Target Targets?
Two Marines say Target store booted them for recruitingBy JACK DORSEY, The Virginian-Pilot
© April 7, 2007 | Last updated 10:00 PM Apr. 6EXCERPT:
CHESAPEAKE - Two Marines in their dress uniforms - the ones with white hats, khaki shirts and blue trousers with red stripe - say they were accused of recruiting at a Target department store here and told to leave.
“We weren’t recruiting,” according to Cpl. Carlos Rodriguez, 22, who said he returned in October from his second combat tour in Iraq. “I just popped in to say hi to a guy I went to high school with. He works there.”
But an assistant manager who saw Rodriguez and the other Marine apparently thought otherwise and showed them the door, according to both servicemen.
Oh Che. I wonder if this is something happening in all Targets, or if this one particular manager thinks that Marines in uniform don’t need any items from a store, or any reason to be in a public place at all?
I know how you feel. Thank goodness my son is home from Iraq, but looks like he might be headed back. I will keep you in my thoughts.
Thank you Stacy. I am so glad that your beloved son is home. I hope he gets to stay State side, but I know that is not always possible. Please let me know what happens with him. Also, please tell your son that I said “thank you!” for his service. Our young men of today never cease to amaze me with their bravery and their commitment to freedom.