OK, please, if I am being too uptight about this, let me know (with decency please). A family friend called me up from a well known DIY supply store, for lack of better generic description. They are notorious for always trying to get over on the system, The Man, other people, etc. Cheapskate to the max, well beyond the point of being considered thrifty. All that being said, she called me today telling me that she wanted to use my veterans discount on some cans of paint.

She told me all that I needed to do to FOR HER was to take a picture of my VA ID, message it to her at which time she would attempt to convince the clerk that it is HER ID but she forgot it at home so she had her bf text it to her. Let me say that I am 10 years her senior and we look nothing alike. Not only did I shut her down with an emphatic "no" but I lit her up with the following, "you need to think of fact that those discounts are for the brave men and women who were willing to give their lives so that people like you can be free to get up in the morning and decide to swindle the 18 year old sales clerk at (insert store) for a 10% discount on some paint."

I went on to pose this question," were you planning on buying paint today when you got $40.00 for gas yesterday from me? Since it is obvious you only care about saving money when it is out of your own pocket but you'll settle for nothing less than the best if I am paying you need not have to worry about being insulted by my thrifty gifts to you and your kids." Once my voice started to raise a bit she doubled down with her level of entitlement. So I hung up and sent her a link about Stolen Valor. She accused me of taking things too seriously. Thoughts????