"The Grump ... The Chief"

Every morning the Chief gets in front of the troops for Morning Quarters pissed off at the world with a vein throbbing in his forehead so huge it could knock out a shipmate if he stood directly in front of him. After one particular morning of preaching to the troops and assigning micro-managed orders to each individual he noticed one young shipmate in the back row. He dismisses everyone except for that one shipmate…

“Every morning I assign you to cleaning shitters and shower stalls in the head. How come you never complain? Why doesn’t this bother you shipmate?”

“That’s easy Chief! When I clean the shitters and the showers, I use a toothbrush!”

“What difference does that make shipmate?”

“I use your toothbrush Chief … “