Veterans Thank You Essay
“Because of you I am able to live freely. Yet I do not know you. But there you stand ready to fight. And their you are prepared to die for me, (Tanabe). Veterans people who risk their lives for people they don’t even now. Usually when we see a veteran we thank them for their service. These Americans Veterans risk their lives and it's a natural instinct to say thank you, but to some it’s no problems, and when someone says thank you to a vet they are reminding them of the good and bad times when they served.
Walking up to a veteran and saying thankyou is a natural instinct, but is it no problem to the veterans you say it to. To start off, “I thanked him for his service. “No problem” he said.”(Garth) Mr.Garth a retired marine was thanked but he said it was no problem- what gives. It is something that many veterans call “thank you for your service phenomenon”, (Freedman). These veterans find it their duty to serve and the people thanking them of no idea what they do over there. They possibly are killing people and we are thanking them for that. Furthermore, when saying thank you do the people saying it really mean it. Veterans hear that many of times daily and it starts to get boring. It’s the same old thing over and over that's why some veterans say no problem because they are ignoring you because it becomes bland. They …show more content…
Whenever seeing an ‘old’ veteran with a Vietnam War or World War ll you say thank you because they are why we are here today. Without veterans over seas fighting we won't have the freedom we have today. Therefore seeing them we must thank them. Additionally, the down side of thanking them is we don’t think of the other side of saying thank you. If a Veteran has seen many lives die he/she doesn’t want to be reminded about that- and saying thanks does that most of the times. To conclude, saying thanks to a Veteran is a natural
Walking up to a veteran and saying thankyou is a natural instinct, but is it no problem to the veterans you say it to. To start off, “I thanked him for his service. “No problem” he said.”(Garth) Mr.Garth a retired marine was thanked but he said it was no problem- what gives. It is something that many veterans call “thank you for your service phenomenon”, (Freedman). These veterans find it their duty to serve and the people thanking them of no idea what they do over there. They possibly are killing people and we are thanking them for that. Furthermore, when saying thank you do the people saying it really mean it. Veterans hear that many of times daily and it starts to get boring. It’s the same old thing over and over that's why some veterans say no problem because they are ignoring you because it becomes bland. They …show more content…
Whenever seeing an ‘old’ veteran with a Vietnam War or World War ll you say thank you because they are why we are here today. Without veterans over seas fighting we won't have the freedom we have today. Therefore seeing them we must thank them. Additionally, the down side of thanking them is we don’t think of the other side of saying thank you. If a Veteran has seen many lives die he/she doesn’t want to be reminded about that- and saying thanks does that most of the times. To conclude, saying thanks to a Veteran is a natural