It is fashionable to despise the TGI Friday's location in New York City's Union Square. The reasons for doing so are usually some blend of self-serving pretension based on the chain's food selection, its perceived Midwesternness (TGI Friday's is headquartered in Texas) or one's own coastal elitism.

But loathing the Union Square TGI Friday's for cultural reasons is childish. There is a whole legitimate reason to detest the establishment. TGI Friday's in Union Square doesn't support the troops.

Attention, veterans: In celebration of your service to our country and the hardships you face both in times of peace and of war, please enjoy a free app! And a complimentary soda. Your nation salutes you.