Sig is no Bully!

[Lori]

Sig's no bully. Just expects the job to get done and tells it like it is. They say that about me at work - I tell it like it is - don't beat around the bush - wear my feelings on my sleeve. Sig probably feels the same way - "Shut up and Fish" or as they say in the office - "Don't let the door hit you on the way out"!

[ponyiq]

You know I think one of the reasons that I like Capt. Sig is that he demands your respect, he does not hand it out like candy and he has only two goals in mind, get the crab and get the crew back safely. I think that he is perceived as a bully because, especially today, most Americans( ok I am one and have been one my whole life) do not like hard disciple where they are told what to do, how to do it and when to do it.

I grew up showing horses, by the time I was 15 ( and could legally drive in the state of la back then) i was taking care of 40 head of horses every christmas for 3 weeks while the barn owner and her family went to vermont to visit her mother. ( 10 stall horses, 10 horses that came in to be fed and and another 20 lesson horses ) I did everything from cleaning stalls, making sure if there was ice that it was gone from buckets and troughs etc before and after school) There were adults with horses, but I was the one up at 3 to do it before school.. etc

I flew into Alabama on christmas day when I was 13 to work with the trainer I trained with. I made a mistake i told his dad ,"yeah it was an ok flight." i was then told to do a hundred pushups, sweep the barn aisle and pick up outside the barn for mouthing off. I still hold ( almost 30 years later) the farm record for vaults/ pushups given as punishment.. I could have had a lot less but when you did something good you were given the question how many do you deserve to have taken off, and my answer would always be 5-10 rather than the whole amount. why am i telling you this, because the best men that i have worked for have been those that were downright harsh in their demeanor at times.. but they know their job, know how to do it well and safely and if you earn their respect you have earned for more than any money in the world. THey are hard but they do it for a reason, not to be a bully but to instill a work ethic, safety, etc and because you are their to do it their way, not yours. If you can not take it get out of the fire, but if you can it is always worth it.
I guess what it boils down to is this, most people today are not taught to shut up and listen that someone might know better, that there is a time and a place to question but in the middle of something going on is probably not it.. and if there is a real reason to question and you have not done it a thousand times before that it will carry far more weight. The men and women that I refer to are those, that in whatever profession, can be seen as hard, tough, maybe even nasty at times, but if you ever watch, they inspire trust, loyalty, and they do their jobs very well and usually with a very high level of safety. I have seen them in the military, around horses, on fishing boats, pilots and firemen( rescuers as well) , there is a reason, something can and will kill you in all of those things.. and you want to be with the person that will get you home, will inspire you to have faith when you are worried that you might not make it . He is no more a bully than the fine men and women that I trained with and later worked for. It is his way or the highway and that is what most people can not and do not like and cause them to say he is a bully.

just my thought
nicole

[purrduedvm]

Wow...very well put Nicole. I agree 110%. In fact, I think it hurts people in the long run when they are not held accountable or made to follow those they are supposed to. When anything goes - the person is not learning anything. It's true with these jobs and with parenting, etc. It may not seem fair but it actually is a good thing. If you are not challenged, you cannot grow. I live by that principle. No one wants to hear criticism but it's been said in veterinary medicine and it's true elsewhere as well, You learn more from the clients that are not happy with you (not that THEY are always right) then those that are - if you are willing to give yourself a good hard look.

[msgiantsfan]

I don't think a bully sits alone at night & cries for the men who have lost their lives trying to make a living.

[islandgirl7]

Originally Posted by msgiantsfan

I don't think a bully sits alone at night & cries for the men who have lost their lives trying to make a living.

Very well put, I couldn't agree more.

[Minarvia]

Originally Posted by msgiantsfan

I don't think a bully sits alone at night & cries for the men who have lost their lives trying to make a living.

I agree as well, but there are some people on the other board that considered what he did as an act, and a silly one at that.

[msgiantsfan]

Originally Posted by Minarvia

I agree as well, but there are some people on the other board that considered what he did as an act, and a silly one at that.

Get out? Really? Didn't seem like an act to me (even in repeats it still looks like a totally authentic moment)

[ponyiq]

I disagree
I have a friend, a Marine, spent his life as a marine, by the grace of God he survived the bombing of the barracks in 1979 in beruit his roommate died, his best friends died, it was simply a matter of where he was standing... but he was not just an e-1-2 or was a sgt of some type He always felt like he was responsible for the men in his squad. He mourns the loss to this day. it did not affect how he performed or the fact he continued to serve but I have seen him cry on the aniversary of their death.


Another thing being strong does not mean being ugly or not cryoing, not feeling. Strength comes from an inner place for many it is based on faith, faith in God, or a higher power, as well as faith in their own ability.

I do not think that it was an act, it was a heartfelt moment where the weight of respnsibnility, the weight of what could be all hit home for one brief moment.

please excuse the spelling errors, my freak german shepherd just about killed my keyboard today during a really bad thunderstorm ( 3 gsd's, 3 retired greyhounds and a standard poodle and six horses)

nicole

[MelG]

Originally Posted by Minarvia

I agree as well, but there are some people on the other board that considered what he did as an act, and a silly one at that.

How can they think that was act? Probably the same folks that think the TB rescue was staged as well :-( Why do they even bother watching DC other than to pick it apart?

[msgiantsfan]

Originally Posted by MelG

How can they think that was act? Probably the same folks that think the TB rescue was staged as well :-( Why do they even bother watching DC other than to pick it apart?

Some people are only happy when putting others down. I know people like that in "real life". Happiest when those around them are in some sort of trouble. I try to stay clear of those.

On a funnier note I thought the one scene in "Behind the Scences" was hysterical. The camera man fell over twice trying to do a bit in the wheelhouse w/ Capt. Sig. On the 3rd take Sig asked what was I saying? I'm laughing thinking about it now.