This morning I spoke with Emily, my 16-year-old daughter who lives in Maryland. She told me this story:
A man came in to the fast food restaurant where she works and ordered his meal. He initiated a conversation with Emily and found out that she wants to be a cosmetologist. Telling her about his “wife’s business” in cosmetics he told Emily that he might be able to get her a job with his wife, so he got Emily to give him her phone number.
Ever since then, she has been called daily by this man, identifying himself as a recruiter from the Army recruiting office in her area. She does not answer her phone, instead allowing the recruiter to leave her his message.
Needless to say, my jaw dropped to the floor as she told me this. I have effectively instilled in my children the merits of becoming conscientious objectors and the alternatives to war to promote peace and justice. This includes educating them on the deceptive tactics that military recruiters use to get young people to enlist.
Emily has been instructed to write down the number the next time this person calls and to forward it to me.
The recruiter will be very sorry he is calling her when he hears from me.
Deanna Dee-Dee Taylor 