Comments on: Getting fleeced at the Navy Exchange http://crystalattice.gidblog.com/2009/02/01/getting-fleeced-at-the-navy-exchange/ Striving to make the world a little bit smarter Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:38:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Chris http://crystalattice.gidblog.com/2009/02/01/getting-fleeced-at-the-navy-exchange/#comment-1875 Chris Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:15:44 +0000 http://crystalattice.gidblog.com/2009/02/01/getting-fleeced-at-the-navy-exchange/#comment-1875 Yeah...but IT1 your an oddity...lol just kidding Yeah…but IT1 your an oddity…lol just kidding

]]> By: AlHortmund http://crystalattice.gidblog.com/2009/02/01/getting-fleeced-at-the-navy-exchange/#comment-1472 AlHortmund Mon, 04 May 2009 05:23:21 +0000 http://crystalattice.gidblog.com/2009/02/01/getting-fleeced-at-the-navy-exchange/#comment-1472 Hahaha. I wake up every morning with a smile now that I'm out of the Navy...and I got out over a year ago. The NEX totally over-charges for hemming too. You might be at Pearl Harbor, but if you're some other place like Kunia, there's this great tailoring place in Wahiawa. Really cheap and they do a great job. But I can't believe they ditched the working whites... I hated them, but if they got rid of the working whites then I assumed they got rid of the Johnny Cash's too, and they were sweet. Hahaha.
I wake up every morning with a smile now that I’m out of the Navy…and I got out over a year ago.

The NEX totally over-charges for hemming too. You might be at Pearl Harbor, but if you’re some other place like Kunia, there’s this great tailoring place in Wahiawa. Really cheap and they do a great job.

But I can’t believe they ditched the working whites…
I hated them, but if they got rid of the working whites then I assumed they got rid of the Johnny Cash’s too, and they were sweet.

]]> By: crystalattice http://crystalattice.gidblog.com/2009/02/01/getting-fleeced-at-the-navy-exchange/#comment-1467 crystalattice Sun, 26 Apr 2009 05:29:21 +0000 http://crystalattice.gidblog.com/2009/02/01/getting-fleeced-at-the-navy-exchange/#comment-1467 I agree, the uniform regulations are a pain in the butt. A lot of it has to do with tradition but I personally think a lot of it is because the military is the domain of the small mind. Or at least a lack of common sense. The people making the regulations really seem to be out of touch with reality; most of those people are either civilians or senior officers who aren't actually affected by the decisions they make, either because they don't wear the same uniforms as the junior people or because they simply don't have to obey the rules. For example, in Iraq the Army decreed that, when wearing boonie hats (the wide-brim sun hats), the chin strap could only be worn tight against the chin, tight against the back of the neck, or tucked underneath the hat. Why does it matter how a person wears the hat? We were in the middle of a war zone. Or how about dictating exactly what type of umbrella we can use? Beyond just being black, we can only use a collapsible/pop-up umbrella. What if we prefer to use a non-collapsible one because they provide more coverage? Tough. I agree, the uniform regulations are a pain in the butt. A lot of it has to do with tradition but I personally think a lot of it is because the military is the domain of the small mind. Or at least a lack of common sense.

The people making the regulations really seem to be out of touch with reality; most of those people are either civilians or senior officers who aren’t actually affected by the decisions they make, either because they don’t wear the same uniforms as the junior people or because they simply don’t have to obey the rules.

For example, in Iraq the Army decreed that, when wearing boonie hats (the wide-brim sun hats), the chin strap could only be worn tight against the chin, tight against the back of the neck, or tucked underneath the hat. Why does it matter how a person wears the hat? We were in the middle of a war zone.

Or how about dictating exactly what type of umbrella we can use? Beyond just being black, we can only use a collapsible/pop-up umbrella. What if we prefer to use a non-collapsible one because they provide more coverage? Tough.

]]> By: Chase http://crystalattice.gidblog.com/2009/02/01/getting-fleeced-at-the-navy-exchange/#comment-1465 Chase Sat, 25 Apr 2009 20:19:14 +0000 http://crystalattice.gidblog.com/2009/02/01/getting-fleeced-at-the-navy-exchange/#comment-1465 Why does everything concerning the military uniform have to be so... uniform? Yes, it's a rather silly question that can probably be answered by saying "it adds to the image of a collective whole" or "it is a tribute to military solidarity," but it really seems like a pain in the ass. When you're completing field work or on tour in Iraq, is there still a dress code? Just curious. P.S. Thanks for the laptop cooling pad review. Why does everything concerning the military uniform have to be so… uniform? Yes, it’s a rather silly question that can probably be answered by saying “it adds to the image of a collective whole” or “it is a tribute to military solidarity,” but it really seems like a pain in the ass. When you’re completing field work or on tour in Iraq, is there still a dress code? Just curious.

P.S.
Thanks for the laptop cooling pad review.

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