Chow Time

I'll be posting some stories Mark brought back from Ben. Some more interesting than others. But this will log them all here on the blog.

Eating suppose to be a pleasure in life. But not in the military.

They march everywhere, including to the Mess Hall. You would think after 9 weeks of the same routine, they would be able to march properly. But apparently, this is a skill that some soldiers have a hard time acquiring. So they get smoked. Some of them just do not care if they get smoked or not nor do they care about anyone else in the platoon. They think they know it all. That is extremely frustrating to Ben.

They have about 8 minutes to eat a meal without talking. They have to sit with their feet at a 45 degrees angle with heels touching. They could only look down at their food, and have to eat their fruit first. So if they spend 5 minutes to peel an orange, then only 3 min left to eat the rest of the meal. So bananas are a hit there! When they drink, they have to close their eyes first then tilt the glass. They have chocolate milk now, so that's a nice treat. Still no forks!

Once DS caught someone drinking with their eyes open, they immediately stopped him from eating and throw his food all over the floor! He was told he's done eating and to clean up his mess.