I was on the MAX train the other day, and three high school boys were near me, talking about who made the football team for next year, and some girl that one recently said, "yeah sure" to a girl who asked him to "get serious and be exclusive" ... while he really plans to only date her for the summer. Ah. 16 year old boys. How the same they ever are.
Then they started talking about some adult who came to the school, for some reason I missed due to the train announcement, and tried to make appointments with them. College counselors, I wondered? Two of them joked about how they just agreed, made the appointment, and then were called on their cell phones at the pre-determined time only to both respond, "Uhh, yeah, sorry, dude, can't make it." What a coincidence! They both bailed on these same adults!
Tsk tsk! I thought. Bad kids. No respect for elders, or others' precious time.
And then the third laughed at his pals. "Yeah, I'm not going to join no fucking Army."
Oops. Many apologies for judging you, young men. Keep on. Keepin' on.
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I don't blame them for not wanting to join the Army. But they could have just said that, instead of setting up the appointment and wasting the recruiters' time. Soldiers are people too.
ReplyDeleteRecruiters are snake oil salesman, hardly soldiers.
ReplyDeleteThe more wasted recruiter time, the more recruiters are required for the same number of signees, the fewer folks are available to be overseas. All wins!
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