Reyes says she interviewed for a job on the sales floor but was told that she wouldn’t be able to relate to customers because she had seen combat.
Veteran Turned Down By Macy’s, Told She Had Wrong ‘Mindset’ Because Of War
March 31, 2014

Via Liberaland:

Kayla Reyes was turned down for a job at Macy’s after being told by a recruiter she had the wrong “mindset” because she fought in a war.

Reyes says she interviewed for a job on the sales floor at Fresno’s Fashion Fair mall in February but was told that she wouldn’t be able to relate to customers because she had seen combat.

Reyes, who enlisted in the military at the age of 17, claims that the interview took a turn for the worse when her 4-year army career came up and that the hiring manager said, ‘Being that you’ve been over there, you wouldn’t really know how to approach people.’

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