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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 709774" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>This one also involves food. </p><p></p><p>Many years ago, when husband was in advanced training in the Army, I decided to send him a "care package": a dried Kosher Romanian Sausage (neither of us are/were at all Romanian).</p><p></p><p>This delicacy is about half beef and half garlic and black pepper. I carefully wrapped it for shipping with consideration of that fact. I also labeled the package on the outside so husband knew to unwrap it under "controlled" circumstances due to the garlic situation.</p><p></p><p>What neither husband, nor I knew was that all parcels had to be opened in the 1st Sgt's office.</p><p></p><p>husband is going, "Uh, Top, you REALLY don't want me to open this in here..." Long story short, he was ordered to open the package of very potent Romanian sausage in a small, windowless, un-airconditioned office on a very hot day.</p><p></p><p>That was immediately followed by gagging and choking and ' PRIVATE! GET THAT THE @#$%$#! OUT OF HERE!!!</p><p></p><p>husband said the office still reeked of garlic the next day. (and the sausage was delicious)</p><p></p><p>We had issues with a food thief at one place I worked. I dealt with it by bringing in leftover stir fried beef and veggies for lunch... that was doused in nuoc mam (fermented fish sauce. definitely an acquired taste). That cured the food thief, but I also had to deodorize the refrigerator.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 709774, member: 1963"] This one also involves food. Many years ago, when husband was in advanced training in the Army, I decided to send him a "care package": a dried Kosher Romanian Sausage (neither of us are/were at all Romanian). This delicacy is about half beef and half garlic and black pepper. I carefully wrapped it for shipping with consideration of that fact. I also labeled the package on the outside so husband knew to unwrap it under "controlled" circumstances due to the garlic situation. What neither husband, nor I knew was that all parcels had to be opened in the 1st Sgt's office. husband is going, "Uh, Top, you REALLY don't want me to open this in here..." Long story short, he was ordered to open the package of very potent Romanian sausage in a small, windowless, un-airconditioned office on a very hot day. That was immediately followed by gagging and choking and ' PRIVATE! GET THAT THE @#$%$#! OUT OF HERE!!! husband said the office still reeked of garlic the next day. (and the sausage was delicious) We had issues with a food thief at one place I worked. I dealt with it by bringing in leftover stir fried beef and veggies for lunch... that was doused in nuoc mam (fermented fish sauce. definitely an acquired taste). That cured the food thief, but I also had to deodorize the refrigerator. [/QUOTE]
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