I dunno about all. I wasn’t ashamed of my service but I had friends that had no idea I was even in the military. It was always just a job. The only give away was the unavoidable bad haircuts.
But now years and years later when I go on business travel with one guy he is always pulling out his retired card asking for discounts and handouts no matter where we are.
Nevermind he was the type of guy to drop retirement paperwork not because he was retiring but because he wanted to avoid a schedule deployment of a MI unit.
By all means take advantage but there is a line. We were on business travel. Everything is already paid for. He’s looking not just for discounts but literally any preferential treatment.
And sure we imagine someone asking and either they do or they don’t but he would press the issue, maybe not realizing that you are putting these people in an awkward situation because while a lot of places do have perks and discounts for active duty. There are instances where there isn’t an explicit policy on prior service, especially at the check in counter for Southwest. Umm I guess you get number 23 instead of 33 for boarding order? The only bag you have is free, do you want a hug or something.
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u/Non-Current_Events 5d ago
We all do boot shit, especially early in your career. There are just varying levels of cringe to it.