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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 02:41 PM Original message |
BEWARE of charming young girls on the phone |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
1. That's so underhanded! They must be desperate. |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 02:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. perhaps the recruiter was a woman? n/t |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 02:45 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Unless I'm mistaken (always possible) this woman is being used |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 02:47 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. actually no. she is doing her job. all recruiters regardless of field are supposed to sound happy |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 02:52 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Sure! But one can be happy and chipper and HONEST |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 02:54 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. When the military recruiters called my home |
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PA Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 03:02 PM Response to Reply #16 |
39. Yep. The only way I knew our calls were from a recruiter was the caller ID |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 03:01 PM Response to Reply #13 |
35. You're exactly right. I went into "respect mode" for my son. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 03:02 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. are you saying if a male had called for your son you would screen the call more? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 03:06 PM Response to Reply #36 |
44. I remember trying to be respectful of my kids nascent relationships |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 03:11 PM Response to Reply #44 |
50. You know just what I'm talking about. Our sons don't care if we know |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 03:14 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. Of course. They're trying to figure it all out and also trying |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 03:09 PM Response to Reply #36 |
47. Yes. He doesn't care if I know if a male friend of his calls -- he's happy |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 03:08 PM Response to Reply #35 |
46. What a creepy scam. Good for you for figuring it out. |
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Crabby Appleton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 03:11 PM Response to Reply #8 |
51. They are happy, happy they're not in a combat zone nt |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 02:49 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. the poster said the recruiter was a woman |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 02:53 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Yes -- a charming young woman that would lower the defenses |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 02:55 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. nope... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 02:57 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. So, you simply do not understand the dynamics of that call. n/t |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 02:58 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. no, i get it all too well |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 03:00 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. Why are they having young women calling young men? |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 03:06 PM Response to Reply #33 |
43. because she has a list |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 03:14 PM Response to Reply #43 |
55. That's probably true. I'm just warning the parents here of a recruiter |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 10:13 AM Response to Reply #33 |
120. I used to run a recruiting command. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 12:31 PM Response to Reply #120 |
131. I think things are different nowadays, MADem. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 02:17 PM Response to Reply #131 |
133. That recruiter, if ever he is discovered, is in a shitload of hot water |
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jmt22287 (4 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 12:57 PM Response to Reply #120 |
132. wow...sanity, scary stuff |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-21-07 10:54 PM Response to Reply #132 |
139. Maybe that's a good idea. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 03:04 PM Response to Reply #28 |
41. I think it's a ploy because the girl opened the conversation with him |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 03:08 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. as did the recruiters when they called my home |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 03:10 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. The thing is, there are roles they play to manipulate young people |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 03:12 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. and I have a female cousin who is a navy recruiter |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 03:15 PM Response to Reply #52 |
56. I'm sorry to hear that. n/t |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 07:14 PM Response to Reply #56 |
97. you shouldn't be... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 11:25 PM Response to Reply #97 |
107. I'm sure many recruiters feel guilty about some of the tactics |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 03:16 PM Response to Reply #52 |
57. She's doing her job. And I'm doing mine, as a parent. |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 07:11 PM Response to Reply #57 |
96. warn parents? heck just teach your kids to do what they believe in |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 07:45 PM Response to Reply #96 |
100. Too many young people have been coerced into joining the military |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 09:15 PM Response to Reply #100 |
101. no offense...but at 17 or 18 years old |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 11:20 PM Response to Reply #101 |
106. No offense, but when they live in their own apartments and pay for their |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 07:50 AM Response to Reply #106 |
113. why do you draw the line the way you do? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 09:49 AM Response to Reply #113 |
116. Because I don't invite military recruiters on the premises. |
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PA Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 10:04 AM Response to Reply #113 |
119. Military recruiters don't "respect" your child's rights, or your parental rights. |
