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 Asleep At The Power Plant
Asleep At The Power Plant
Federal agents are investigating security concerns at the nation's nuclear power plants after video footage surfaced showing guards asleep on the job.

*There just aren't words. picked by dollyllama 1 year ago
tags security slacker sleeping napping nuclear power plant
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 larknet
1 year ago
I wasn't on the front line, or the second line, or even the third line, but I took my military job very seriously. I can honestly say that in my 20 years on the job I never, ever fell asleep on watch. I made sure I had plenty of rest prior to work and if there was ever a time I had even though about sleeping I would find something to do to keep that from happening.
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 Nicky666
1 year ago
makes you wonder what they mean with "specially-trained", huh?...specially-trained where exactly? in a treatment centre for insomniacs or something? In that case, they're doing a brilliant job

btw, it's like watching the real life version of Homer Simpson
but at least he wasn't armed
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 dollylla...
1 year ago
« larknet : I wasn't on the front line, or the second line, or even the third line, but I took my military job very seriously. I can honestly say that in my 20 years on the job I never, ever fell asleep on watch. I made sure I had plenty of rest prior to work and if there was ever a time I had even though about sleeping I would find something to do to keep that from happening.
I have to say I have never seen anyone in the armed services sleeping on duty. I know it happens because I've heard about the court martials, but I've never seen it.

I was CQ for my unit for months, on the overnight and never fell asleep, nor did my "runner". And night is when all the non-sense went on. We had to raid barracks one time, it was...intense.

I also pulled the overnight, on several occasions alone, at the communications station. Urgent messages would come in at all hours, if I slept through them, bad things would've happened.

One time all the equipment went down, all of it, at once. There was no comprehensive plan in place so I just started waking up colonels and master sgts. until I got a chain of command thing going, it was the middle of the night, no one was happy with me that night but I got lauded for it the next day (it also caused me extra duties since I was so vigilant...dammit)
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 Moe
1 year ago
OK yes this is totally screwed up and something needs to be done about it...BUT am I the only one who noticed this while reading the article?

Peach Bottom Nuclear Plant - Freaky farm porn?
Wackenhut - Wackenhut? Wackenhut? I mean COME ON...
Turkey Point Nuclear Plant - A secret hunter spot?
Exelon - Sounds like an alien overlord if you ask me

Do we give f*cked up names to nuclear related things to throw terrorists off or are the people who name stuff like this just on acid as a general rule?
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 dollylla...
1 year ago
« Moe : OK yes this is totally screwed up and something needs to be done about it...BUT am I the only one who noticed this while reading the article?

Peach Bottom Nuclear Plant - Freaky farm porn?
Wackenhut - Wackenhut? Wackenhut? I mean COME ON...
Turkey Point Nuclear Plant - A secret hunter spot?
Exelon - Sounds like an alien overlord if you ask me

Do we give f*cked up names to nuclear related things to throw terrorists off or are the people who name stuff like this just on acid as a general rule?
I noticed it too, I am going to go with the acid theory.
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 jblades8...
1 year ago
lol for sure!
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