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Being a broke, tired, private stuck in an airport,we had to go somewhere.There was usually a Red Cross room with fresh coffee,doughnuts,etc.None for you if you didn't have money.At least they let us sleep on their couches.I dislike the red cross.They got a lot of their donations from Military,yet cant part with cup of joe and a doughnut?I know this is a true story.

I've told this story here before, but my Uncle was going to be shipped off to the Pacific during WWII, when he got word that his mother was ill, and not expected to live. He requested emergency leave through the RC, and was told "no way." The chaplain suggested he try the Salvation Army, but when he told the chaplain he was Jewish, he was told that it wouldn't matter. When he contacted the SA, they not only were able to get him is emergency leave, but they made the travel arrangements for him. He was able to see his mother before he left for the Pacific.

Until his dying day, he swore he would NEVER give a cent to the RC, and he gave quite generously over the years to the Salvation Army.

Mark