A few days ago, apparently a military impersonator was arrested at Chili's. My mom saw him a few months ago in a booth eating alone.

A few months later, BAM! there he is again.  He wore an army uniform, but it didn't have a name on it. People would buy his food for him, say "thanks for your service", stuff like that.

That guy earned himself a shiny new felony.

Wearing a military uniform in public is a felony? I know impersonating a police officer is, but I don't see the harm in dressing as a military member.

Dick move, absolutely. But I don't think it needs to be a felony.

Wearing a military uniform in public is a felony? I know impersonating a police officer is, but I don't see the harm in dressing as a military member.

Dick move, absolutely. But I don't think it needs to be a felony.

B-BUT MUH HONOR AND SERVICE

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Wearing a military uniform in public is a felony? I know impersonating a police officer is, but I don't see the harm in dressing as a military member.

Dick move, absolutely. But I don't think it needs to be a felony.

B-BUT MUH HONOR AND SERVICE

lol

I hate it so much when people call it a service. It is a job, one that those people all willingly sign up for.

yeah i know, i hate it when someone "serves" me dinner at a restaurant, they should just job my dinner instead

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Quote from: Mad Max on November 18, 2014, 10:02:57 PM

Wearing a military uniform in public is a felony? I know impersonating a police officer is, but I don't see the harm in dressing as a military member.

Dick move, absolutely. But I don't think it needs to be a felony.

Impersonating an officer in uniform is worse. But its only illegal if you are wearing insignias or trying to use that status to get on a base or something like that.

In this case, he got free food.

Better lock him up for getting free food under false pretenses. We'd better lock up all those "homeless" and "disabled" people who beg for money, then hop into their car at the end of the day and drive home, too.

You just sound negative all the time.

I actually kind of feel bad...

I actually kind of feel bad...

Why?

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Quote from: Mad Max on November 18, 2014, 10:02:57 PM

Wearing a military uniform in public is a felony? I know impersonating a police officer is, but I don't see the harm in dressing as a military member.

Dick move, absolutely. But I don't think it needs to be a felony.

Impersonating an officer in uniform is worse. But its only illegal if you are wearing insignias or trying to use that status to get on a base or something like that.

In this case, he got free food.

Better lock him up for getting free food under false pretenses. We'd better lock up all those "homeless" and "disabled" people who beg for money, then hop into their car at the end of the day and drive home, too.

You just sound negative all the time.

Because this is stupid shit to get arrested for. He didn't infringe upon anyone's rights or well-being. He didn't steal anything. He didn't hurt anyone. I don't see why it's a problem.

So you would be ok with someone ripping you off for free food when they didn't need the money?
You thought you did a good deed, and it turns out that it was a ruse? This is like being a con man.

Except the people who bought him food did it under their own power, presumably with no pressure from faux-military dude. If having someone buy you a cheeseburger without you saying anything to them is a con...I don't even know...

He deserved being arrested, he was impersonating a serviceman so people would pay for his food. You know how con men like to work, right? Trapping people and getting them to pay for something themselves. Doesn't matter if they paid its still a con.

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Quote from: Mad Max on November 18, 2014, 10:02:57 PM

Wearing a military uniform in public is a felony? I know impersonating a police officer is, but I don't see the harm in dressing as a military member.

Dick move, absolutely. But I don't think it needs to be a felony.

Impersonating an officer in uniform is worse. But its only illegal if you are wearing insignias or trying to use that status to get on a base or something like that.

In this case, he got free food.

Better lock him up for getting free food under false pretenses. We'd better lock up all those "homeless" and "disabled" people who beg for money, then hop into their car at the end of the day and drive home, too.

You just sound negative all the time.

Because this is stupid shit to get arrested for. He didn't infringe upon anyone's rights or well-being. He didn't steal anything. He didn't hurt anyone. I don't see why it's a problem.

So you would be ok with someone ripping you off for free food when they didn't need the money?
You thought you did a good deed, and it turns out that it was a ruse? This is like being a con man.

Except the people who bought him food did it under their own power, presumably with no pressure from faux-military dude. If having someone buy you a cheeseburger without you saying anything to them is a con...I don't even know...

He deserved being arrested, he was impersonating a serviceman so people would pay for his food. You know how con men like to work, right? Trapping people and getting them to pay for something themselves. Doesn't matter if they paid its still a con.

How was this trapping someone to do something for him, though? He was sitting in a booth, and people bought him food...

