That young punk experience

[sequio]

All the military people I know are really well mannered, but the military does hold a certain attraction for people of that type.

I think it was the age. The ones i've met were all in their late twenties/early thirties and were very cordial. Except for one guy who was 26. He was explaining how to make napalm with styrofoam and diesel while the rest of us were talking about girls.

 

[Berethond]

All the military people I know are really well mannered, but the military does hold a certain attraction for people of that type.

I think it was the age. The ones i've met were all in their late twenties/early thirties and were very cordial. Except for one guy who was 26. He was explaining how to make napalm with styrofoam and diesel while the rest of us were talking about girls.

Well, most of the ones I've met are retired.
And I can have all the materials to make a Hydrogen Bomb within an hour, by making two phone calls.
(I'd need a really good reason though)

 

[chronobreak]

So i went to get my usual cup of joe and ended up waiting behind a guy who appeared to be trying to buy cigarettes. The cashier asked for his ID and I hear him mutter, "This is bullshit" and then in a clear and distinct voice tell her "I kill people for a living." She tells him she needs to see his ID and he hands her his marine id card and during the split second when both are holding the card during the change he's staring at her and says to her again "I kill people for a living." She tells him that's nice and that he looks young and he says "I kill people for a living and I look young?" She hands him the cigarettes, rings him up, and tells him to have a nice day and he walks out. When he turned around, he looked like he was 15, maybe 16. I ask the cashier how old he was and apparently he turned 18 in March. I advised her the next time something like that happens to get his name, id number, and rank and then contact the local recruitment area. Not sure if that will get anything done, but i figure it would be a start. How would you handle that situation?

I dunno, I'd say fuck that. Listen, the guy is serving his country. I don't care how you feel about war or the military, but the fact of the matter is that serving in the military changes you. I don't care how old you are. Now, I wouldn't buy him a beer, obviously, but if the kid needs a smoke, give him the damn smoke. I don't care.

 

[ellimist337]

Screw 'em. Tell anybody you want, but keep asking for the ID. I work at a bank; it's amazing the douche moves people will pull when you want ID. "I've banked here for 10 years..." "What's your name, I'm going to ask about you" and the people who give you "that look" and act like it's this huge chore. Would they rather you got arrested for selling tobacco to a minor or that you gave their money to some random person with their account number? Good for you.

 

[captainwillies]

How would you handle that situation?

Dude if some says "i kill people for a living" just look at them and reply "you kill for a living? pft i kill people for fun" and then just walk away from the aura of awesome you just created.

 

[ellimist337]

So i went to get my usual cup of joe and ended up waiting behind a guy who appeared to be trying to buy cigarettes. The cashier asked for his ID and I hear him mutter, "This is bullshit" and then in a clear and distinct voice tell her "I kill people for a living." She tells him she needs to see his ID and he hands her his marine id card and during the split second when both are holding the card during the change he's staring at her and says to her again "I kill people for a living." She tells him that's nice and that he looks young and he says "I kill people for a living and I look young?" She hands him the cigarettes, rings him up, and tells him to have a nice day and he walks out. When he turned around, he looked like he was 15, maybe 16. I ask the cashier how old he was and apparently he turned 18 in March. I advised her the next time something like that happens to get his name, id number, and rank and then contact the local recruitment area. Not sure if that will get anything done, but i figure it would be a start. How would you handle that situation?

I dunno, I'd say fuck that. Listen, the guy is serving his country. I don't care how you feel about war or the military, but the fact of the matter is that serving in the military changes you. I don't care how old you are. Now, I wouldn't buy him a beer, obviously, but if the kid needs a smoke, give him the damn smoke. I don't care.

Not sure about this. Since you have to be 18 to join the active military, and then he would have to go through training (which, while exhausting, stressful, and difficult, is not traumatic), then serve a tour, I'm betting he hasn't experienced much military-based trauma, or anything warranting treating him differently than anybody else. The military stresses discipline above almost all else, so I'm not sure that laxing the rules because they inconvenience one kid for 10 seconds is the answer.

