Poser Busting
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Oh man, tell me you took that picture!
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That’s why I asked, there had to be a Part2 to if you had seen ‘that’ live and in person.I'd probably be in jail right now if I took that pic.
I love some of these videos. The woman treating the Recruitment Center like a payday loan center was my favorite.
A few years back I was home on leave and went to Walmart with my dad a retired Chief Master Sergeant who now works as DoD employee. He was wearing a wounded warrior shirt and is 70% disabled. Anyway as we are walking down an aisle browsing these 2 A1C/E-3s in Uniform start hassling my dad about his shirt and accusing him of never serving and being a disgrace. My dad is just ignoring them and knowing my dad can handle himself I am standing by getting irritated at these turds. I see one of these fools start to pull out his cell phone. I step in and tell them knock it off because they are gonna look real stupid accusing him of stolen valor. I introduce myself and give my rank of TSgt. Show my CaC to them and that's when my dad informs them that he is retired Chief and showed his ID card. These kids looked like they were about to die.He politely and I'm being serious here, tells them to be careful on who they accuse of that crap. He then informed them based off their occupational badges that he worked in the same squadron. They apologized and walked off. My dad being the nice guy he is never brought it their sections leadership.
A few years back I was home on leave and went to Walmart with my dad a retired Chief Master Sergeant who now works as DoD employee. He was wearing a wounded warrior shirt and is 70% disabled. Anyway as we are walking down an aisle browsing these 2 A1C/E-3s in Uniform start hassling my dad about his shirt and accusing him of never serving and being a disgrace. My dad is just ignoring them and knowing my dad can handle himself I am standing by getting irritated at these turds. I see one of these fools start to pull out his cell phone. I step in and tell them knock it off because they are gonna look real stupid accusing him of stolen valor. I introduce myself and give my rank of TSgt. Show my CaC to them and that's when my dad informs them that he is retired Chief and showed his ID card. These kids looked like they were about to die.He politely and I'm being serious here, tells them to be careful on who they accuse of that crap. He then informed them based off their occupational badges that he worked in the same squadron. They apologized and walked off. My dad being the nice guy he is never brought it their sections leadership.
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I hate stolen valor but I think you need a good reason to question someone about their service. If you go around questioning everybody, you're pretty much just a douchebag.
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Exactly. If a dude is walking around in a uniform, or hooah gear, or whatever, so what? Like, do you have nothing else going on in your life that your big concern is whether or not the guy wearing ACUs is legit? Unless it is personally affecting me, or there is something blatantly wrong about it (like profiting in a major way, manipulating women, etc.), then carry on. Accept all the thanks, get your 10% off at Lowe's, and then go home knowing you're nothing but a lying fraud.
At the Lowes here, now you have to take your DD214 to customer service and register.
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VA ID works for me.
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That's good to know. In the past I've always gotten away with showing them my ID that I was discharged with.
I have a valid Department of Defense ID...but I'm in too much of a hurry to drag my ass over to customer service and show some peckerwood my 214. When I hit Lowes I get what I need and get out.
Nope. Not the one in Brooksville Fl. They want documents. They must've been getting burned.
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Here, Lowe's will only give you the discount when you sign up for a MyLowe's charge card. But then you don't have to use the card to get the discount.
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There is a metric shit-ton of pressure on stores to make their daily credit card goals; 99.99% sure that this is a store manager policy and not corporate. You could upset a lot of apple carts if you complained on Twitter or Facebook.
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That is news to me. wow!
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Probably for another thread, but here's an article explaining the latest Lowes mil discount policy.
Lowe's expands, changes its military discount program
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That makes more sense, (to a point). It's still bullshit that they want to be able to track what you buy though.
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The article says it's not a credit card, but it is. You can charge with it. I think I have a 500.00 limit or some shit. I never use it though.
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There are a ton of phony veterans in my area. It's actually quite funny how far off their uniforms and their stories in general are. I remember one guy telling me he was in the Ranger Regiment stationed at Ft. Bragg. I could go on and on. As far as I know none of these guys are making a profit off their lies. Quite a few of them you can tell something is wrong with them.
