Retail life: Customer Service problems

O la. So the other day I was at work doing the cash registers ringing people up & I noticed a military person waiting in line. I think it was a person from the military because she was dressed in a one piece camo outfit.  I couldn't help notice that she waited in line with everyone else (because I was the only one open) and nobody seemed to noticed. Then the line started to move & she was next. I said hello and asked if she found everything, which she did. So I finished ringing her up & said nothing else & continued to work. Usually in these sorts of situations you would treat them differently then everyone else because they are the military & fight for freedom & blah blah blah. Usually the case but I treated her respectfully & as an equal. I remember reading an article about an airliner who processed army men (which they did not know they were) & the media threw a hissy fit over it & were forced to apologize. I applaud that airliner for treating them like everyone else. EQUALLY. It's all I ever here know is "Equality" Um did equality originally mean giving women the right to vote? Because if so someone should tell the media. I am glad I didn't get screamed at by some right winger on treating this costumer as an equal. I try to treat people with respect & it blows up in my face. I can't win.  R-E-S-P-E-C-T find out what that means to me cause I don't know anymore.