clan up the loose ends around the shop.

Saturday I spent half my day packing and just being lazy, and then Sunday I finished my packing and dragged all my stuff up to Bldg 140 for Bag Drag.  They weighed everyone and took their baggage to be checked.  I was left with what I could wear as well as my one carryon.

Monday I caught Ivan down to Pegasus Airfield and we loaded onto the C-17 and headed back to Christchurch.

It gets annoying how little communication there is on the important things.  

The only time I was told my redeployment date was several weeks prior, and second or third-hand through my shop Foreman.  I also did not know my flight time until the day of travel, about 9am or 10am.  Fun stuff.

During my last week I, as well as the rest of Raytheon Polar Services Company, received an angry email from one of the other employees who had been let go, using all sorts of bad language and insulting both the company and other individuals.

Apparently he had been fired over the Jell-O wrestling incident.  He was angry that he was fired, even though similar events had happened in past years without anyone getting fired, and that he was fired without an explanation of how he had broken specific rules. 

Many people sided with this man, but they forgot some important points.

For starters, just because people got away with it in the past does not mean its okay all the time.  Maybe it was not caught by HR last time, or maybe there were new HR reps this year who knew to put their foot down.  It also doesn't help this guy was caught on camera participating in the event.

Also, this was an unauthorized underground Jell-O wrestling event, held in a secured inventory location.  Had they permission for the event, they would never have been allowed to hold it there.  With as much drinking occurs at the parties in McMurdo, all sorts of drunken thievery and damage would have to be expected.  The building was supposed to be locked after-hours and instead all sorts of unauthorized people were coming and going.

Not to mention they had not fully cleaned up after themselves.  There just happened to be an NSF inspection of the building the next day and they saw the pile of Jell-O soiled mattresses.

All-in-all this email provided great entertainment for me and my roommate.

Seriously, people.  Use your brains.