# Where Has Tama1981K Been? **URL:** \ **Category:** Men's Pheromone Advice & Field Reports\ **Created:** [July 17, 2008, 10:25am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/where-has-tama1981k-been/15709 "2008-07-17T10:25:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tama1981K](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/tama1981k/32/1685_2.png) [@Tama1981K](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/Tama1981K)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 10:25am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/where-has-tama1981k-been/15709/1 "2008-07-17T10:25:50Z")
Hey ladies and Gents, I have been back posting for about 2-3 weeks now and I have been asked on multiple occasions where I have been for the past few months. Well before I get to that…here is the back story. As some of you may know..while working as a truck driver I had been going through the long tedious process of becoming a correction officer and the last step of being investigated was done in September…all I was waiting on was a phone call to start at the academy. By about December 12th I had got word from my investigator that they had cut the class in half that they were going to start in January and unfortunately I was on the bottom end of that list. I was going to have to wait possibly up to 4 years till the next class went in. January was not the best of months…little did I know it would be a blessing in disguise. I lost my job as a truck driver around the 7th of the moth and found a job as an auto lube specialist making almost half of the $12 an hour I was making. I was lucky to have parents that actually cared enough not to kick me out because I could not pay them rent and was thankful for what I did have. I had my life, parents that cared about me, a roof over my head, a nice hot shower, and a way to make it to work every day to pay the bills I did owe. Things were pretty tough as I would come home exhausted and depressed and I thought things would not get any better. I did not go to college and yet did not have much of a plan towards establishing a career which dose not help living in NY. Here you either have to know someone, start your own business, or have a degree to make any decent money to begin to even start thinking about living on your own. This went on all the way up to the 26th of the month. It was a cloudy cold and rainy day and I remember it as if it happened yesterday. I knew I had to work in the lower bay which meant no heat..being soaked to the bone from the undercarriages of cars and being burnt every once in a while from hot engines. I really just did not want to go to work but I went with the knowledge that if I did not go..I would not be able to pay the bills. I got there around 8…punched in and went to work. Thoughts ranged from looking for a second and third job cause I just was not going to make my credit card payment for the month. I was falling behind and I knew somewhere in the back of my mind that if I did not act quick…I was going to lose everything. I had not been using pheromones cause I did not have the money to go out looking for girls and yet I had almost forgot I had them at this point..I had bigger things to worry about anyway. The day went on as every day before it all the way up till 4:30. I was up to about car 40 soaked, covered in oil water and grease just wanting to go home and get into a hot shower when my cell phone rang. First annoyed that someone would call me when they know I was working I was temped to ignore it yet some lingering thought crossed my mind that I really should answer it. After all I was halfway through with the car that was over my head and if it was important they would leave a message. I pulled my phone out of my pocket just to see if it was mom or pop with some family emergency and looked at the number that came up. At first the number that had come up did not click in my mind and was about to put my phone back into my pocket..it was not my parents…so what could be so important? The bottom of my cell phone hit the top of my pocket and it hit me like a ton of bricks. That number was important..so important that I knew that if I did not answer it I was not going to get another chance to speak to the person on the other end. I opened it up and answered it to hear my investigator on the other end. He informed me that only 3 spots had opened up and I was one of his select choices to start the academy.(must have been the A314) He asked me if I was interested…Are you KIDDING!!! Of course!!! I was interested. He then very politely reminded me that if I did not pick my phone up…I was off the list. I got off the phone and broke into tears…I finished the car over my head crying as I went knowing that in 2 days I would be starting the academy making $24 an hour starting pay. Little did I know how hard I would have to work just to make that type of money. January 28th, 2008 was the day I learned just what exactly what a marine goes through emotionally on his first day of basic training. I was dressed in a business suit and thought that I could do no wrong. Still emotionally high off of the phone call I received 2 days earlier I walked in the building that my investigator told me to show up to chatting with some of the people I would be working with. We were all chatting away when all of our investigators walked in. We sat down and they all wished us well and welcomed us to the academy. A drill instructor walked in and informed us that we had to meet him at the academy after we had lunch. We had 2 hours to enjoy and we were to park in a designated spot. We were to have the list of materials that our investigators had given us on the 26th and that walking was now a privilege. If we had to go anywhere in or out of the academy we had to at least jog..even if it was to our cars at the end of the night. I arrived at the academy and parked where I was supposed to. Our new drill instructors were waiting in the parking lot yelling at us to hurry up grab what you need and get inside the building. I can tell you this..running in a business suit with dress shoes is entirely not fun at all. It runs up there with trying to run across a frozen lake in a corset and with your