Respect is earned, not given. Even for veterans.

Why would he be forced to acknowledge the fighting done for someone else by someone he knows nothing about? Can someone explain this? And how could it ever be rationalized as something worth hitting someone over? How is it even possible to sympathize with the violent one in this scenario?

Or maybe the store doesn't have a veterans discount so OP couldn't give him one? Here's a guess, maybe the customer is just an asshole. Is punching someone in the eye REALLY justified either way in this scenario?

If you want to get military/veterans discount then you need to produce ID to prove that you are currently serving or used to serve, just saying "I'm a war vet" doesn't actually prove anything.

I don't think OP asked first

#30, my father was a Green Beret. He has a coin on him that has symbols on it that show where he was stationed and his rank. My mom has one too. Ironically, my dad recruited my mom. ^^

That sounds much cooler than pulling out my license.

Okay so I was close lol, not a card but a coin. Pretty cool that your dad recruited your mom in the first place hah

There's also military ID; that's how service members that are younger than 21 can still drink. But yes, the rank is on the coin, and my dad said that if a veteran has a higher ranked coin than the other, they can make the other guy do 20 push-ups.

Military ID's do not give you the legal right to drink under 21. where'd you hear that non-sense? On base, or off, you can't legally drink under 21. And a coin is not recognized as proof of service. DD-214, or current Military Id's only.

Or a VA card. My husband has a photo ID from the VA that he uses when places require proof of service for their veterans discounts, which isn't many, most trust you and give it without proof. He also uses it for medical purposes (service related disability) or his general ID. He's weird. If he was at a place that advertised a military discount and they denied him, basically saying he didn't serve, and didn't A. advertise 'with valid ID or B. request said ID, he'd get a manager. Not punch someone but get it taken care of correctly. On a side note, this reminds me of Buzz Aldrin punching that reporter for saying he was never on the moon.

Yeah dd214 or va id unless you retired normally or medically. Many places don't require proof though.

@97 you can drink under 21 if your CO is awesome, your command hasn't had many ARI's, and you're in a foreign country that allows drinking before 21. No you cat drink under 21 in the US anymore sadly but whatever. These kids are going off to catch a bullet it's obviously too much to ask to let them have a beer.

@197, I agree with you. If you're serving your country and risking your life you should be allowed to drink under age 21. Just my opinion.

When you want to claim discounts, you usually have to show something and it doesn't seem like the guy actually showed id or anything to prove he actually served in the military

My guess is the customer didn't have any proof that he was a veteran, if in fact he was. Chances are if he had proof and was entitled to the discount there wouldn't have been any problems. Maybe he wasn't a veteran, maybe that particular shop doesn't offer the discount to veterans, none of us know. But in any case, OP didn't deserve to be assaulted over a donut

What does entitled mean in this situation? Are stores in USA forced to give discounts to army veterans? Are they subsidized in some way for this?

Places that offer veterans discounts do so out of their own pockets of I'm not mistaken. Most of them don't require id of any kind because most people don't try to lie about it.

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Ironic how the guy who wanted a discount got discounted.

Same price at DD in akron, ohio