Faking status for military discounts
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Furthermore, the store doesn't take a loss here either. It's marketing plan that appears as "Giving back to the community".
CleanSump
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Jerks are jerks. You can't cure them and they'll game the system any chance they get.
It's easy to get a Veteran's ID card for those who aren't retired or medically retired.
If you have a DD214 and were Active Duty, Reserve, or Gaurd, just go to the following link and VA will verify and issue an ID if you earned it.
https://www.va.gov/records/get-veteran-id-cards/vic/
It doesn't apply to spouses though, just the former service member. And yes, VA does recognize Gaurd and Reserve for some services now.
It's easy to get a Veteran's ID card for those who aren't retired or medically retired.
If you have a DD214 and were Active Duty, Reserve, or Gaurd, just go to the following link and VA will verify and issue an ID if you earned it.
https://www.va.gov/records/get-veteran-id-cards/vic/
It doesn't apply to spouses though, just the former service member. And yes, VA does recognize Gaurd and Reserve for some services now.
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I spent nine years in the USAF from 1978-1987. Never knew you could get a Veteran ID Card (VIC) through the VA (just looked it up). I have signed up for multiple military discounts (Home Depot, Lowes, Tractor Supply, etc) following their requirements, usually verified through ID.me. My driver's license identifies me as a veteran.
My father retired from the Army Air Corps/USAF in 1961, having spent all of WWII in England. My service does not belong in the same bucket of so many who put in their 20+, let alone my wife thinking she was entitled to anything from anyone because of it.
I spent time as an advanced reserve deputy sheriff and knew of a couple of regular deputies that would not be on duty, but throw their uniform on to go to restaurants that were "user friendly", just so they could get the discount (often substantial).
My father retired from the Army Air Corps/USAF in 1961, having spent all of WWII in England. My service does not belong in the same bucket of so many who put in their 20+, let alone my wife thinking she was entitled to anything from anyone because of it.
I spent time as an advanced reserve deputy sheriff and knew of a couple of regular deputies that would not be on duty, but throw their uniform on to go to restaurants that were "user friendly", just so they could get the discount (often substantial).
If she's not entitled for the discount then it's fraud.
Been a minute since I've heard that one
GON
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It may make more sense for a Soldier/ Sailor/ Airman/ Marine (or their Spouse) who may have been drafted, or volunteered to serve their nation as a junior enlisted, and served their time honorably be granted a discount, than someone retired likely receiving a federal taxpayer backed pension/ healthcare for life/ VA disability which is very generous and tax free/, and in Texas along with a handful of other states, waives property taxes for 100 percent disabled vets.
Supplemental- it is junior enlisted like Vietnam Vets that get denied VA disability, not that they are not deserving, but the paper trail that ties military service to their health condition is not there. No computer in Saigon keeping track of Private Smith's sick calls in 1969, his diagnosis, his treatment, or what brought PVT Smith to sick call or even medevac out in that era.
Supplemental- it is junior enlisted like Vietnam Vets that get denied VA disability, not that they are not deserving, but the paper trail that ties military service to their health condition is not there. No computer in Saigon keeping track of Private Smith's sick calls in 1969, his diagnosis, his treatment, or what brought PVT Smith to sick call or even medevac out in that era.
Lots of vets affected from agent orange from Vietnam and the burn pits from the first Gulf War and OIF/OEF that are denied disability, it's a sad issue. Some of the most bogus I've heard is when [insert high ranking officer] says "no that didn't happen" and subsequently the vet cannot get any benefits that situation would have given them.
But LCpl Malingerer hurts their back during a hike and gets med sep with 100% disability while vets with blown off extremities and other loss of health from combat get told their condition isn't service related.
I hear the VA is doing a much better job now versus a decade ago though. I've luckily never had to use their service but one of the Vietnam Vets at my gym says the local VA is much much better now and all the whoo-haa surrounding their issues years ago is gone....let's hope it stays that way.
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Thank you for your service.
Propflux01
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“Dependapotamus" is military slang term for a dependent or spouse (usually jobless) who is perceived as lazy, usually overweight, entitled, and entirely reliant on their partner’s service benefits. The term blends "dependent" and "hippopotamus", often demanding they get treated accordingly to their spouses’ rank, goes along with “Do you know who my (insert spouse and an rank) is”?
