Allegedly true comments from British Officer Fitness Reports

[Chantry]

The British Military writes EPRs which are officer fitness reports.

The form used for Royal Navy and Marines fitness reports is the S206. The following are actual excerpts taken from people's "206s"....

 

• His men would follow him anywhere, but only out of curiosity.
• I would not breed from this Officer.
• This Officer is really not so much of a has-been, but more of a definitely won't-be.
• When she opens her mouth, it seems that this is only to change whichever foot was previously in there.
• He has carried out each and every one of his duties to his entire satisfaction.
• He would be out of his depth in a car park puddle.
• Technically sound, but socially impossible.
• This Officer reminds me very much of a gyroscope - always spinning around at a frantic pace, but not really going anywhere.
• This young lady has delusions of adequacy.
• When he joined my ship, this Officer was something of a granny; since then he has aged considerably.
• Since my last report he has reached rock bottom, and has started to dig.
• She sets low personal standards and then consistently fails to achieve them.
• He has the wisdom of youth, and the energy of old age.
• This Officer should go far - and the sooner he starts, the better.
• In my opinion this pilot should not be authorized to fly below 250 feet.
• This man is depriving a village somewhere of an idiot.
• The only ship I would recommend this man for is citizenship.
• Works well when under constant supervision and cornered like a rat in a trap.

 

Link: https://www.strategypage.com/humor/articles/british.asp

[Cactus Jack Calder]

1 hour ago, Chantry said:

Works well when under constant supervision and cornered like a rat in a trap.

 

During my service in the US Navy as an Electrician’s Mate 3rd, I was in charge of a man like this. Every time he was sent on a job he disappeared. I’d find him hanging with his buddies at the geadonk. Generally the work wasn’t done because he “needed something “.

I finally had him follow me around all the time as my “tool handler”. I got more work out of him if he never left my sight. He complained about it and I explained exactly why he had to follow me around and he responded “Yeah, your right”. He never complained again and we actually got along reasonably well after that.

 

CJ

 

[Smuteye John SASS#24774]

I've worked with every one of them after their time in the Service.  Being a civilian didn't make them any better. 

 

Most had a knack for being promoted beyond their level of competence in civilian life, too.

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

"Educated beyond his intelligence" was my dad's favorite putdown.

 

I did a fitness report on a young Marine who was absolutely useless.  (We finally got him discharged as being unsuitable) and I made a comment that I can't post here... but it was one of my crowning glories.  My SgtMaj, XO, and CO sent it on up the chain and I heard it went all the way to 8th and I.

[Dr. O. R. Vet]

You find these kind of people EVERYWHERE.  So say Peter and Hull.  Seems unfair that it was named after Dr. Peter.....should have been the Peter/Hull Principle.

 

Peter principle

The Peter Principle is a concept in management developed by Laurence J. Peter, which observes that people in a hierarchy tend to rise to their "level of incompetence": employees are promoted based on their success in previous jobs until they reach a level at which they are no longer competent, as skills in one job do not necessarily translate to another. The concept was explained in the 1969 book The Peter Principle by Dr. Peter and Raymond Hull. Peter and Hull intended the book to be satire, but it became popular as it was seen to make a serious point about the shortcomings of how people are promoted within hierarchical organizations. The Peter Principle has since been the subject of much subsequent commentary and research.Wikipedia

[Pat Riot]

Many of these descriptions have been accurate for people I have encountered at work my whole life. Unfortunately (or fortunately) the majority of the intelligence challenged that I have encountered were after my time in the military. Not so much in Aerospace but in my work at Public Agencies.

There is a level of stupidity in the current agency I work for that I almost believe that people with the minds of nocturnal insects see  a light that others of us cannot see and that light attracts them here...and they have been breeding.

 

 

[Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L]

Aptly describes most of the management at the global company I used to work for!

[Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967]

16 hours ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said:

"Educated beyond his intelligence" was my dad's favorite putdown.

 

I did a fitness report on a young Marine who was absolutely useless.  (We finally got him discharged as being unsuitable) and I made a comment that I can't post here... but it was one of my crowning glories.  My SgtMaj, XO, and CO sent it on up the chain and I heard it went all the way to 8th and I.

 

I know that story!!      

 

I laughed like hell when you told it...!     

 

 

 

 

6 hours ago, Dr. O. R. Vet said:

You find these kind of people EVERYWHERE.  So say Peter and Hull.  Seems unfair that it was named after Dr. Peter.....should have been the Peter/Hull Principle.

 

Peter principle

The Peter Principle is a concept in management developed by Laurence J. Peter, which observes that people in a hierarchy tend to rise to their "level of incompetence"

 

I was once describing my boss to a colleague...  "John, are you familiar with the "Peter Principle?"  Well, that dude has done Petered out!  

[Crazy Gun Barney, SASS #2428]

recently, it seems like my company uses the peter principle as the guiding force behind promotions....

 

There was a sales manager I just started referring to as "Peter".... he has since moved on and Peter the Second took his place.  

[Crazy Gun Barney, SASS #2428]

19 hours ago, Chantry said:

This young lady has delusions of adequacy.

I will be using this one... fits a number of the sheeple that have been recently hired.

[Dustin Checotah]

On 8/26/2021 at 9:56 PM, Cactus Jack Calder said:

During my service in the US Navy as an Electrician’s Mate 3rd, I was in charge of a man like this. Every time he was sent on a job he disappeared. I’d find him hanging with his buddies at the geadonk. Generally the work wasn’t done because he “needed something “.

I finally had him follow me around all the time as my “tool handler”. I got more work out of him if he never left my sight. He complained about it and I explained exactly why he had to follow me around and he responded “Yeah, your right”. He never complained again and we actually got along reasonably well after that.

 

CJ

 

I was an E5 working TAD as mess deck Master at Arms. I had about 20 people that I looked after and I had to do evals on them. I had one guy that was absolutely worthless. I gave him the easiest job to do so as not for me to get chewed out by the Chief. After I turned in the evals I was asked by the E6 that was my supervisor to see him after turnover. The sailor that I had problems with was named McCray and was African American. My E6 was also African American. When I went to see him he said it was about McCray's eval. I thought oh spit! (really Navy talk) The E6 said to me that I don't say much at turnover but when I write something down I hit hard. The E6 said he noticed McCray and he was nothing but shiftless. I had thought he was going to get after me about something racist stuff. I explained that I gave him the easiest job and he couldn't even do that. That E6 was squared away he was a Mess Management Specialist as primary NEC and had done 2 tours in Antarctica with his second NEC as a Corpsman.