How to Treat an American Veteran

Hello my dear friends. I often talk to you about how people, especially those in the "service" industry suck. People are so rude and disrespectful these days that it often takes a really big act of ignorance, a special kind of stupid, to shock me. Well, my friends, hold on to your hats. I recently came across several stories that outline just how awful people can be and they all involved disabled American Veterans!
#1 Staff Sgt. Chad Staples, an Army Ranger who was left paralyzed when he took a bullet protecting a fellow soldier during his second tour in Iraq, was staying at a Texas Best Western. The elevator was out of service so he called the front desk asking for assistance to get down from the 3rd floor. The wheelchair bound Veteran says the front desk clerk, Holly Oyerbides, mocked his disability, laughing and saying "are you kidding"? He was forced to crawl down the stairs! Best Western apologized and refunded his money for his stay. Big freaking deal, right? The "clerk" was not fired. Best Western sucks.
#2 Disabled Army Veteran Jim Stanek was trapped in a nightmare 3 day delay at Dullus International Airport. Stanek suffered a Traumatic Brian Injury during his third tour in Iraq and also suffers from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Stanek, who was travelling with his service dog, says American Airlines staff KICKED his dog, not once but TWICE! Are you kidding me! Then, when Stanek approached the "Service Desk" to request a hotel voucher, the clerk allegedly said, "are you retarded, get back in line". Charming.
#3 It was recently discovered that WWII Veteran Lawrence Davis Jr., was buried by the Florida National Cemetery, in a cardboard box. It seems Mr. Lawrence had no family to see him off so they buried him in the box his remains were sent to the cemetery in. A cardboard box! Such respect! The cemetery claims that they performed a special service before the burial so that did constitute a "dignified burial". I respectfully disagree.
These are just three instances I came across this week. How many hundreds of other examples are out there? Being rude or disrespectful to anyone is wrong. If the person you're disrespecting is disabled, you're a douchebag. If the person you feel justified in mocking is a disabled American Veteran, a person who's disability came while defending our Country, you are sub-human. Companies that tolerate sub-human employees clearly don't care about you, the consumer. If they can treat disabled people that way, what can you expect for yourself? Just something to keep in mind when you're planning to spend your hard earned cash!
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