As much of a fan as I am of the Rebel Alliance on this May the Fourth, I have to say that I have never launched or participated in a rebellion. However, insubordination is entirely different. I am reminded of this as I caught this thread at Business Insider (h/t to Doctrine Man).In the rededit thread cited in the BI piece, folks are telling tales of "the worst thing they said to a senior officer or NCO." Check it out--heaps of fun. So, I got to thinking--what was the worst thing I said to someone who was above me in the chain of command?
The one tale that comes to mind is when I was at TTU, and our department was in receivership--which meant that our chair was a Psychologist. I was the adviser to the undergrad poli sci association, and then wanted to hold a debate in advance of the 2000 election and have a GOP and a Democrat debate each other since we could not get Bush and Gore. The chair said no, as it would be too controversial. When I found out about this decision, I went to him and reminded him that we are a political science department, where we do things like talk about politics. He was not pleased to be reminded of his limitations.
While I have had more than a few chairs that I might wanted to have "corrected," I have had only two that I have been mildly "rebellious" towards: the psychologist and this guy. I am sure friends can provide examples of what might be the worst thing that I said to either, but my memory is lousy.
Given that academia provides a heaps more unaccounability than the military chain of command, I am sure plenty of folks have good tales of the worst thing they said to someone in administration, right?
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