.Old Navy
"So I have a wedding today. Yesterday the girlfriend and I went to Old Navy in search of some cheap "summer casual" wedding clothes. I found a nice polo, a pair of khakis and some black undershirts. As usual, my girlfriend found nothing to wear in the entire store. I noticed a tiny TV playing some military crap at the front of the store with a bin that read "t-shirts, boxers, and socks". We waited in line at the check-out and our cashier greeted us. She rang up my stuff and made small talk with my girlfriend. Right before I was ready to pay, she asked if I would like to donate $5 to the troops in order to get 10% off my purchase. I laughed and commented that I was a troop. This was apparently not funny. She looked at me and said "Well you can donate $2.50 too for 10% off." I laughed again. Explaining to this girl that absolutely none of these clothes or cash would go to troops that actually needed it would be an exercise in futility. Care packages and MWR packages go to people that spend the majority of their deployment time at the PX and Burger King."
Fobbits need Ice Cream too
Fobbits need Ice Cream too
posted by madtom at 12:20 AM
2 Comments:
So true,
Most of the Care packages that were not sent to a specific person were ratfucked by the REMFS in Bosnia and Iraq. Even some that were addressed to a specific soldier got opened "by mistake" by REMFS too cheap to buy stuff at the PX.
At some of the remote camps in Bosnia and Iraq, there was no PX...so care packages with the basics-- like soap and toothpaste were helpful...if they ever got there unopened....
You know I have no doubts that it's like you guys say. But the poor cashier at old navy, not her fault, what would she know. You know a calm explanation of a vet's experience with care packages might have been more helpful. For all we know that poor girl might not have any other exchange with vets, might not understand, and now her one encounter with a vet, and he goes postal on her. might leave a bad impression
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