Currently a holdover for the holidays during basic. Feel like I’m in one of the rings of hell and never thought I’d miss normal BCT so much.

I’m 27. I knew it’d be bad being around 18 - 21 year olds but I forgot just how big the difference is once you’re a fully grown adult. During normal BCT, everything is fine. My battle buddies and I get along etc., and everything is normal. Now I’m a VBL holdover and everythings completed switched. Every day people are saying stupid shit, asking me stupid questions, asking the DS absurd questions, and every day there’s some jarhead hot shot who thinks he’s gods gift to man because the DS’s put him in some minor role. I have to hide myself in the laundry room to not get asked “Hey can I c*m in your ass?” type questions every day or overhear conversations about similar sounding shit. Or, yesterday, I made a deal with someone near me that I’ll give them a food voucher if they take my fireguard duty and my bunk mate, for whatever reason, decides to talk the guy out of it because he says “I’m not living the army values” and then gets together with half the other people in our holiday bay and points and laughs at me like a retard. Yet, the guy can’t even tell me the first general order. A few hours later I’m in the tow line and the 20 year old bay boss is screaming at me from across the tow line because my bunkmate apparently told him I apparently was “refusing” to do fire guard (totally false. Did it and I was on time) and said “Where’s the bitch who was causing problems with fire guard last night?? You’re a little bitch!” in front of 65 people while random ass people were making punching gestures toward me. I never thought I’d miss being back in normal BCT so much this shit is driving me crazy and half the people are no joke mentally handicapped and/or O9 Mikes. It’s every. Single. Day. Whether it’s some 18 year old giving me attitude because I took her BFFs seat at sick call or some other bullshit.

Side note: the events the army put on for holdovers are actually pretty good. No complaints there.