When I was an E-4 I unknowly became the puppet leader of the “Filipino Mafia” on my ship.
It took six months of thinking this dude who just joined lived the craziest most drama filled life until I finally realized he was just asking me the questions every Filipino on the ship had asked him.
Explanation:
In the Philippines “respect for elders” is a big cultural thing, and since they’re on a ship instead of in a village, the oldest person on the ship (split for enlisted/officer) regardless of rank is still the person you go to for advice. So since they always grouped up for meals and stuff, “Filipino Mafia” was a common phrase, despite them not really getting up to anything shady.
So all these people were asking my coworker (who was old but fresh out of boot), he’d tell them “let me think”, and then just ask me and relay that to the person who asked.
Long story short:
When I was an E-4 I unknowly became the puppet leader of the “Filipino Mafia” on my ship.
It took six months of thinking this dude who just joined lived the craziest most drama filled life until I finally realized he was just asking me the questions every Filipino on the ship had asked him.
Explanation:
In the Philippines “respect for elders” is a big cultural thing, and since they’re on a ship instead of in a village, the oldest person on the ship (split for enlisted/officer) regardless of rank is still the person you go to for advice. So since they always grouped up for meals and stuff, “Filipino Mafia” was a common phrase, despite them not really getting up to anything shady.
So all these people were asking my coworker (who was old but fresh out of boot), he’d tell them “let me think”, and then just ask me and relay that to the person who asked.
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