I didn‘t go tagging often as a Junior Cadet, but got more into it as a senior cadet. I found that a lot of it was who I was tagging with. I‘d make sure all juniors went with a senior for two reasons:
1. There is some experience there at least.
2. It gives the seniors a chance to bond with juniors (all about getting to know your cadets). Some of them ended up being really good mentors.
I‘d make sure that I was with a junior cadet, and I‘d use the opportunity to do two things:
1. Fundraise for the Corps
2. See how the corps stands in the eyes of a junior cadet. Best way to find out what is good and bad about your corps, is to ASK a junior cadet. They‘re the ones going through the system, and experiencing everything.
Brampton is an alright place to Tag. We were usually outside the City Centre at various enterances, or the Canadian Tired over on Airport. Tagging there was awesome, lots of cash and Canadian Tire Money.
There‘s nothing wrong with entertaining yourself while you tag...I can remember carolling, and having random patrons join in with us.
But as far as interesting questions/statements go:
--> "I‘m not paying you to go to Afghanistan"
--> "I don‘t support George Bush"
--> "I‘ll get you on my way out"...."Oh, no change on me, sorry"
--> "Do you kill people?"
--> "Where is your gun?"
However, I still have one experience that sticks in my mind.
I was an AC (Pte) and we were outside the City Centre, and an Elderly woman was standing near us...we were handing out poppies. And someone walked by us and declined a poppy...she grabbed his arm, pulled his ear to her mouth and said, "How‘d you like it if I blew YOUR head off, sonny?".....we got a very generous donation, lol, as creepy as it was. But hey, it‘s Brampton.
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