Quote:Conversely, they should always make sure that they put the right part number on the order form. A friend who worked in the Quartermaster's Office at an Army base in Colorado Springs tried to order toilet paper for the entire base and ended up with a battleship anchor. Seems that not only do the Armed Forces all use the same distributing department, but they don't check their orders with their locales. Fortunately, there was a Navy Quartermaster out there with a surplus of toilet paper.
Yeah, big organizations can be great for ordering things. A friend of mine was an avionics tech in the Air Force for a while. Being bored, he and some other techs were going through the comprehensive supply catalogues, and decided to order a tank. Apparently it was actually en route to them before someone wised up and canceled the order. Similarly university departments always get a bunch of unecessary crap just before the end of the fiscal year so as to use up their entire budget.
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