Well it had to happen sometime I guess. I remember when I used to get into the Bars without being asked for identification. In the day when you had to be 21 to go to the Bars and 18 to see a Restricted Movie. Then when I was old enough that was when they asked me for ID. I was always annoyed that they asked me then, Hey, I am old enough. Then a few years later no asked anymore, I started to feel left out and lonely. LOL
Today I was in Zellers at Mic Mac Mall in Dartmouth getting a few bits and was automatically given the Seniors Discount without being asked for Proof of Age.
I have in the past told various fibs about being older; so I could get discounts on Meals, Price of Admission to Movies and Seniors Appreciation Days where you get an extra 10% off the price of merchandise.
Why is it when we can get things cheaper. We tell the young clerks at the cash registers that we are older. As if they are ever going to ask us to prove our actual age with some ID.
I remember all my 20 something Teachers when I was a lot younger. That they all looked really old to me then. So it must be the same thing to the Teenagers on cash when I arrive to buy something now a days. Here's comes a really old Geezer, better give him the discount before he complains or has a stroke.
Then when someone asks you your age, we also lie and we automatically say 39 again. LOL.
My Mom always said. "The Secret of looking younger is always hang out with older people."
So if any of you want to hang out. There is a guarantee you will look younger. :)) I have the Seniors Discount to prove it.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Seniors Discount- without even asking for it.
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Well at least u have senior discounts there dear! Here my mum and dad still have to pay full price for most things!
aww old tarf...my dad (who went bald at 22) used to say...i'd rather look old than dead...
he was right...dead didn't do him well...
And if you want to look thinner ...
I suppose the guy wants the money out of you before you croak - hence the rush.
But here !!!
The government are pushing to get ID cards through. The people don't want it.
Our slithery Government have taken to instructing local councils to come down hard on the selling of intoxicants, knives, porn and solvents to minors. They do spot checks on supermarkets etc on pain of fines for not checking ID at the checkout.
Checkout people are told to ask ID of everyone now - even 90-year-olds.
The result is that everyone is going to WANT ID cards to avoid all this buggeration.
A work of genious on behalf of this mendacious and controlling political class.
Oh. There is also the issue of taxing us higher than they need to thus forcing us to apply for our own money back in the form of tax credits. This does a number of things:
- forces us to provide personal details
- effectively makes us ALL employees of the state at risk of losing money if we don't comply or be grateful enough to our political masters.
BASTARDS.
We must Skype again soon, OT.
No-one ever asks me for proof of age anymore when I buy alcohol. A friend of mine was asked relatively recently and it really made her day. But perhaps it was just one of those spot checks that E-K mentioned and the cashier didn't think she looked under 21 at all. But I won't tell her that. She lost years at the cash desk that day and has been bouncing around ever since.
I always fancy one of those senior citizen meal deals - the portions are really large at our local.
One of my nurse friends loves to use her senior discount, while her husband stubbornly refuses.
Funny enough...he has the grey hair and she colors hers blond. Everybody assumes he is old, and she is too young.
I wish it was a bigger dollar amount for them though, because they really live on pennies those seniors. Poor things.
:)
Sabrina- we are lucky that way. It is another way for us to part with our money.
Daisy-he was a smart fellow by the sounds of things and had a very good sense of humour.
Ek- just email a time and preso it is done.
RB- Seniors portions are not al what they are cracked up to be.
Sweet Cheeks-It is true stuff gets more expensive and it does in deed get more difficult to live on a modest income.
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