• MrJameGumb@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    I had a similar issue at my job a few years ago. They started marking all the accounts with military discounts and told us we had to thank them for their service whenever they called in.

    I would never do it and my supervisor asked me about it one day. He was ex military and didn’t seem to understand what the issue was. I told him my father and my uncle both served in the military because they wanted to serve their country, not so that some poor schmuck would be forced to bend over and kiss their asses every time they wanted to check their balance.

    No one ever asked me about it again and the program was discontinued 2 weeks later lol

    • Sterile_Technique@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      4 months ago

      Speaking as a veteran (US), it’s always awkward to be on the receiving end of our weird-ass military worship culture.

      Like, if you want to support the troops, then vote some cash over to the VA so they can afford to replace those sketchy fucking elevators… don’t just stare at me like you’re ready to suck my dick every time I try to buy some lunch from your business; I already feel like a weasel for taking that 10% discount, but I’m too broke to let shame get in the way of that.

      But yeah, people feeling obligated to thank us, via cultural norms or employment mandates (yikes), kinda goes against the whole freedom shtick anyway.

      So, thank YOU for pushing back against that BS.

      • Serinus@lemmy.world
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        4 months ago

        There’s a little of each that’s appropriate. Of course people have issues with anything that isn’t black and white. The worship has gotten to be a bit much, but we don’t want to go back to the way people handled it during/after Vietnam either.

        But corporate mandates certainly ain’t it. It’s not respect if I’m forced to say it in a customer service role. It’s kind of the opposite.