Brit soldier refused beer
Ben sent us a link to a story about a British engineer, Anthony Walls, fresh off the plane from Afghanistan, still wearing his uniform, who stopped to buy beer on his way to his nephew’s birthday party;
But when he arrived at the till to pay he was met with a blank stare from the cashier, who refused to serve him and called for her manager.
The manager then refused to serve Sapper Walls and told him he “couldn’t do anything about it.”
I wonder how this story would have been treated if a Muslim had been refused service in a grocery store?
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“I wonder how this story would have been treated if a Muslim had been refused service in a grocery store?”
Exactly.
Hate crime. Thought crime.
The idea still perists that Muslims hate us because we just aren’t nice enough to them yet.
And yet in the same morning we hear how the Taliban murdered 10 people, 8 of them doctors.
There are days I want to do the right thing, and then there are days I just want to turn a significant portion of the world into a glass parking lot.
Oh, and to the Brits in the Co-OP store–eat a dick. Read up on your Kipling.
Reminiscent of the days of the Viet Nam war and the next few years afterwards. If this happened here, I think there might be lawsuits……. (Oh, never mind, that Soldier probably wasn’t a minority of some sort. What was I thinking??)
I’ve been refused alcohol before. It happened at a Mexican restaurant in Cobb County (Google maps below if anyone wants to know where not to spend your money).
I was in dress charlies after work when I was a recruiter, and I went there to meet my mom for dinner while I was in town. They flat out refused to serve me. He said they have a policy of not serving anyone in uniform. I wanted to know if perhaps this had something to do with liability. Since places can get sued for serving alcohol to drunk people, maybe they can get sued for serving alcohol to people in uniform if they get busted for drunk on duty? I asked, but the waiter had no idea. We left.
Thor, it does happen here without lawsuits being filed. In Duluth, MN, there is one eatery in the Canal Park area that refused to wait on several soldiers that were in uniform, because the owner was against the war. First the waitress refused to wait on them, then when they asked why, the waitress told them and when they asked for the manager, the owner showed up and told them that he was against the war and they wouldn’t be eating in his establishment. The owner knew that not serving them wouldn’t hurt his business much, because, for those that don’t know, Duluth is considered the Berzerkly of the North.
So apparently 1973 just came to Britian. But I can see some BS excuse of him not wanting to “Dishonor the uniform”, Or something along these lines.
Boycott the store.
This kind of crap infuriates me. I want to believe for every asshole that does something rude, nasty, obnoxious to a person in uniform there are 10 more that do something wonderful.
A free case of beer would have been nice to go along w/that apology. Wish I had this guy’s address, would love to send him some love from America.
To be fair they DID give him a free slurpee…
CRassi, what was the name of the place? Your link just showed the top of the building to me on my iPhone.
TOMMY by Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) I went into a public-‘ouse to get a pint o’ beer, The publican ‘e up an’ sez, “We serve no red-coats here.” The girls be’ind the bar they laughed an’ giggled fit to die, I outs into the street again an’ to myself sez I: O it’s Tommy this, an’ Tommy that, an’ “Tommy, go away”; But it’s “Thank you, Mister Atkins”, when the band begins to play, The band begins to play, my boys, the band begins to play, O it’s “Thank you, Mister Atkins”, when the band begins to play. I went into a theatre as sober as could be, They gave a drunk civilian room, but ‘adn’t none for me; They sent me to the gallery or round the music-‘alls, But when it comes to fightin’, Lord! they’ll shove me in the stalls! For it’s Tommy this, an’ Tommy that, an’ “Tommy, wait outside”; But it’s “Special train for Atkins” when the trooper’s on the tide, The troopship’s on the tide, my boys, the troopship’s on the tide, O it’s “Special train for Atkins” when the trooper’s on the tide. Yes, makin’ mock o’ uniforms that guard you while you sleep Is cheaper than them uniforms, an’ they’re starvation cheap; An’ hustlin’ drunken soldiers when they’re goin’ large a bit Is five times better business than paradin’ in full kit. Then it’s Tommy this, an’ Tommy that, an’ “Tommy, ‘ow’s yer soul?” But it’s “Thin red line of ‘eroes” when the drums begin to roll, The drums begin to roll, my boys, the drums begin to roll, O it’s “Thin red line of ‘eroes” when the drums begin to roll. We aren’t no thin red ‘eroes, nor we aren’t no blackguards too, But single men in barricks, most remarkable like you; An’ if sometimes our conduck isn’t all your fancy paints, Why, single men in barricks don’t grow into plaster saints; While it’s Tommy this, an’ Tommy that, an’ “Tommy, fall be’ind”, But it’s “Please to walk in front, sir”, when there’s trouble in the wind, There’s trouble in the wind, my… Read more »
Things haven’t changed much in Britain since Kipling wrote that poem. Its sad.
In the abscense of policy, it’s the reflex of the small-minded bureaucrat to say “no” to anything. It make ’em feel big (liberals are the same). That immediate manager and his checkout girl are idjiots; this is a country on political correctness, be advised before it gets this bad here… Brit jobsworths are notorious for this kind of crap, especially these days. I hope Walls took his business down the road to their more patriotic and sensible competitors.
I just finished a rather longterm research project on the Vietnam War and its veterans, with a special focus on the later days of the war (post-Tet 1968). From the men I interviewed and the books I read, I believe that this sort of malarky was pretty commonplace in the US around ’70-’73.
When the enemy can make a great nation hate its own soldiers, the war is basically lost. They did it to us in Vietnam, and they’re doing it to us again today.
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The restaurant is called Hidalgo’s Numero Uno. This happened back in 2007, but it is still the same restaurant.
The term “Dungaree Liberty” comes to mind for places like this. Thanks for the info CRassi.
Yup…. dungaree liberty would set things straight in short order. So would placing an “off limits to military and government employees” sign on the door.
Then obviously the beer was free. If they would not take his money he should have just copped the brew and boogied. They would not have called the coppers for fear of getting their asses hammered over the incident.
Like they are going to get now.