TDY

Mar 27, 2022 — Comic #293

A Coastie asks a yeoman, “Hey YN2, I need to go TDY for training next week. Can you help?” The yeoman fills out a form (“tap tap tap”), prints orders (“bzzzt”), and stamps them (“KA-CHUNK”): “There. I’m TDY for a month. Go ask somebody else.”

It was the same amount of work as helping, but it’s the principle of the thing

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Hey YN2, I need to go TDY for training next week. Can you help? / Alright, filling out a TDY request form… / tap tap tap / Printing orders… / bzzzt / Stamping / KA-CHUNK / There. I’m TDY for a month. Go ask somebody else

bureaucracy

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