Monday, July 4, 2011

Re: Military Discount at Lowes

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 <jr3...@aol.com> 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.

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