Nine Shots, Great Songs and the Military

Just read it.

I once worked for this guy who said he liked to hire former military guys because they always showed up for work:

Back then, we got into a shot drinking contest. Army vs. Marines. It was a tie, but we did end up destroying all of the civilian vendors dumb enough to drink with us. Jerry and I were the only ones that made into work the next day. I think it was the nine shots of Jack Daniels that did it. I know it's stupid and macho, but, so what, it was a good time!

In the Navy, it went something like this; you couldn't call in if you were sick (unless you were hospitalized), you had to show up and go to the base infirmary. This would take approximately 2-3 hours, after which they would tell you to either go home or go back to work. I figured, and still do to this day, if you can make it to work you go.