This would make the USA a real special place for thieves and fourflushers. You're a genuine veteran and could qualify for the discount, but what if the guy behind you heard you getting a big discount just by saying you served. What's to stop him from claiming the discount just by claiming to be a veteran even though he wasn't-- and the guy behind him and the guy behind the guy behind him. Lowe's isn't that stupid. Obviously they have a policy to grant the discount only to those with documentary proof of military status. If your cashier had been caught letting you claim the discount without proof, he would--and should--have been fired on the spot. And what does his place of birth have to do with it??!!! The same would apply to a native born American. Would you expect it to be otherwise? The guy was obviously doing his job well under difficult circumstances [the difficult circumstance in this case being you] and is a credit to both his new country and to his ancestry.
On Jul 3, 8:33 am, ray <[email protected]> wrote: > Stopped by Lowes the other day to pick up and few odds and ends. Total > bill came to about twenty bucks. At register, requested the military > discount. I am a sixty year old Vietnam Vet of pure Irish heritage > naturally born in this country. The cashier asked to see my military > ID. I do not have a military ID and to be honest would not want to go > through the trouble and effort of securing one. I relayed this > information to cashier and he denied my discount. Now discount was > only a couple of bucks and that is certainly no big deal. But here is > the best part. The cashier was obviously born in India, Pakistan or > regional country. He was difficult to understand. No problem with > that, he will get better. But, for a gentleman who obviously came to > this country using the very freedoms I helped secure for him, and then > have the audacity to deny me? > > Just one more indication leading to the eventual erosion of all that > was accomplished to make the USA such a special place. -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
