Posted on Jan 21, 2015
Does it bother you to hear "Thank you for your service!"?
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All active duty stand down(but don't walk away, this will effect you later) Veterans does it ever bother you to hear that? "Thank you for your service" I apologize but it mmmm...bugs me something awful, telling me " your done go sit down and grow feeble " needs changed to something that endures like we do something like "YO JOE!" or another saying meaning get outta my way theres work to do and I ain't done yet! Forgive if I wasted your time, just wondering.
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Posted 11 y ago
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Ur a idiot. Being told thank u for ur service is something u shld be grateful for. People are saying thank you for the sacrfices u made for this country. Why shld that bother u. Makes no damn sense.
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When I enlisted, I was an eighteen year old kid, wondering what I was gonna do with my life, trying to make the best decisions available to me at the time.
It's nice to hear, but I don't expect it and I'm always surprised when I hear it. I wear a small pin on my work badge, and I have my veteran license plates. That's enough for me :)
It's nice to hear, but I don't expect it and I'm always surprised when I hear it. I wear a small pin on my work badge, and I have my veteran license plates. That's enough for me :)
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While I agree with SFC McMillion, it can be nice to hear . . . sometimes. When it becomes a reflexive "no content" response from someone at the VA, who's actually doing dick-all to solving a problem, then it gets really bloody annoying.
Yeah, when I first got off active duty in 1976, I got slapped in an airport bar because I was still in uniform. So, things today are an improvement.
Yeah, when I first got off active duty in 1976, I got slapped in an airport bar because I was still in uniform. So, things today are an improvement.
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Yes. I got thanked twice a month from disbursing. All this outpouring of gratitude of late seems a bit patronizing to me or patriating to them. Either way, it's not needed or deserved.
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The "Thank you for your service" often seems to be a meaningless catch phrase. I don't know what I want to hear from others to acknowledge my service, but this thanks seems hallow.
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No it does not. Someone is grateful for your service and a polite Thank you should follow any type of gratitude.
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I don't get affected by it either way but to me it symbolizes a change in attitude from the disgusting way our Vietnam Vets were treated, so I'm glad to hear it.
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in a way yes, it does. I joined during desert storm but it was over before I got to the FMF. so my "service" was during peacetime I didn't do anything that I feel is deserving of recognition. you hear about "stolen valor" all the time and that's why it bothers me I feel as if I'm stealing someone else s recognition for something they did when I did nothing. its hard for me to make someone who has never served to understand the difference. maybe one of you knows a way how but I've tried but have regressed to just saying thank you and moving on to a different subject. it just easier that way (but wrong in my heart)...
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