I work in a hospital.
I was bringing a guy out to the exit and he gave me this sinceare, heartfelt ‘thank you for your service! I know it’s tough cause of all this covid crap, but I appreciate you, you guys don’t get enough credit, thank you so much, thank you for your service.’
I didn’t have the heart to tell him covid isn’t a big deal.
Like, guy, I just wear a mask all day and that’s it. My life hasn’t changed at all.
As a veteran it is just awkward when people thank me. Just accept the fact there are still good people out there who recognize you work hard.
I never go up to a stranger who is a veteran and thank them “for their service”. Number 1, they are a stranger and for all I know they are a pedophile or worse, or are just pathetic as a human being, were I to get to know them. Number 2, on top of them being a stranger, more than likely they joined the service for something other than patriotic reasons....it was a way for them to get benefits, etc, and their duties were no less harrowing than that of a garbage collector, which, by the way, the garbage collectors ALL, with no exception “are keeping us safe” no hyperbole. So why not thank garbage collectors?