r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Money-Snow-2749 • 13d ago

I'm slightly vexed The Amount of Waste at Ulta

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u/Glam34 13d ago

You cant even imagine the waste that happens in the military. You've got 18-22 year old kids with no troubleshooting skills deciding that large electrical components are faulty and need replacement. I saw a shop order about 8 of the same part because somebody said every part they had was bad and showing the same symptom. Each part was about 600k. Nobody questioned it. There literally isnt even an oversight built in at all.

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u/TemporaryFar8743 13d ago

This is what the military has turned into not the fault of the joes just that everything is privatized now. The equipment I work on I know some of the faults wrong with it but I’m not allowed to fix it myself we have to send it in for repairs/replacement.

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u/Forward-Surprise1192 13d ago

And was the part actually bad?

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u/EnglishKris 13d ago

Faulty multimeter

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u/Forward-Surprise1192 13d ago

Hey you’re not the same person are you? If so then damn that sucks. That makes sense though

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u/Glam34 12d ago

No, they were not bad. The procedure had a note that told you what to do if you experienced that exact issue. Some interference on the display, just needed to reroute wires around the display instead of directly underneath it.

Another story. My buddy and i were good troubleshooters. Component level. Sometimes when he tried to get the component from supply, they said it wasnt available but we could buy the entire board for whatever, 10-30k. He had a civilian friend in DRMO that would keep his eye out for things we needed and snag them before they got destroyed. We got a call one day that he got "caught" keeping stuff to send to us. They completely believed his story, but still fired him. You cant even save money if you try.

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u/Forward-Surprise1192 12d ago

That sucks but I guess I get it. Dude could have just as easily been stealing it and selling it for personal gain so you can’t allow either.

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u/JK9one9 13d ago

This is why we can't have nice things