exNavyOffRec
Well-Known Member
Do you think the troops would be generally more resentful that we have our own mess, or that they get to watch every single one of us exercise head of the line privileges while they queue up for an hour to eat after us? That's a toss up.
When I was on the carrier as an E-5 or below I was more irritated when someone used head of line privileges after I had been standing in line forever.
There is also the fact that back then it was nice to eat and not be in earshot of the CPO's, it gave us a chance to blow off steam.
Then as a CPO it was nice to be able to work stuff out with other CPO's out of earshot of the junior guys to prevent them from getting the wrong ideas.