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http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jan/22/female-veteran-receives-nasty-note-after-parking-i/
A female veteran in North Carolina is outraged after she says a nasty note was left on her car when she parked in a space reserved for military members.
Mary Claire Caine, who served in the U.S. Air Force and toured in Kuwait, says she was shocked to approach her car after a shopping trip at a Wilmington Harris Teeter on Friday to see a note written in black Sharpie taped to her windshield, a local NBC affiliate reported.
“Maybe [you] can’t read the sign you parked in front of. This space is reserved for those who fought for America…not you. Thanks, Wounded Vet,” the note said.
Ms. Caine said the first thing she felt was confusion.
“For a split-second I thought, ‘Am I a worthy enough veteran to park in this spot?’ And, then I got very angry at myself for even considering that,” she recalled.
Ms. Caine believes that since she doesn’t fit the stereotype of a rugged soldier, some people may be too quick to jump to conclusions about her.
“I think they took one look at me when I got out of my car and saw that I was a woman and assumed I wasn’t a veteran and assumed I hadn’t served my country,” she told the NBC affiliate. “They have this image of what today’s American veteran is and honestly if you’ve served in the United States military, you know that veterans come in all shapes and sizes. I question whether the person who left the note was fully aware of that.”
Ms. Caine knows it’s unlikely she’ll ever find the note’s author but hopes her experience will teach a lesson to others who are too quick to judge.
“I want them to know they owe me and every other female service member who’s fighting now and who’s fought in the past, an apology for jumping to conclusions,” she told the station. “It’s true what the soldiers missing in action slogan is: ‘All gave some and some gave all.’ And, I think that’s very important that sacrifice is sacrifice and I earned the title as a veteran and I’m proud of that.”
I've been wondering about this lately, ever since eating at Mission BBQ and having them ask me if I was a veteran. The last time I was in, they asked me, and I said yes. Then I said, "let me ask you a question. Do you ever ask women if they are veterans?"
There was some hemming and hawing, and finally the young lady said "I don't know." In other words, no one had told her to ask. I told her I'd ask the owner about it the next time I was in. Trust me, I will do that.
A female veteran in North Carolina is outraged after she says a nasty note was left on her car when she parked in a space reserved for military members.
Mary Claire Caine, who served in the U.S. Air Force and toured in Kuwait, says she was shocked to approach her car after a shopping trip at a Wilmington Harris Teeter on Friday to see a note written in black Sharpie taped to her windshield, a local NBC affiliate reported.
“Maybe [you] can’t read the sign you parked in front of. This space is reserved for those who fought for America…not you. Thanks, Wounded Vet,” the note said.
Ms. Caine said the first thing she felt was confusion.
“For a split-second I thought, ‘Am I a worthy enough veteran to park in this spot?’ And, then I got very angry at myself for even considering that,” she recalled.
Ms. Caine believes that since she doesn’t fit the stereotype of a rugged soldier, some people may be too quick to jump to conclusions about her.
“I think they took one look at me when I got out of my car and saw that I was a woman and assumed I wasn’t a veteran and assumed I hadn’t served my country,” she told the NBC affiliate. “They have this image of what today’s American veteran is and honestly if you’ve served in the United States military, you know that veterans come in all shapes and sizes. I question whether the person who left the note was fully aware of that.”
Ms. Caine knows it’s unlikely she’ll ever find the note’s author but hopes her experience will teach a lesson to others who are too quick to judge.
“I want them to know they owe me and every other female service member who’s fighting now and who’s fought in the past, an apology for jumping to conclusions,” she told the station. “It’s true what the soldiers missing in action slogan is: ‘All gave some and some gave all.’ And, I think that’s very important that sacrifice is sacrifice and I earned the title as a veteran and I’m proud of that.”
I've been wondering about this lately, ever since eating at Mission BBQ and having them ask me if I was a veteran. The last time I was in, they asked me, and I said yes. Then I said, "let me ask you a question. Do you ever ask women if they are veterans?"
There was some hemming and hawing, and finally the young lady said "I don't know." In other words, no one had told her to ask. I told her I'd ask the owner about it the next time I was in. Trust me, I will do that.
Gets even bigger when I tell them mom outranked dad 
