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The captain called the sergeant in. “Sarge, I just got a telegram that Private Jones’s mother died yesterday. Better go tell him and send him in to see me.” So the sergeant calls for his morning formation and lines up all the troops. “Listen up, men,” says the sergeant. “Johnson, report to the mess hall for KP. Smith, report to personnel to sign some papers. The rest of you men, report to the motor pool for maintenance. Oh, by the way, Jones, your mother died—report to the captain.”
Later that day, the captain called the sergeant into his office. “Hey, Sarge, that was a pretty cold way to inform Jones his mother died. Couldn’t you be a bit more tactful next time?” “Yes, sir,” answered Sarge. A few months later, the captain called the sergeant in again. “Sarge, I just got a telegram that Private McGrath’s mother died. You’d better go tell him and send him in to see me. This time, be more tactful.” So the sergeant calls for his morning formation. “O.K., men, fall in and listen up. Everybody with a mother, take two steps forward—not so fast, McGrath!”
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Read 30 comments about “The untactful sergeant.”
April 23rd, 2008 at 3:26 pm
Hope this isn’t what it’s really like in the army!
April 16th, 2008 at 8:35 pm
FIREING SQUAD COME ON!!!
April 16th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
I think sombodys going to get fired literally!
April 12th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
That sergeant is hopeless!
March 31st, 2008 at 8:01 pm
doesnt learn
March 25th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
his mother died, so he told everyone with a mom to step forward. McGrath’s mom died, so he told him not to step foward. That sergant is mean!
March 25th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
wow how untactful!!
March 24th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
I don’t get it….
March 22nd, 2008 at 6:59 am
Ha, I’m still chuckling about this one, pretty good.
March 15th, 2008 at 8:06 am
ha ha ha! hilarious! a rather rude sergeant though:)