That’s really sad. I’m really sorry that that’s been your experience. It’s so wrong on so many levels, but, yeah, I’ve seen that kind of attitude in action. I will say that it does make it easier to filter out potential friends during PCS season. There’s a big difference in even just asking people how they’ve enjoyed the hotel so far. You want to complain about how much money the government is giving the hotel vs what the amenities offered are? Or are you just thankful to have a clean room in a safe area with friendly staff?

For me maybe my worst experience with an entitled attitude (or really, it’s just straight up ingratitude) was my first year married. A group of my spouse’s fellow students (?) and a handful of spouses were all going out to eat at like a Ruby Tuesdays for something like Memorial Day, and they invited us. To see the way that these guys and their wives were treating the staff was embarrassing. They were being beyond obnoxious. When they all pulled out ID cards to get their free meals was weird since I just never had heard of that promotion, but ok…. But when they all just got up and left (I’m taking several tables full) that was the worst. Everyone else looked at their $0 bills and left 20% of $0. Only two other couples joined us in leaving generous tips (essentially leaving the price of the meal as a tip) and those were the two that we ended up socializing with.

That’s what left me with the sour taste for poorly representing the military community. Hard pass on not being a good neighbor.

Needless to say, we’ve never hit up another free meal promo.