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>The problem isn't the price Price was absolutely the problem. Soldiers were paid about $600 year. Not much for a job where you risk your life and dont have mu
by jankotek 6y ago
>The problem isn't the price
Price was absolutely the problem. Soldiers were paid about $600 year. Not much for a job where you risk your life and dont have much of personal freedom or comfort.
Free food was part of benefits. Charging soldiers for it seems ludicrous, they can not just leave, and go to nearest cafe.
- ThrowawayR2 6y ago> "Free food was part of benefits" The Red Cross is a civilian organization that is not part of the army and was not, as far as I know, obligated to provide free donuts or coffee.
- jankotek 6y agoArmy asked for it, anyway politics are irrelevant to feelings. Pay was $50 a month, doughnut was 2 cents, that is like 1% paycut.
- traes 6y agoThink of a random cafe offering complementary free donuts to veterans, and then deciding (or being told) to start charging for them. The Red Cross was not a perk provided and paid for by the army. It's really not that outrageous.
- chrisseaton 6y agoI think you're misunderstanding. The Red Cross isn't the catering organisation of the Army. It's just a private organisation.
- tytso 6y agoThe US Army leadership asked the Red Cross to start charging. The problem was the Red Cross was only giving free donuts to US soldiers, and this was causing the other nations' soliders fighting on the Allied side to be upset. Apparently their civilian population wasn't as generous as the US supports of the Red Cross. So getting rid of the free donuts was to avoid "dissension in the ranks". Why couldn't the Red Cross just give free Doughnuts to everyone? I'm not sure; maybe because they collected the money for "support our troops", and supporting the Brits might have been considered a violation of the terms for which the monies were donated.