Morning everyone.
I just woke up to have the army office on the line, this isnt the first time this has happened, they rang me two weeks ago trying to persuade me to join after i cancelled an application.
Its still fresh in my mind so here is what was said.

Army: Haydn
Me: Yes
Army: You made an application in November to join
Me:No
Army:Yes you did
Me:I can gurantee to you my application was in june NOT NOVEMBER and i cancelled it

Now this bit actually left me speechless

Army: STAY OFF THE INTERNET
Me: (i let out a ooh?)
Me: Hung up

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Can anyone tell me why they would say that to me?
I applied in June but my parents persuaded me not to, so i got into college instead, and now they keep ringing me up every 2 weeks telling me i have made applications when i havn't.

Can i block there number somehow?

The recruiter gave vent to personal feeling and there is nothing to worry about in regard to you, the army and the Internet.

The thing about the army is it has more than its far share of bullying scum bags.

I went AWOL once because my stepdaughter had meningitis and the army would not give me leave because I was not married to her mother (at the time). I had a sergeant major (name withheld) phone me up at our house and he rudely told me to get my "effng" self back down to camp immediately - I told him to climb up the gaping hole he considered an anus and hung up.

When I was sure my step daughter was going to be OK I handed myself in at Edinburgh castle. I was told that when I got back to Base I would be beaten to a pulp because the sergeant major I had insulted had done sas selection and was an animal.

Apart from laughing I ended up getting the MP with the propensity for BS in trouble when I informed the base adjutant what I had been told when I was bounced (leftrightleftrightleftrightleftright) in front of him back at base. He was enraged and he phoned the MP up while I was there in front of him and gave him such a roasting over the phone I nearly felt sorry for him.

Make an official complaint or even better phone this idiot right back and tell him you will be making an official complaint to his CO unless he apologises.

Watch his attitude change fast because his type are used to dishing out the attitude and cannot contend with it ever being thrown right back at them.
He has no power to mess with you so do not worry about this” internet threat.” If anything you could make his life pretty crappy for a while if you decide to take this further.




[edit on 4-12-2009 by SmokeJaguar67]

Yes, and be careful if he talks you into coming in to sign paperwork to clear up the problem.

You may find you just signed up for 3 tours in Afghanistan.

Even with the economy the way it is, the military is short on grunts.

Hell, at 42 I bet you they would take me, with bolts in my back and all.

same reason as below.

[edit on 4-12-2009 by thecrow001]

opps internets being funny.

[edit on 4-12-2009 by thecrow001]

This is no way for someone in the Army to be behaving. A grown man can't lose his cool and make some empty threat (one that I'm sure he could fight in court, "Stay off the Internet" could be interpreted many ways)


I woulda told him, "oh ya momma doesn't have internet here, don't worry son"

Probably some desk jockey S/SGT who was behind on his paper work and got a bollocking,
Thought he would vent on you !!
Remind him off the harassment and stalking laws, That ought to put him right..
But all said and done the British armed forces do offer some great opportunities for gaining qualifications and great mates for life....
My recommendation Royal military police.. enough said

this is annoying me now !

[edit on 4-12-2009 by thecrow001]

To be honest, I would just get over it.

So what, a guy behind a desk who probably had to call up one hundred other quitters that day got shirty with you ... I would get shirty with a jumped up little college kid who claimed that they are the most educated person that had applied.

Yeh i think he was annoyed because i was probaly the highest qualified person of my age to actually go into the office ad join

Get over yourself. If you are so damn smart then please do us the honour of typing correctly, genius.

Originally posted by BillyTheCat
My alarm bells are ringing here. I've never heard anyone refer to an Armed Forces Careers Office as the "Army Office"

Could be because the OP is from England. It took me a moment to notice his location and I was confused wondering why he'd be getting calls from recruiters at 5am or earlier when they wouldn't even be in the office that early.

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Back to the OP, are you sure he said stay off the internet? That just seems bizarre... Here in the US they generally stop calling when you tell them you aren't interested and don't call back if they know you're not going to be changing your mind. The same recruiter won't call again at any rate, a different one might but not the ones who know you aren't interested. Judging by your OP it would seem the same can't be said of the recruiters in England. Is it the same guy each time? If it is, I would think you'd be able to do something about him harassing you when he knows you're not interested.