This is NOT OK !!!!
Gold Meritorious Patron
What particularly pissed me off was seeing all the SO members at Flag on post with Patron pins! Some of these guys have been in the SO their entire adult lives and give whatever they've received from their parents and families too. Furthermore, some of these SO members did have jobs prior to joining staff and when they turn 65 or whatever start getting some social security - guess where that goes?
So there I am trying to get through some course or another that I paid for with money I don't have and it's a total "in your face" invalidation - "what, I'm in the SO and am a Patron and you're not on staff and you can't make it go right to be one too?"
That kind of feeling - so each time you're at Flag you spend hour after hour getting regged for more and more for the IAS until you just say "funk it" and let them wack your credit card to the max and at least you don't have to confront it (and your spouse) anymore until the bill arrives in 30-45 days!
So there I am trying to get through some course or another that I paid for with money I don't have and it's a total "in your face" invalidation - "what, I'm in the SO and am a Patron and you're not on staff and you can't make it go right to be one too?"
That kind of feeling - so each time you're at Flag you spend hour after hour getting regged for more and more for the IAS until you just say "funk it" and let them wack your credit card to the max and at least you don't have to confront it (and your spouse) anymore until the bill arrives in 30-45 days!