USAF Nav- potential hires care?
12-28-2017, 07:28 PM
#12
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Originally Posted by Jughead135
The OP is guilty of using, and you guys are guilty of reacting to, a bit of military slang that evidently doesn’t translate very well.
A “bum” is someone who hangs out in a particular place (job) for a longer time than might be expected for someone seeking advancement/improvement in that same spot in life (company), all the while improving their prospects for entering a new station in life (better/more desirable job). While doing so, the “bum” is taking opportunities whence they come to pick up scraps to live on (students to teach / hours to log). Cf. “Guard Bum.”
A “bum” is someone who hangs out in a particular place (job) for a longer time than might be expected for someone seeking advancement/improvement in that same spot in life (company), all the while improving their prospects for entering a new station in life (better/more desirable job). While doing so, the “bum” is taking opportunities whence they come to pick up scraps to live on (students to teach / hours to log). Cf. “Guard Bum.”
Excellent post and thanks for clarifying. I guess I was guilty of thinking everyone knew military slang.
Mea Culpa.
12-29-2017, 06:14 AM
#13
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Joined APC: Aug 2017
Posts: 157
What is disrespectful is wasting everyone's valuable time with 6 out 13 posts criticizing a 3 letter word by the OP.
Stick to the OP's point, & teach your ethics elsewhere. Nobody cares on an anonymous forum board if the word "bum" is used to describe a non-specific person.
Stick to the OP's point, & teach your ethics elsewhere. Nobody cares on an anonymous forum board if the word "bum" is used to describe a non-specific person.
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