Andrew
Patron with Honors
During my time at Flag as an Outer Org Trainee (OOT) I had many cognitions and discoveries. If you are currently at Flag or soon to go there, well lets face it you will be in ethics shortly for being on this site but after you get out you may be able to use some of this info.
1) The student Motel security guards actually attend the events. During events or immediately afterwards you can walk back to the motel, lay low in your room and then surface AFTER the first bus load of OOT's arrive. Unless you would rather sell stuff - your chocie.
2) If someone is unaccountted for (ie absent) from your cont at muster always orignate in good tone 40 that you will go look for them. You can then skip the muster and commence aimlessly wandering about. If you do find them then both of you can go be the first in line to catch the earlier bus back to the motels or have an early dinner. If you have flexible ethics and a partner you may take it in turns for one to go missing and the other to go looking.
3) Work/Study can be your friend. It is remarkable how little terminals within Flag actually communicate with each other. Usually you can make deals to put off your workstudy for a few days to finish your course and then make it up at the end of your course. It then becomes a matter of playing one off against the other so that both areas think that you are with the other one. Just like you used to do with your Mum and Dad at home. - Unless you were a Scio Staff's kid in which case you may want to google "Mum" and "Dad" to find out what they are...
4) After you have completed a course you are put on a routing form to follow. There's usually a few good hours to a week that can be had off by simply not going to the next step. You'll want to have a good excuse like Work/Study or helping out on course drilling, twinning, etc.
5) There is a very cool record shop half way between the CB and the student motels. Check it out.
6) Try not to piss off the D/Snr C/S within your first few days. I did this and subsequently had to resort to all sorts of crafitiness to bypass her and get my Liberty Requests approved.
7) Irregulary one off assignments can be milked for many months. A request to do reno's on the Intern Room at the FH one Friday night enabled me to get out of Friday night cleaning for many months right up unti I left. It's always best if you arrange to go "Straight there" so you can skip the muster as well.
8) A well positioned towel will subdue the lamp in your room enough for the security not to notice it but will give you enough light to read.
9) You room and your room mates are of utmost importance. Ideally you need to get into a room with the fewest beds and then ensure your fellow inmates are of a similar ethics level to your own. When someone leaves it is absolutely critical to chose and move in your own room mate before you get some new schlub that insists on writing KR's. When it comes to room transfers it is usually best to move first then CSW or do ammends after the fact. The Motel I/C will usually be rightly suspicous of what you are up to deny your requests on principle.
10) LRH quite rightly states that the biggest crime in this universe is usually for just being there. This goes double at Flag. The better you are at being justifiably absent the less trouble you'll get in. Another way to put this is "Misery loves company" If a Snr of any sort can off load some of there work onto you they will. So practice your stealthy exits.
11) Do not fart within earshot of the D/Captain while they are talking to a member of the public. For some reason they don't find it amusing...
1) The student Motel security guards actually attend the events. During events or immediately afterwards you can walk back to the motel, lay low in your room and then surface AFTER the first bus load of OOT's arrive. Unless you would rather sell stuff - your chocie.
2) If someone is unaccountted for (ie absent) from your cont at muster always orignate in good tone 40 that you will go look for them. You can then skip the muster and commence aimlessly wandering about. If you do find them then both of you can go be the first in line to catch the earlier bus back to the motels or have an early dinner. If you have flexible ethics and a partner you may take it in turns for one to go missing and the other to go looking.
3) Work/Study can be your friend. It is remarkable how little terminals within Flag actually communicate with each other. Usually you can make deals to put off your workstudy for a few days to finish your course and then make it up at the end of your course. It then becomes a matter of playing one off against the other so that both areas think that you are with the other one. Just like you used to do with your Mum and Dad at home. - Unless you were a Scio Staff's kid in which case you may want to google "Mum" and "Dad" to find out what they are...
4) After you have completed a course you are put on a routing form to follow. There's usually a few good hours to a week that can be had off by simply not going to the next step. You'll want to have a good excuse like Work/Study or helping out on course drilling, twinning, etc.
5) There is a very cool record shop half way between the CB and the student motels. Check it out.
6) Try not to piss off the D/Snr C/S within your first few days. I did this and subsequently had to resort to all sorts of crafitiness to bypass her and get my Liberty Requests approved.
7) Irregulary one off assignments can be milked for many months. A request to do reno's on the Intern Room at the FH one Friday night enabled me to get out of Friday night cleaning for many months right up unti I left. It's always best if you arrange to go "Straight there" so you can skip the muster as well.
8) A well positioned towel will subdue the lamp in your room enough for the security not to notice it but will give you enough light to read.
9) You room and your room mates are of utmost importance. Ideally you need to get into a room with the fewest beds and then ensure your fellow inmates are of a similar ethics level to your own. When someone leaves it is absolutely critical to chose and move in your own room mate before you get some new schlub that insists on writing KR's. When it comes to room transfers it is usually best to move first then CSW or do ammends after the fact. The Motel I/C will usually be rightly suspicous of what you are up to deny your requests on principle.
10) LRH quite rightly states that the biggest crime in this universe is usually for just being there. This goes double at Flag. The better you are at being justifiably absent the less trouble you'll get in. Another way to put this is "Misery loves company" If a Snr of any sort can off load some of there work onto you they will. So practice your stealthy exits.
11) Do not fart within earshot of the D/Captain while they are talking to a member of the public. For some reason they don't find it amusing...