The White Falcon - 15.02.1985, Blaðsíða 7

Right on "Time" with everything
On Friday, February 1, the USO sponsored a Lip
Synch contest at the Top of the Rock Club (TOR).-
Five members of Patrol Squadron 40 (VP-40) took
the show in a spectacular performance of the hit
song title "Jungle Love" by the original group
Time. Despite the tough competition from 11 other
contestants, The Time came out on top with $150
first prize. The five members of the group are
as follows: AME2 Alex Jackson (Morris), YN3 Dell
Howard (Jerome), A03 Darryl Hall (bass), AD3 Ted
Moore (keyboards) and YNSN John Bernhard (lead
guitar).
Regardless of the short period of time that
The Time had to rehearse (operational commitments
and fluctuating work schedules) they still manag-
ed to put together a monster of a routine that
had the crowd on their feet and the judges hang-
ing onto their seats.
When asked about the choreography of the show,
Howard responded, "Well, let's just say that five
heads are better than one, meaning that we all
just showed each other different steps and if we
all liked the step, then we said 'Yeah, let's do
this or that' and showed the people what we came
up with."
Members of the "Time" ham it up after receiving
$150 first place prize for their crowd-pleasing
act during the USO's Lip Synch contest.
It touches even the honest and careful people
Fraud, waste and abuse — "not me" you say.
Fraud, waste and abuse is about those big foul-
ups -- the $400 hammers or the $50 screws. Fraud,
waste and abuse, that's those other guys; I'm
careful and honest.
But are you?
Your boss is out of his favorite pens. He
really likes that particular kind and you really
hate to visit the office supply department-- it's
three buildings away and you're busy. So while
you're there this time, you'll pick up several
dozens of those pens and a bunch of other stuff,
so you won't have to go back so soon. Hoarding
office supplies -- even if they are not perish-
able -- is abuse. You are creating an inventory
control problem for the supply folks.
Darn that alarm clock. It's the third time
this week that it hasn't gone off. Now you've
overslept almost 30 mintues. Oh well, things
will be slow at work today, anyway. Your super-
visor is on leave and most of the work is caught
up. You'll just call in sick. But you aren't
sick and when you tell your acting supervisor you
are, you're misrepresenting facts to intentionally
obtain something that's not legally yours. That's
fraud.
You're closing your briefcase, ready to depart
the office after a hectic day. You look over
your desk and spot some pencils. You're out of
pencils at home -- the kids asked you to pick up
some for school only this morning. Oh well,
you'll just take them home. It's late and you
did work through your lunch hour today, with no
overtime; that's justification for taking the
pencils home. No it’s not.
It's 7:35.a.m., you should be getting under
way to work, but another cup of coffee would cer-
tainly taste good. Oh well, it will only make
you about 10 minutes late and your supervisor
won't notice. So you've been a little late a
couple of times this week; what the heck -- fill
'er up. Abuse again. Your supervisor might be
understanding, but you're abusing a system that
permits employees with legitimate reasons to be a
few minutes late, occasionally.
Fraud, waste and abuse touches everyone. From
the plain government envelopes that you use to
pay some of your monthly bills to the $400 hammer;
from slightly overlong lunch hours to mis-repre-
sented travel claims. Fraud , waste and abuse
touches even honest and careful people.
February 15, 1985 The White Falcon
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