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Wearing a military uniform in public is a felony? I know impersonating a police officer is, but I don't see the harm in dressing as a military member.

Dick move, absolutely. But I don't think it needs to be a felony.

Impersonating an officer in uniform is worse. But its only illegal if you are wearing insignias or trying to use that status to get on a base or something like that.

In this case, he got free food.

Better lock him up for getting free food under false pretenses. We'd better lock up all those "homeless" and "disabled" people who beg for money, then hop into their car at the end of the day and drive home, too.

You just sound negative all the time.

Because this is stupid shit to get arrested for. He didn't infringe upon anyone's rights or well-being. He didn't steal anything. He didn't hurt anyone. I don't see why it's a problem.

So you would be ok with someone ripping you off for free food when they didn't need the money?
You thought you did a good deed, and it turns out that it was a ruse? This is like being a con man.

Except the people who bought him food did it under their own power, presumably with no pressure from faux-military dude. If having someone buy you a cheeseburger without you saying anything to them is a con...I don't even know...

He deserved being arrested, he was impersonating a serviceman so people would pay for his food. You know how con men like to work, right? Trapping people and getting them to pay for something themselves. Doesn't matter if they paid its still a con.

How was this trapping someone to do something for him, though? He was sitting in a booth, and people bought him food...

You clearly don't understand the concept.

I understand what you're trying to say, but the "con" is still lacking a certain stimulus. He's not pushing people to do something for him. He's not leading them on. He's just sitting in a booth. It's the other people who decide to buy him food.


Now, if he comes into the restaurant all disheveled and telling people he's a needy veteran in order to get free food - that's shitty. Not worthy of arrest, though.


But the OP lacks any news article or anything, and I can't find anything on Google, so it could all be a load of hogwash for all we know.

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Wearing a military uniform in public is a felony? I know impersonating a police officer is, but I don't see the harm in dressing as a military member.

Dick move, absolutely. But I don't think it needs to be a felony.

Impersonating an officer in uniform is worse. But its only illegal if you are wearing insignias or trying to use that status to get on a base or something like that.

In this case, he got free food.

Better lock him up for getting free food under false pretenses. We'd better lock up all those "homeless" and "disabled" people who beg for money, then hop into their car at the end of the day and drive home, too.

You just sound negative all the time.

Because this is stupid shit to get arrested for. He didn't infringe upon anyone's rights or well-being. He didn't steal anything. He didn't hurt anyone. I don't see why it's a problem.

So you would be ok with someone ripping you off for free food when they didn't need the money?
You thought you did a good deed, and it turns out that it was a ruse? This is like being a con man.

Except the people who bought him food did it under their own power, presumably with no pressure from faux-military dude. If having someone buy you a cheeseburger without you saying anything to them is a con...I don't even know...

He deserved being arrested, he was impersonating a serviceman so people would pay for his food. You know how con men like to work, right? Trapping people and getting them to pay for something themselves. Doesn't matter if they paid its still a con.

How was this trapping someone to do something for him, though? He was sitting in a booth, and people bought him food...

You clearly don't understand the concept.

I understand what you're trying to say, but the "con" is still lacking a certain stimulus. He's not pushing people to do something for him. He's not leading them on. He's just sitting in a booth. It's the other people who decide to buy him food.


Now, if he comes into the restaurant all disheveled and telling people he's a needy veteran in order to get free food - that's shitty. Not worthy of arrest, though.

What, does he have to walk in and practically let on that he's ripping people off? Subtly works best and he was getting away with it. Why else would he constantly wear a uniform if not to just get hand outs because it can be expected many people respect servicemen?

Because it's their choice to give him hand outs, under no influence of his own.


And still, I'm not sure how this is worthy of arrest.

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Wearing a military uniform in public is a felony? I know impersonating a police officer is, but I don't see the harm in dressing as a military member.

Dick move, absolutely. But I don't think it needs to be a felony.

Impersonating an officer in uniform is worse. But its only illegal if you are wearing insignias or trying to use that status to get on a base or something like that.

In this case, he got free food.

Better lock him up for getting free food under false pretenses. We'd better lock up all those "homeless" and "disabled" people who beg for money, then hop into their car at the end of the day and drive home, too.

You just sound negative all the time.

Because this is stupid shit to get arrested for. He didn't infringe upon anyone's rights or well-being. He didn't steal anything. He didn't hurt anyone. I don't see why it's a problem.

