"I'm going to college..."

There are two things I am going to talk about today. First, as my title would suggest, I am going to talk about the number one complaint I run into out here: "No, not my kid; he's going to college.", and all of its variations. This begs the question:,do these people realize that better than half of all college "students" don't make it past year two? Are they so ignorant that they totally discount this statistic? "No, my kid's going to make it. He's not going to fail."--sorry, college is not for every one. If you only scored three digits on the SAT (old scale), YOU'RE NOT COLLEGE MATERIAL! If you hardly paid any attention during your senoir and junior years in high school or barely cut a "C", YOU'RE NOT COLLEGE MATERIAL! College is for people who have a plan. College is not for people who have yet to "figure it out". We run into these people all of the time who "tried" college, and now have a few law violations, or have done other stupid things to disqualify themselves from the Army. Guess what? They show up in our office wanting to join the Army several years later...AND THEY CAN'T! We, unlike most of corporate America, have standards. "Woulda' Coulda' Shoulda'! But ya' didn't, son!" Part of our job is to try to catch these SOBs while they're still young enough...i.e. before they ruin their lives. Here's a message to you all out there: THE ARMY IS NOT A LAST RESORT FOR MORONS AND THUGS WITH NO OTHER OPTIONS!!!

Lemme tell you about what happened to me today. I went to visit old girl at work, 'cause mom wasn't too happy about her talking to us. I walked into the restaurant and old girl was at the register. As soon as she realized who I was, she booked towards the back of the restaurant, screaming for someone to "cover for her". I noticed that one of my applicants was sitting down at a table nearby, so I sat down to chat with him. No sooner than I had sat down then the manager approached me, "I don't appreciate you coming here to harass my employees. She's working. I don't care what you do outside of here, but while she's here, she's here to work." (in a snotty tone). This woman didn't know me from Adam! I was sitting down talking to a guy who could just as easily've been some dude I was hanging out with! I could've even been patronizing her store, and yet she thought it was within her place to accost me! So I told her that I was sure the young lady would be much happier and more successful working her way up the corporate ladder at that dead-end job!! Love this place!! Love this job!!