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SayWhatYo (991 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 10:22 AM Response to Reply #101 |
124. hah... no, I don't think so. |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 10:35 AM Response to Reply #124 |
125. funny that... |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 10:19 AM Response to Reply #52 |
121. They go to school for it, too!!! |
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SayWhatYo (991 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 10:19 AM Response to Reply #41 |
122. I tell you 100% that's nothing unusual. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 02:32 PM Response to Reply #41 |
136. The gents will do that too. There's a basic script that they all use. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 09:56 AM Response to Reply #5 |
118. You're mistaken. Female recruiters are not all that unusual. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 02:50 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. A young woman, perfectly designed to take a cautious mother |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 02:51 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. it is simply impossible to think that this is the MOS that SHE |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 02:54 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. But that's the point. Every recruiter call is sinister |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 02:57 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. but this one is no more sinister |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 03:18 PM Response to Reply #25 |
59. Young men are sensitive about their mothers prying into their affairs. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 02:54 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Do you have draft age kids? n/t |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 02:56 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. no, but at one time I was one and one day I will |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 02:57 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. This has nothing to do with me, thanks. It's about a tactic |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 02:59 PM Original message |
female recruiters are a tactic? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
38. No, I'm not kidding at all. And, fwiw, as a girl, I had plenty of bosses |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 03:11 PM Response to Reply #38 |
49. she has a list...just like her male counterparts |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 03:18 PM Response to Reply #49 |
60. It's not a matter of belief. Is your cousin being used as bait? |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 07:16 PM Response to Reply #60 |
98. how is she being used as bait? |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 07:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
99. this is tiffany with the army,... may i speak to.... |
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Gelliebeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 11:30 PM Response to Reply #99 |
108. Exactly |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. I think the first thing I always say on the phone is 'Who may I say is calling?'... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 02:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. The problem with that is |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 03:04 PM Response to Reply #12 |
40. Hell, I do it if someone is calling for my wife or me. |
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MissB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 03:06 PM Response to Reply #12 |
42. Oh, I don't see that as prying. |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
4. Well, that's a new one. How did he react? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 02:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
21. He's my son, thank goodness. |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
6. of course if you questioned her you'd be labeled an *hysterical parent* |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
7. umm so the military should NOT hire women recruiters? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 02:55 PM Response to Reply #7 |
22. It's not that. It's the using young women as bait that is wrong. n/t |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 02:57 PM Response to Reply #7 |
26. No, I'm saying that those of us who care should be forewarned. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 02:58 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. I get it! |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 03:20 PM Response to Reply #29 |
63. Thanks |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
15. they're using teenage girls regularly now |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 03:20 PM Response to Reply #15 |
62. That's horrendous and not surprising. |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 04:03 PM Response to Reply #62 |
81. NYT July 18: girl recruiters mentioned in article |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 04:05 PM Response to Reply #81 |
83. posted above: NYT mentions teenage girls recruiting |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 04:17 PM Response to Reply #81 |
87. Thank you, mainer! |
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PA Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 04:29 PM Response to Reply #81 |
88. Using 14 and 15 year old girls. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 05:54 PM Response to Reply #81 |
90. That's a very important article. Thanks Mainer! |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 02:18 PM Response to Reply #81 |
134. I found a cite for that article upthread. That recruiter is breaking regulations if he is letting |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 02:20 PM Response to Reply #15 |
135. The leafletting is completely legal, the cold call phoning is absolutely NOT. nt |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
19. Please forward all charming young girls to my phone number. |
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Locrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 02:59 PM Response to Reply #19 |
30. I would have loved it in my day.. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 02:59 PM Response to Reply #19 |
31. Lol |
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pepperbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
32. OMG, Hi there. I'm, like Britney. Is, like, Jacob there and stuff? |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
34. This isn't about "using women recruiters." It's the way they use them. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 03:16 PM Response to Reply #34 |
58. Bingo! n/t |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 03:25 PM Response to Reply #34 |
