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In reply to the discussion: I'm tired of the Uber military worship [View all]MineralMan
(146,396 posts)Where is that restaurant where veterans get free entrees? I'll head right out this evening to it.
You'd never know I was a military veteran. I don't make anything of that. I don't park in spaces that are designated for veterans, either. There are veterans who have invisible disabilities, and they need spots like that, so I don't take those spaces. Veterans like my 95-year-old father, who flew B-17s in WWII. He does park in spaces like that, because walking is very difficult for him. If such a space isn't available, he'll use a handicapped space, since he has a placard for that, too, but he prefers to leave those spaces for others, since he can still walk.
I'm sorry your daughter has met veterans who she doesn't like. I doubt if 9 out of 10, though, behave that way. I doubt she knows who is and who is not a veteran in the first place.
I'm sorry, but parking in designated spaces is the height of using a privilege you haven't earned. The space is for people who did earn that privilege and is being thanked by whatever business designated that space. You can walk, I have no doubt. Park elsewhere from now on. That's my suggestion to you.