ankles tied together mind you trying to carry books, a set of gym clothes with spare sneakers, and anything else they told us to bring. Anyway..fast forward through the day as it was just a bunch of yelling then finally some class time till about 3-3:30. We were in class and there was this guy who could not stop saying “sorry” for ANYTHING he did weather it be stuttering over a word or just saying something that he mumbled. Anyway our drill instructor was in the classroom. He warned that if he heard one more sorry out of anybodies mouth we were going to be doing push ups till our arms fell off. Well what do you know…about 10 minutes later..the same guy slips up again. Immediately the drill sargent stands up and says GET OUT! EVERYONE! GET OUT! First utter disbelief then a sudden relization that he was not kidding settled in. We all were sent out to the hallway where we remained in the up position of a pushup for about a solid minute with our backs straight and our arms fully extented. If anyone started to faulter we had to stay that way longer. Then they made us do 25 pushups and if we did not do them right and hold our backs straight we started over. After about 35 or so pushups we were told to get back in the classroom. The rest of the day went without incident and we were told we had to bring in our new uniforms the next day. This was only the first day of a 13 week program…I asked myself at leat a dozen times throughout..what did I get myself into? I graduated from the academy on April 25 and started on the job as a Correction Officer on April 28th. I never did more pushups sit ups or running in my entire life..but I got paid to work out on a Monday through Friday basis. I have tons of other stories to tell like doing pushups in puddles that are up to ones elbows and running in the rain…but I will save those for a later date. As for pheremones during the academy…I seemed to stick out like a sore thumb when I wore em and I got picked on like crazy..I ended up doing the most pushups out of anyone in my class. I guess its had a lot to do with having the leader quialities (A314..my fave) and wanting to just blend in. I got so fed up I stopped wearing em and I ended up blending right in after a few days of stopping wearing them. (go figure) I did not have much time to do much anything else besides the academy for the time I was in the academy. I was either spit shining my shoes, pressing uniforms or doing paperwork. Needless to say…the job itself is pretty easy and life is a heck of a lot easier..so you should start seeing [pheromone](https://a314.com/) reports from me. Hope this answers all those questions…if not..PM me and I will be glad to answer them 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bella](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/bella/32/1738_2.png) [@Bella](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/Bella)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 12:55pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/where-has-tama1981k-been/15709/2 "2008-07-17T12:55:04Z")
Hi Tama 🙂 Nice to have you back. We don’t know each other yet, but I hope we will. 😃 That’s an interesting story. Glad things worked out for you. Can’t wait to hear more stories and how [pheromones](https://a314.com/) pan out for you in the workplace. Now _that_ should be very interesting. I believe we, also, have a female correction officer on PT. Unfortunately her name escapes me at the moment. Maybe somebody can help me jog it? 🙄 Anyways, congratulations and continued sucess with your new job. 🆒 Cya 'round the forum! Bella ---
**Author:** ![Tama1981K](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/tama1981k/32/1685_2.png) [@Tama1981K](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/Tama1981K)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 10:15pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/where-has-tama1981k-been/15709/3 "2008-07-18T22:15:20Z")
Thanks all…Currently working on a report for p79…which should be up within the next 2 weeks ---
**Author:** ![mockingbird](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/mockingbird/32/1790_2.png) [@mockingbird](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2008, 1:14am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/where-has-tama1981k-been/15709/4 "2008-07-19T01:14:19Z")
Im really happy for you to get into that academy!! Great to have you back here too 🙂 And if you can write like a 2 line summary for those who dont want to read long post, that would be great (i read it all, and find it pretty interesting!) ---
**Author:** ![K24](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/k24/32/1513_2.png) [@K24](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/K24)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2008, 2:21am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/where-has-tama1981k-been/15709/5 "2008-07-19T02:21:11Z")
who’s Tama1981K??😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tama1981K](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/tama1981k/32/1685_2.png) [@Tama1981K](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/Tama1981K)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2008, 11:31am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/where-has-tama1981k-been/15709/6 "2008-07-19T11:31:28Z")
> [@K24](#): > > who’s Tama1981K??😃 I dunno..who is that guy?😛 Been a member with this forum for a long time…all the newbie’s since January 2008 and maybe a little bit before would not know me… ---
**Author:** ![Tama1981K](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/tama1981k/32/1685_2.png) [@Tama1981K](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/Tama1981K)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2008, 11:33am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/where-has-tama1981k-been/15709/7 "2008-07-19T11:33:26Z")
> [@mockingbird](#): > > Im really happy for you to get into that academy!! Great to have you back here too 🙂 And if you can write like a 2 line summary for those who dont want to read long post, that would be great (i read it all, and find it pretty interesting!) Ok..to put it nice short and sweet… Went through a rough time…now I am back 😃