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Some Food for Thought (Please Don't Thank Me for My Service)
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<blockquote data-quote="RSteve" data-source="post: 557827" data-attributes="member: 164"><p><span style="font-size: 18px">This has been discussed in a more recent thread. I just fell upon this one. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">I ETSed out of Vietnam in 1969 after a somewhat unpleasant fifteen month tour. 52 years have passed. During these past 52 years, I'd wager I've heard, "Thank you for your service," less than a dozen times. It's, frankly, only when I've shown my V.A. Health I.D. card to get a discount on a purchase. At this time of my life, I realize the phrase is one the cashier has been instructed to say instead of, "Thank-you for shopping at Home Depot." It takes a lot to currently insult me, personally. I'm not at all insulted by a 16-year-old saying, Thank you for your service and please insert your credit card." </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">I confess that I avoid veteran's groups and clubs for many reasons, but the most significant one, when I was young, was catching a poser in a lie about his actual service. Now, I just avoid the situation.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RSteve, post: 557827, member: 164"] [SIZE=5]This has been discussed in a more recent thread. I just fell upon this one. I ETSed out of Vietnam in 1969 after a somewhat unpleasant fifteen month tour. 52 years have passed. During these past 52 years, I'd wager I've heard, "Thank you for your service," less than a dozen times. It's, frankly, only when I've shown my V.A. Health I.D. card to get a discount on a purchase. At this time of my life, I realize the phrase is one the cashier has been instructed to say instead of, "Thank-you for shopping at Home Depot." It takes a lot to currently insult me, personally. I'm not at all insulted by a 16-year-old saying, Thank you for your service and please insert your credit card." I confess that I avoid veteran's groups and clubs for many reasons, but the most significant one, when I was young, was catching a poser in a lie about his actual service. Now, I just avoid the situation.[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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