Worked with an Air Force Captain back in the late 80s who was a total “@$$hat”.
Nobody liked him.
He thought if you were lower ranking, you were scum, if you were female you should be in his Air Force, and if you weren’t a W.A.S.P., you were scum.
He was informed that he had an assignment and was thrilled.
That is until we created his replacement.
2nd Lt, Juanita Mendoza.
We cut a fake set of orders and put together a box of personal items for her desk.
We also cut a fake set of leave paperwork for her going to Mexico to visit family.
This Captain spent a week at Edwards AFB, (our base), then a week at Kirkland AFB, then a week at Vandenburg AFB in rotation as all three were critically involved in the project he worked on.
We had Lt Mendoza at meetings at Vandenburg while the Captain was at Kirkland, and had her at Kirkland when he was at Edwards.
We spent two months keeping them away from each other. Had people at all three bases involved, referencing how great Lt Mendoza was. Had a Colonel tell him that she was in the same Air Force Academy class as his son, and she was “going places”.
The Captain was talking in the hallway to his boss Lt Col Novak, about something he wanted to have done. He told him that he had cleared it with Lt Mendoza. I had to walk away to keep from laughing.
At the Captain’s going away ceremony, (everyone got one, liked or not), the Project Director told the Captain that he wanted to introduce someone. He said “Lt Mendoza, please stand up.”
The people stood up, Lt Col Novak, Maj Kieth, and myself.
The Captain knew he’d been played, but couldn’t make a scene. That didn’t stop his face from turning red as a beet.
Nobody liked him.
He thought if you were lower ranking, you were scum, if you were female you should be in his Air Force, and if you weren’t a W.A.S.P., you were scum.
He was informed that he had an assignment and was thrilled.
That is until we created his replacement.
2nd Lt, Juanita Mendoza.
We cut a fake set of orders and put together a box of personal items for her desk.
We also cut a fake set of leave paperwork for her going to Mexico to visit family.
This Captain spent a week at Edwards AFB, (our base), then a week at Kirkland AFB, then a week at Vandenburg AFB in rotation as all three were critically involved in the project he worked on.
We had Lt Mendoza at meetings at Vandenburg while the Captain was at Kirkland, and had her at Kirkland when he was at Edwards.
We spent two months keeping them away from each other. Had people at all three bases involved, referencing how great Lt Mendoza was. Had a Colonel tell him that she was in the same Air Force Academy class as his son, and she was “going places”.
The Captain was talking in the hallway to his boss Lt Col Novak, about something he wanted to have done. He told him that he had cleared it with Lt Mendoza. I had to walk away to keep from laughing.
At the Captain’s going away ceremony, (everyone got one, liked or not), the Project Director told the Captain that he wanted to introduce someone. He said “Lt Mendoza, please stand up.”
The people stood up, Lt Col Novak, Maj Kieth, and myself.
The Captain knew he’d been played, but couldn’t make a scene. That didn’t stop his face from turning red as a beet.