My father never called himself a veteran. He was drafted in the early 60s, did a single tour as a mechanic in Germany during Vietnam. Honorably discharged and didn't re-enlist.
Apparently he was entitled to quite a bit more benefits than he ever received. It wasn't until he was near the end of his life, but he finally let us know that he had a lot of guilt over being one of the lucky ones that didn't end up in Vietnam and he had a hard time calling himself a veteran.
GON
$175 Site Donor 2026
Thank your Dad for his service from grateful Americans.
Not every Soldier/ Sailor/ Airman/ Marine gets to pick their MOS, their duty location, and most importantly their leadership/ chain of command.
Lots of Soldiers/ Sailors/ Airmen/ Marines survived and served with great honor under leaders that should never have been accessed to be in a leadership position.
Your Dad is a veteran, and a big hero to me.
Up to age 62, I spent all (including being born in a military hospital) but four years associated with Army military installations in a variety of locations as a dependent, service member and civilian.
Never heard the term dependapotamus. As a kid, I was known as a dependent. Had dog tags to prove it and get into the PX until I could get an ID card. By the time my spouse and kids came along, they were family members and referred to as such.
To me dependapotamus is demeaning any way you look at it and is an unacceptable term to describe family members.
Never heard the term dependapotamus. As a kid, I was known as a dependent. Had dog tags to prove it and get into the PX until I could get an ID card. By the time my spouse and kids came along, they were family members and referred to as such.
To me dependapotamus is demeaning any way you look at it and is an unacceptable term to describe family members.
I understand him and see where he coming from. He's still a hero anyways even if he doesn't think so.
*Sorry if my post above reads that people who don't see combat don't deserve benefits. That's not what I meant at all. I only meant it to the ones who are always injured to get out of their duties. I know of one guy who injured himself while in like above, and got 90% disability meanwhile my friend with scoliosis, tinnitus, and PTSD from Iraq only gets 40% because of the VA records.*
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My Dad spent a year in Vietnam getting shot at and made it home. He was exposed to agent orange and had some issues that may have been related to his exposure. He refused to ever get any benefit from the VA, I think because he made it home and didn't feel he deserved anything.
Faking military status to get a discount is about a low as it gets.
I have been asked many times at a checkout register if I was military. 100% of the time my response is simply no. It would have been easy to say yes, but I don't play that game. I would never dishonor my Father and all the veterans who served by claiming to be one.
Faking military status to get a discount is about a low as it gets.
I have been asked many times at a checkout register if I was military. 100% of the time my response is simply no. It would have been easy to say yes, but I don't play that game. I would never dishonor my Father and all the veterans who served by claiming to be one.
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I DO understand; my post was in reference to getting the military discount ONLY.
Families of military members do more than their share.
CleanSump
Site Donor 2026
Their is no shame in being in a support MOS or not being sent to the front. Every support billet is important - they enable the combatants to do their job and give them the highest survival rate of any military in the world. Support to combatants is about 3 to 1 at the battalion level and 10 to 1 overall in the Army and Marines. View service of support MOS's as giving combatants what they need to do their job and survive.
Throw in that many support personnel are on the receiving end of rocket and mortar attacks etc. It's honorable service.
Throw in that many support personnel are on the receiving end of rocket and mortar attacks etc. It's honorable service.
4wd
$50 site donor 2026
Yeah - I could figure that out - Gone.com if that something like that hit HR where I work …
When I was in the military and wearing my BDU…… I never, ever, never asked for a military discount.
If someone gave me a discount, great. Thanks.
I’m appreciative of the 10% discount off fast food meal.
Very cringy if someone demands a military discount….. especially folks driving a $90K SUV for military discount on McDonalds sausage biscuit combo.
OP is 100% correct that woman is wrong for getting military discounts.
If someone gave me a discount, great. Thanks.
I’m appreciative of the 10% discount off fast food meal.
Very cringy if someone demands a military discount….. especially folks driving a $90K SUV for military discount on McDonalds sausage biscuit combo.
OP is 100% correct that woman is wrong for getting military discounts.
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