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Marines Recruiting Guy
Today I was approached by a guy in a Marines uniform. He came up all casual and started to talk about my scooter and seemed kind of interested in what it was all about. I was wrong, he was more interested in me.
I had no idea I still looked like I might have just gotten out of High School, or at least personified a personality of aimless wonderer. We started to talk and he quickly changed the subject from the scooter to the military. His first mistake was asking me when I graduated High School. I’ll give him credit because the instant he finished that question he must have read the look on my face and realized it was about the dumbest thing he could have asked.
I must have had a look of minor distaste in my expression because he quickly added, “at least a few years right”. Me, “Actually it’s been over ten years”. (with a small chuckle) Honestly I didn’t see this coming. I just assumed he was actually interested in my scooter.
In the end I had to tell him that I’ve been around long enough to know that I would never join the service and that I just didn’t have the personality.
I’m glad their are people out their willing to join the service and I’m glad that people are willing to do what ever it is that service guys do, but it’s not for me. I’ve just always thought that I wouldn’t have to explain that. This was the first time I’ve ever been approached by anyone trying to get me interested in the service. Unfortunately for this guy he’s not very good at reading his opponent, and I honestly think I might have been older than he was.
5 Responses to “Marines Recruiting Guy”
“Opponent”? LOL. I think you’ve got an overinflated sense of importance. Look dude that Marine you talked to (than whom you probably were older) was just out trying to make his mission. You think Marine recruiters have Terminator-vision, some kind of in-iris heads-up display that tells them when every weirdo on a scooter graduated high school? No, they vet potential applicants by *gasp* talking to them. You are not special or unique.
Bahaha. Since I’ve spent the last few months nannying and doing odd jobs…and since I help out with the youth a lot at my church, I get this question a lot: “So, you’re in school, right?”
@matt – you wouldn’t happen to be an ex-marine would you? or at least have a family member in the service?
I guess I used the word Opponent because I’m not sure how else to look at it. Intentionally asking someone to join the marines seems like your asking someone if their life has purpose.
Fortunately mine does, perhaps that why I said Opponent, because he never had a chance and he should have been able to see that.
Oh Randy, I find that story hilarious. Even though my own husband is in the military and I support him entirely and the rest of the military too, I agree with you that I would also never join the military. In fact I don’t see anyone in our family ever joining. Not sure what it is… it’s just not us. I am fine being married to it, and I know even more now that it is not something I would want to do.
I’m not so sure that you look anything like you just came out of high school, but I would definitely go with classifying you as a weirdo on a scooter… ha!
hey joy, thanks…