So I decided to wait a bit to write this to get the words right so I don’t piss off someone. Well, there really isn’t any way to not piss someone in the higher ups, but I think this is something that I took seriously and my inspector did not.
The Navy conducts spotchecks to make sure that the maintenance man is performing the steps properly, in order and has all the tools, parts and any other items required to perform the check. The inspectors are all E-7 and above because they are expected to guide and teach in the event a question comes up about a check that the person who did the maintenance didn’t quite comprehend or may not have noticed.
About two weeks ago, I was doing a spotcheck and unfortunately I did get an unsat. At no point did I not perform the steps outlined in the MRC, but the fact that I made some really basic mistakes that I shouldn’t have. I admit that I could have done a lot better being senior in the division, and experienced maintenance man, but the same goes to the inspector. On the spotcheck form, it was annotated what I did wrong and I completely agreed. It wasn’t until a few hours after the spotcheck that I was accused of another mistake that was not brought to my attention during the check. Not only that, I was being made fun of and laughed at for my additional mistake. At no point did I think what I did wrong was anything to laugh about. Spotchecks are serious, and that goes for the inspector as well. I felt pretty shitty about getting an unsat, but I was more pissed that they could just laugh about it. The ship has a 3-M inspection in a few months, which I won’t be there for, and when it’s time to get even more serious about making sure people are doing their maintenance properly, they go down and laugh about a failure?
That is unsat on your part and what respect I had for you is definitely gone Chief!
Don’t sweat it bud. They’re all dicks. Just let it roll off your shoulders and count the days until you’re back home.
YES! You are almost home… WOOT WOOT.