AAFES celebrates 10 millionth disappointed customer with surprise party
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 …
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