65. That's even worse -- telling YOU they were going out for coffee. |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 04:08 PM Response to Reply #65 |
85. That was actually the first hint...COFFEE? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 05:51 PM Response to Reply #85 |
89. Now if she had said they were going to Dairy Queen. . . n/t |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 09:19 PM Response to Reply #34 |
102. They don't say they're military recruiters at first. |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
37. Some of these girls are NOT EVEN MILITARY |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
53. IMHO THIS NEEDS MORE RECOMMENDS |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 03:19 PM Response to Reply #53 |
61. Good call! Can we get some recs here? |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
64. Wait until Bush reenacts the draft--their voices won't sound so charming or perky (nt) |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
66. pnwmom, if you want to, we can develop this into an article |
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PA Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
67. Just curious if you have caller ID. So far all the calls I've intercepted have come up US GOVT. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 03:40 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. Maybe we need a thread on all these dirty tricks, PA Democrat. |
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PA Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 03:47 PM Response to Reply #68 |
71. I got my Senator involved due to repeated calls |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 03:52 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. I don't pick up the phone unless I know who is calling any more. |
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PA Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 03:59 PM Response to Reply #72 |
78. I spoke with a staffer from Senator Casey's office. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 04:01 PM Response to Reply #78 |
79. I'm glad you're getting some back up. I posted this thread about |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 05:57 PM Response to Reply #67 |
91. I was talking to my mother and got a call waiting signal. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
69. Thanks for the recs, DUers! |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
70. That might have worked on me when I was 17 or 18 |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 03:53 PM Response to Reply #70 |
73. It's insidious. I really hate these people. n/t |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 04:01 PM Response to Reply #73 |
80. It's not just the military that does it |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 04:12 PM Response to Reply #80 |
86. I was one of those profs. No, that doesn't happen. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 06:00 PM Response to Reply #70 |
92. I'm afraid that's also true |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
74. LOL! |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
75. I thought this was going to be another "To Catch A Predator" thread. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
76. pnwmom, I started a "dirty tricks" identification thread here, fyi: |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 06:01 PM Response to Reply #76 |
93. Great idea! Thank you! |
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Blaze Diem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
77. "like...hello??" |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
82. How many times have I been caught unawares. I should write |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 06:04 PM Response to Reply #82 |
95. Yes, I like that friendliness when I go there. |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
84. NYT article mentions teenage girls recruiting |
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conspirator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
94. Pretty soon they will be offering whores to anyone who enlists n/t |
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msedano (682 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
103. sweetness & light or garbage mouth |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 12:00 AM Response to Reply #103 |
109. I hope I don't meet your friend at the wrong end of a protest. |
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msedano (682 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 08:58 AM Response to Reply #109 |
114. what's the wrong end of a protest? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 10:59 AM Response to Reply #114 |
128. I'm glad he's home, too! I'm afraid to ask people any more |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
104. So if an 18 year old male tries to get sex from an 15 year old girl |
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file83 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 12:49 AM Response to Reply #104 |
110. Salient point. |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
105. The Order of the White Feather of Cowardice. (WWI) |
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Dragonbreathp9d (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 07:01 AM Response to Original message |
111. I have no respect fpr recruiters |
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MiniMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 07:11 AM Response to Reply #111 |
112. I have respect for them, they are just doing their job. Its the tactics that |
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Allenberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
115. My recruiter definitely had a tough job recruiting me. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 09:53 AM Response to Reply #115 |
117. When was that? Would you do that again? |
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Allenberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 10:21 AM Response to Reply #117 |
123. I enlisted January of '99 |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 12:13 PM Response to Reply #123 |
129. Good for you, I'm glad it worked out. |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
126. I Have Their Newest Recruiting Commercial |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 10:41 AM Response to Reply #126 |
127. That's a riot! Thanks! n/t |
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undercutter2006 (287 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
130. military recruiting |
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Tulum_Moon (556 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
137. Who's calling please? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-21-07 12:26 AM Response to Reply #137 |
138. And if she says "Susie Smith," |
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