Originally Posted by soutie

the medical was a joke there we where standing in our broekies,underpants ,coughing when told to generally just fit for military service ,the problem with me was i only have 5 % vision in my left eye,now it was time for the eye exam ,their was this staff sarge who said to me in afrikaans read from top to bottom ,cover up your left eye ,so i useed my left hand to cover up my left eye ,i have my faults but i am not a shirker.
He then said okay now do the same with your other eye ,he then looked down onto his chart to start marking what i was reading ,so i took my right hand and covered up my left eye according to the SADF i have perfect vision ,a guy behind me said ,i cannot believe you got away with that .