So you would be ok with someone ripping you off for free food when they didn't need the money?
You thought you did a good deed, and it turns out that it was a ruse? This is like being a con man.

Except the people who bought him food did it under their own power, presumably with no pressure from faux-military dude. If having someone buy you a cheeseburger without you saying anything to them is a con...I don't even know...

He deserved being arrested, he was impersonating a serviceman so people would pay for his food. You know how con men like to work, right? Trapping people and getting them to pay for something themselves. Doesn't matter if they paid its still a con.

How was this trapping someone to do something for him, though? He was sitting in a booth, and people bought him food...

You clearly don't understand the concept.

I understand what you're trying to say, but the "con" is still lacking a certain stimulus. He's not pushing people to do something for him. He's not leading them on. He's just sitting in a booth. It's the other people who decide to buy him food.


Now, if he comes into the restaurant all disheveled and telling people he's a needy veteran in order to get free food - that's shitty. Not worthy of arrest, though.

What, does he have to walk in and practically let on that he's ripping people off? Subtly works best and he was getting away with it. Why else would he constantly wear a uniform if not to just get hand outs because it can be expected many people respect servicemen?

Because it's their choice to give him hand outs, under no influence of his own.

>Still not getting the concept.

K, guess I'm done. I feel like I'm talking to a wall.

Quote from: Rocketman287 on November 19, 2014, 12:35:10 AM

So you would be ok with someone ripping you off for free food when they didn't need the money?
You thought you did a good deed, and it turns out that it was a ruse? This is like being a con man.

He did this for months.

I fail to see why buying food for a military member is a "good deed", but not when buying it for this individual who is not in the military. I have been in the military, I have experience with it, even at a low rank, those people make a fuckton of money. If someone in the military tells you otherwise, it is because they started a family immediately and had a bunch of kids, or they blew all of their money on stupid shit like an overpriced car they did not need. Military members do not need people to buy their food for them. They should be treated just like everyone else, because they are not above anyone else. If you are at a restaurant, and myself and someone else who is in a military uniform are both there eating, why would you be more inclined to pay for that person's meal? Them wearing their uniform to a place like that is pretty shitty in the first place, because they have plenty of time to go home and change but are expecting that kind of treatment, yet people have no problem with that?

It's a nice thing to do. Also, they are doing something that could be potentially dangerous if they get deployed, or already are deployed. How is paying for someone's meal NOT a good deed? Unless of course you poisoned their food or something.......

Quote from: aTALLmidget on November 19, 2014, 12:47:33 AM

Why else would he constantly wear a uniform if not to just get hand outs because it can be expected many people respect servicemen?

This just... this makes me laugh. Why else would someone who is actually in the military wear their uniform to a place like that? For the same damn reason, because they think everyone has to respect them and they know idiots will pay for their food.

I doubt you laughed, and I don't view people paying for servicemen's food as idiots. They do it out of respect. Who cares how much they're paid, its a kind deed either way. If you think that's stupid then all I get is that you're a negative person with a negative attitude.

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Why else would he constantly wear a uniform if not to just get hand outs because it can be expected many people respect servicemen?

This just... this makes me laugh. Why else would someone who is actually in the military wear their uniform to a place like that? For the same damn reason, because they think everyone has to respect them and they know idiots will pay for their food.

I doubt you laughed, and I don't view people paying for servicemen's food as idiots. They do it out of respect. Who cares how much they're paid, its a kind deed either way. If you think that's stupid then all I get is that you're a negative person with a negative attitude.

You are the one being negative. You keep talking about respect and how paying for the meal is a kind deed, yet you guys keep shitting all over this person, just because people were respecting him and doing a kind deed by paying for his meal. If they only gave him respect because they thought he was in the military, then that is a problem with our society. Military members do not just deserve respect because of their job. They can earn respect like every other person. A lot of people in the military are total cunt bags. People treating military members (not service members, it is not a service) like they are above everyone else is so fucking backwards. They are not above anyone, and do not just immediately deserve respect for literally no reason. I respect the person, not their job.

LOL, way to turn this around. The reason we're shitting on this guy is because he's using a ploy to get free food from people by being dishonest. Do you not fucking understand that, like Mad Max doesn't seem to? Sure, there are dirt bags in the military, but out of my own personal experience most that I've met have been more deserving of respect than some stupid random stranger. Just by that, most service people have already earned my respect, but non military still have to earn it and (usually) suck at doing that.