re: Why are we supposed to tell service members, “thank you for your service”?

I met an elderly vet on a plane a few years back and thanked him for his service.

He told me it was the honor of his life.

I got the chills. What a fricking badass.

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I don’t understand it.

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There's no rule here that you have to say anything to us. Fact is, most of us are busy if we are in public and in uniform and would rather be left alone.

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This isn’t a big deal. I’ll tell one thank you for your service if they thank me for paying taxes.

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They pay taxes too dumbass

If you have to ask, you may be a dumbass, an entitled ingrate, or most likely both.

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I don’t understand it

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Go do 4 years and get back to us...

If you don’t appreciate those who choose to join the military to serve on your behalf, I don’t know what to tell you.

Yeah they get paid and all that, but it is still a choice that could cost them their life protecting yours and your family’s life.

If you can’t respect that then you are a special kind of shitty and they’d probably not want to hear from you anyway.

And no one said you have to say anything. You’re welcomed to keep your cock holster closed when you see them and not say a word, so it sounds like you just want to bitch about people who made a choice you wouldn’t and are projecting your insecurity on a message board.

I am the grandson of a marine recon combat veteran of WW2 and wouldn’t respect myself if I didn’t acknowledge the sacrifice of all military members, regardless of if they get paid or if it is a choice. It’s still a big deal in my book.

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I’m asking why.

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I always considered it the polite thing to do. Just like saying please, thank you, excuse me, etc. But I'm also the kind of person that if I see someone shitting on an employee at a restaurant or a grocer that is doing a perfectly fine job given the circumstance, I'll thank them for what they do too.

It takes a lot more effort to be shitty.

I always tell service workers “thank you for your service.”

It gets a laugh like 50% of the time.

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Korea- Tie goes to communist
Vietnam- loss
Grenada- morale scrimmage win
Gulf I- win
Gulf II- win
Afghanistan- loss

2-2-1 last five. That would get any coach at LSU canned.

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You're a fricking moron.

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I’ll tell one thank you for your service if they thank me for paying taxes.

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That's as much as I need to hear to know that you have some weird issue with it.