FORT HUACHUCA, Ariz. — Sgt. Malcom Jones was surprised and underwhelmed when he asked a Fort Huachuca Post Exchange employee when they would restock plain white socks, and employees responded by throwing confetti and balloons as a piñata popped out from between the aisles.
“We’re not restocking medium white socks, only men’s XXS," shouted store manager Morgan Ellison over a warbling boombox. "Surprise!!! You’re the AAFES 10 millionth disappointed customer!”
The party, organized by AAFES to get some of the cool social media content the kids are talking about, featured $8 balloons, black confetti, and a piñata full of advertisements for a military star card.
“AAFES has a long and storied history of disappointing America’s finest young men and women, and I couldn’t be more thrilled to see the historic 10 millionth disappointed service member walk through our half-renovated doors," said Ellison. "Going all the way back to the Civil War, when the commissary service only stocked stale chicory and laudanum, or to World War II when the combined exchanges would only sell husky ‘n’ hairy Soviet pin-ups for the boys in the front, we’re proud to carry on this mediocre tradition.”
