But men don’t get to play the waterworks card.
Which, as a woman, has ALWAYS disgusted me when other women do it.
I grew up with four sisters. Crying to get out of trouble doesn’t work on me. As a NCO, I’ve grabbed a box of tissues and slammed them on the desk in front of little manipulators.
However, there was one case where the girl who was found to have been working at a strip club on the outside of town. I was the unit first sergeant. The worst part of the situation was although she was in her early twenties she looked about 12 years old. She played up child-like, giggly behavior and tried to argue she was manipulated by her husband.
When I read her the statement of her rights and told her she had an appointment with the Area Defense Counsel, she turned into Linda Blair in “The Exorcist.” She glared at me and growled “Well, will that make a difference?”
I told her the legal counsel will help her and meeting with them was in her best interest. After I sent her down the hall to a waiting area, I turned to her supervisor who had gone pale and was visibly shaking. She said “I never saw that side of her before.”
-Esther Vilar
Great account.
It’s amazing what people turn into when they can’t weasel their way out of trouble.