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Originally Posted by Sliver
Also, there are people that serve with tremendous courage, valour and selflessness, but they are placed on the same pedestal as the mail clerk that gave people their care packages at a base in San Diego. Thanking every soldier is a hollow gesture and reminiscent of a participation award.
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I served in the Canadian Forces from 1998-2002. I was in the Reserves while I was a university student. For me, it was a part-time job (one night a week, one weekend a month, and two months during the summer) to help pay for my education and maybe earn a bit of beer money. I was never deployed to an overseas combat zone. My time in the military wasn't
entirely without risk of injury or death, but it was no more dangerous than any other job that involves working around heavy machinery.
I'm proud of the time I spend in the Forces and the excellent training I received as a young man that played a significant part in shaping the person I am today. I still include it on my resume nearly two decades later. But there are some people who, upon learning of this part-time job I had ~20 years ago, get completely
weird about it, making a big showy display of shaking my hand and thanking me for my service. I find it super creepy and off-putting.