 

[jim_doki]

"I kill for a living"
"Hey, so does my dad! Jimmy Falcone, nice to meet you!"

 

[curlycrouton]

That guy shouldn't even be in the army with an attitude like that. What an idiot. What a mouth-breathing, arm chewing idiot.

 

[perfectimo]

000, I'm from Australia. If I was from America it would be 911. If I was from the UK it would be, hopefully I can remember this. 08... Give me a sec, it's 0118 999 881 999 119 725 3. That's who I'd call if they told me they kill people for a living, I don't care if they do because they used a passive threat.

EDIT: Misspelled America.
EDIT²: Bad spelling in general.

Is that a referance to the IT crowd, because unless it's sung its really hard to remember

Yes, it is an IT Crowd reference for whoever else wasn't sure or didn't know what it was from.

 

[falcontwin]

1. I doubt he has ever been to war as he sounds like an immature mummy's boy.

2. How do you know he had a marine I.D card? where you standing 1 inch behind him staring intently over his shoulder?

I only ask this question as I have never in my life encountered a situation where I was standing in line behind someone and was able to get a close look at their I.D if they have been asked for it.

3. If the story is real I hope that guy grows up quickly when he gets put into active duty or he will get himself killed.

 

[chronobreak]

So i went to get my usual cup of joe and ended up waiting behind a guy who appeared to be trying to buy cigarettes. The cashier asked for his ID and I hear him mutter, "This is bullshit" and then in a clear and distinct voice tell her "I kill people for a living." She tells him she needs to see his ID and he hands her his marine id card and during the split second when both are holding the card during the change he's staring at her and says to her again "I kill people for a living." She tells him that's nice and that he looks young and he says "I kill people for a living and I look young?" She hands him the cigarettes, rings him up, and tells him to have a nice day and he walks out. When he turned around, he looked like he was 15, maybe 16. I ask the cashier how old he was and apparently he turned 18 in March. I advised her the next time something like that happens to get his name, id number, and rank and then contact the local recruitment area. Not sure if that will get anything done, but i figure it would be a start. How would you handle that situation?

I dunno, I'd say fuck that. Listen, the guy is serving his country. I don't care how you feel about war or the military, but the fact of the matter is that serving in the military changes you. I don't care how old you are. Now, I wouldn't buy him a beer, obviously, but if the kid needs a smoke, give him the damn smoke. I don't care.

Not sure about this. Since you have to be 18 to join the active military, and then he would have to go through training (which, while exhausting, stressful, and difficult, is not traumatic), then serve a tour, I'm betting he hasn't experienced much military-based trauma, or anything warranting treating him differently than anybody else. The military stresses discipline above almost all else, so I'm not sure that laxing the rules because they inconvenience one kid for 10 seconds is the answer.

If you've ever talked to someone that has been through boot camp, like my brother, you would know that it is in fact "traumatic", maybe not on the level you're thinking of it on, but it is prevalent. Even after boot camp, there is a change in a lot of people, you come back different. Believe me, for every story of some military asshole getting in some bar fight there's 100 other men just being good soldiers. And, as far as treating them different, I guess I do. These are the people defending my country, and my freedoms, and I am a representative of what they protect. To that effect, all I'm saying, is as he is a person representing me, I would represent his right to smoke.

Also, I'd like to say, the kid was real dillhole about it. The OP handled the situation quite justly IMO. I think I might've gotten in too deep in this topic...

 

[RabidPotatoe]

Bah, you're not cynical enough about them.

 

[Rajin Cajun]

Sounds like some whiny pussies I know. Probably some National Guard REMF or some dimwit kid in the DEP. I remember two guys who got a ticket and decided to mouth off because they were "Marines" well turned out they were only in DEP and they were mouthing off to a Former Marine who knew the Local Recruiter...guess who didn't get to go to Boot Camp?