Classless.
Via Fox News:
Outrage is growing in a small northeastern Pennsylvania town after a local columnist lied about being a veteran to score free drinks at a bar — forcing the newspaper’s publisher to apologize Tuesday.
A Dec. 23 column in The Weekender — published by The Times Leader Media Group and owned by parent company Civitas Media — began in part as follows:
“I discovered the secret to getting a few drinks without having a vagina: just say you’re a veteran. Everyone wants to buy a vet a free drink.”
The column, titled, “free drinks come at a price,” was written by Justin Adam Brown, who went on to brag about tricking a Vietnam veteran into believing he had served in Iraq so he could receive free drinks.
Brown wrote that he accepted drinks from the unnamed veteran after telling him, “I fought in Iraq.” He joked about how his friend also sold a camouflage shirt to the veteran for $100, falsely claiming he got the shirt from President George W. Bush. The shirt was purchased at Macy’s, according to Brown.