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• bassomitron@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  But…why? I never faulted people asking for any sort of discount when I worked retail. Why blame them for simply asking if there was a way to get something cheaper? I couldn’t give a fuck if corporate was making less money while my fellow citizen saved some cash.

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  • A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    A lot of them just assume that everywhere bends over backwards for them. It’s incredibly obnoxious. Source: was a bartender for a decade

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    • sartalon@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Wait, people asked for a vet discount… at a bar?

      I can see a restaurant, but a bar!?

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  • stoy@lemmy.zip ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Based on the stories I have read some people are quite rude about asking for it.

    Being able to deny rude people their request is a power play that customer service people can enjoy using.

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    • bassomitron@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Oh, well, that’s a different situation from the one I interpreted here, I guess. Yeah, unreasonably rude customers of any kind are awful.

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    • Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Stories like what?

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  • Arcanepotato@crazypeople.online ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Because they are military and some people do not like that.

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  • Gonzako@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Certain! I’ll be honest. We’d start putting way less shame on not knowing and encouraging asking.

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• cobysev@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  As a military veteran, this makes me a little sad… but the whole military discount thing has always made me feel weird. I mean, I’m no hero. I spent 20 years sitting at a desk, fixing computers. Why should I deserve a discount over any other office worker?

  I currently live in an area far away from any military bases, so I’ve mostly stopped asking about military/veteran discounts. Most people here aren’t used to military being around this area anyway so there’s rarely a discount to offer. And I don’t really care if I get a discount or not; it doesn’t hurt me to pay full price.

  But I’ve definitely worked with service members who would boycott businesses near our bases if they refused to provide a military discount. Some people get really entitled about their status. Those were the worst people I had to deal with in the service.

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  • Fades@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I know you got paid to be there, but still. A country without a military, even in times of “peace”, is a scary thing. Especially given the direction the world is heading these days… sure you sat behind a desk but who knows what you may have been needed to do if called upon in a worst case scenario, and so for that I say thank you for your service 🙏

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    • mathemachristian@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      👅💦🥾

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    • BaroqueInMind@piefed.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Reading this made me cringe.

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    • itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      lol

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• DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  The idea that I should care about a corporate losing money is laughable to me. I’ll give anyone a discount when allowed by the company without hesitation.

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  • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Amen, (and sometimes when not allowed, sneaky sneaky).

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• centipede_powder@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Ah, the good ol’ crab bucket. Fuck X group because they got some scraps.

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  • Honytawk@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    More like fuck X group because they are paid murderers that invade other countries and makes every life they interact with worse.

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    • Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      The military is majority support roles like mechanic, cook, medic, signaler, padre, admin, logistics. There’s combat roles like infantry, artillery, combat engineer and armored and then the rest are people supporting them. Even in the combat roles it’s still pretty rare to be “murdering”. Americans are a bit different but a lot of militaries have rules of engagement. It’s not indiscriminate killing. It’s defending your fellow soldier, it’s protecting your base. They’re just people trying to do a job like any other.

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• Formfiller@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  You can’t get your discount without going through the ID me website nowadays anyway… it doesn’t work nor have human contact points, it’s impossible for older veterans to use and it says half of us don’t even exist so basically military discounts have become enshitified as well

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• MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Fuck Reddit and Fuck Spez.

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  • Vupware@lemmy.zip ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Fuck Reddit and its suppression of non-western narratives.

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    • TherapyGary@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Fuck Reddit and its suppression of my freedom to say removed

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  • TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    do you feel better after saying that now?

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• theotherbelow@lemmynsfw.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  My dad loves the discount.

  Its just a habit, he could care less about the actual amount.

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• No_Money_Just_Change@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Upvote for theft

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• flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Serious question - in places where they offer military or veteran discount how do you check? Do you ask them to show some relevant id?

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  • IWW4@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    The big box hardware stores, Home Depot and Lowe’s have sort of set the standard. There are a few ID cards that they accept as proof.

    At the end of the day it is up to each store how they handle it.

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  • Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Pretty much, yeah. Every veteran and their spouse (and kids under 21) has military ID.

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    • FlexibleToast@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      No they don’t. People who separated and didn’t retire are veterans, but don’t get military IDs. They can get a VA ID or some states will add veteran to their license.

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  • PrimarilyPrimate@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    My partner shows a VA card when asked.

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    • BaroqueInMind@piefed.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Did your partner eat Iraqi children or Afghan children? Which one tasted his favorite?

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  • Nusm@peachpie.theatl.social ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    My dad is a veteran, and he will sometimes ask, and sometimes they will ask him. Almost always, especially in restaurants, he just says that he is, and they give him the discount.

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• callouscomic@lemmy.zip ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Fuck military discounts.

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  • Nusm@peachpie.theatl.social ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Y'know, I understand where you're coming from, but my dad did his time in the military, including a stint in Vietnam. He's 81 now, and I don't see the harm in giving him a little bit off of a bill for his service. He's not obnoxious about it, but will sometimes ask, and take it if it's available. If not, no big deal.

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    • Honytawk@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      Tell me why your father should be rewarded for when they performed the most horrible actions on other humans that anyone can think of?

      If anything, they should pay more, and the money should go to all the families they have destroyed.

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    • callouscomic@lemmy.zip ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      This has more to do with propaganda. Where are the discounts for all other contributors to our functional society? Do the garbage people or the electrical worker or sewer worker get discounts?

      Its all part of a much larger scale propaganda across our countries history.

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    • sartalon@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I thought it was a joke, but people really are butthurt about vets.

      History just loves to repeat itself.

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    • salty_chief@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      He should ask just like all Veterans. No big deal if they do not offer discount but nice when they do. It is just a small gesture of support.

      People think Military/Service members are bootlickers on Reddit and here I guess. Reality is people join for various reasons a big reason is to support family. The government owns you during that time. You miss celebrations with family like; birthdays, holidays, marriages, and funerals. I know someone will say “well they volunteered.” That is right they did and you didn’t have to volunteer.

      This meme is pretty bad to be real. People out here risking/giving their life for you. Man humanity is sliding into the abyss everyday.

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• salacious_coaster@infosec.pub ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  This seems unnecessarily petty

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• FlexibleToast@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I never even think to ask for a discount unless it’s a large purchase. Then I’m just looking for any discount I can get. Or if it’s a right leaning, boot licking type of place.

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