Posted on 01/10/2006 8:48:04 PM PST by Hi Heels
Welcome to white bread Simi Valley, CA, a Republican stronghold in California. Sunday I went to Vons Pavillion to pick up some groceries. In the Queue behind me was a gigantic, the biggest, the blackest green beret I have ever seen, and I'm a colonel's daughter. He was holding his breakfast, oatmeal, etc. THis is how it went:
Me: "you just get back?"
Soldier: "yes maam."
me: "You go ahead of me, I have a lot."
Soldier: "that's not necessary, maam."
me: "you go ahead, please?"
The guy in front of me: "Go ahead of me, too. I have to use a credit card."
Soldier: "Thanks."
*cashier rings up his breakfast*
Another man runs up and pushes the soldier's hand away from the scanner and runs his own debit card through the machine.
The other man to the cashier: "are we good?"
Cashier: "we're good"
Soldier: "Thank you."
*shakes other guy's hand and leaves*
*Several people offer to help pay the soldier's tab. All refused.
In Kullifornia. I saw it with my own eyes. You read about it, but how many times can you say you actually saw it. Came home in tears.
Outstanding :-)
Thanks for posting this positive story.
When I worked in a small shop, I'd make sure any military folks got good discounts. Old veterans got whatever they wanted for free. One old timer wanted to marry me LOLOLOL. Now that I work in a big chain store, I can't do that but I do give profuse thanks. Sometimes a simple thank you means more to these guys (esp. the Vietnam vets) than money.
These folks in your story are real Americans, not the mouthy-lenting-picking types in the MSM. Thanks for posting!
Good story ping!
Leadership by example. :) :) :)
Now imagine what this soldier would have to deal with if he showed up in a Democrat place like Berkeley.
FOFL ... that video is a Hoot!
Great post.
I live in northern Virginia. You don't see much of that here...believe it or not.
I've taken to thanking armed service folk for their service on my way to work on the subway. It is wonderful to see their faces light up. They truly appreciate it.
Where would we be without them?
In Ventura County we spell that Bizerkly.
fabulous story ... thank you for sharing
God Bless America
Nice story, thanks :~D
i missed it
is there a link?
Maybe something is going on here. The wife and I visited the Orchard Hardware and Supply in Thousand Oaks, CA yesterday. I paid for our merchandise with a debit card. The clerk said "Can I see your ID please?" When I opened my wallet he said "A military ID will do." The clerk finished the transaction and said "Thank you for your service." Yikes!! I retired in 1980. What a nice young man.
Great story, hope it is happening often around the country!
I've been doing this for a while for cops, firemen and soldiers. I don't give them the option to decline; I just call the waitress over after they've ordered and give her my card. When they find out, it is already a fait accompli.
-ccm
Good work!!
I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that having young people be ignorant of the past cuts both ways. Many people under the age of 25-30 now have this vague idea:
There was once a war in Vietnam a while ago, and everybody had to go fight. The government screwed it up (which isn't surprising, because that's what they do) and a lot of college students protested the war or something (which isn't surprising, because that's what they do). Anyway, everybody knows that WW2 soldiers and Iraq soldiers are heroes, so Vietnam soldiers are obviously the same, right? The only difference is they don't like to talk about it for some reason.
I had the opportunity to buy a soldier's lunch last week. I had to go to pay first so told the cashier I wanted to pick up his tab but for her not to tell him until I left the resturant.
The starbucks in Harrisburg, PA has a big basket out with a sign that says coffee for the troops, support them for supporting us. You can buy some coffee, put it in the basket and they will ship it. Yes, Starbucks.
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