August 6, 2010

Asshole of the week award - cashier and store manager of the Co-op in New Addington, Croydon England

From the London Daily Mail:
Co-op refuses to serve soldier after return from Afghanistan - because he was still in uniform
A soldier who had just arrived home from Afghanistan was refused service at a supermarket and told they didn't serve people in Army uniform. Sapper Anthony Walls called into a branch of the Co-op for some beers after a gruelling 34-hour journey from Kandahar.

The 27-year-old, of 21 Engineer Regiment, said it was his 'first hour back in the real world' after dodging Taliban bullets for four-and-a-half months helping build 'the most dangerous road in Afghanistan'.

But when he arrived at the till he says he was met with a blank stare from the cashier who refused to serve him and called for her manager.

The manager told Mr Walls he 'couldn't do anything about it' and refused to serve him while he was in uniform. The soldier - who was on his way to his three-year-old nephew Jack's birthday party - walked out of the shop in New Addington, Croydon, in a daze.
Christ on a Corn Dog. And what language did the cashier and the manager use to tell Mr. Walls that he could not have his beer? English? Gern geschehen... Posted by DaveH at August 6, 2010 7:27 PM | TrackBack
Comments

Mistakes happen. I would have been disappointed too, but not enough to make a media deal out of it.
Coming home from a deployment, I never hung out with civilians anyway. Stayed on base or at home. Too difficult to relate to civilians, and too difficult for them to relate to me.

Posted by: Kelly at August 6, 2010 11:01 PM