A veteran who found a note on her windshield saying she should “learn to read & have some respect” after she parked in a designated veteran’s spot, has received a handwritten apology letter.
The initial note blasted Rebecca Landis Hayes, who then posted it on Facebook with a reply saying she served 8 years in the U.S. Navy. “I’m sorry that your narrow misogynistic world view can’t conceive of the fact that there are female Veterans. I’m sorry that I have to explain myself to people like you,” Hayes wrote at the time. The post amassed tens of thousands of shares.
Hayes, a Charlotte, N.C., resident, said she received the letter in the mail from the reticent shamer, titled: “To the lady whose car I left a note on.”
The unnamed person who sent the apology, wrote “I immediately felt horrible about a situation—where I assumed I was standing up for someone.”
The person explained that they “happened to come across your post on Facebook ... I would like to apologize to you.”
