Okay, so today our LT decided to give our whole platoon a day off. Completely against every regulation in the book of course, but LT has lots of friends in high places, and always manages to get what he wants.
Anyways, a couple of my squad mates and I decided to drive to Syracuse for the day. We ate lunch at a local restaurant. When we entered the restaurant, everyone started to clap because we were in uniform. Naturally, we were quite embarrassed picked a booth on the far end of the restaurant, which was rather secluded. A gorgeous waitress came to take our orders. When we were about half way through, two women came in and sat opposite us. Quite abruptly, the two women both got up, and approached our table. My first thoughts were that they were just coming over to tell us what everyone does, thank you for your service, etc. etc. but I couldn’t be more wrong. The two women launched into a tirade about how President Bush was an imperialist warmonger, and we were inhuman monsters for going along with his fascism. All of us were taken aback by this, and did not respond. Finally, the gorgeous waitress returned to check on us, and she noticed the two women harassing us. She stepped between the two women and our table, and said these exact words to them “If you are going to insult United States Marines in this restaurant, then I must ask you to leave.” The women said nothing, but gave the young waitress a dirty, look, and walked out. Each of us thanked that pretty young girl and we left her a $100 dollar tip.
It’s nice when American’s show how much they appreciate what we do. Sometimes it can be embarrassing, and even monotonous, but we appreciate it all the same.
Thank You to the true Americans, from the USMC.