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Whack 'em with with your cane, first.Bob78164 wrote:I took Sparky to see a movie last night. After returning home I was preparing to toss my ticket into the recycling when I noticed something. They'd charged me the senior rate! I had half a mind to drive back to the theater and demand that they accept the full price. --Bob
Spock, I have you one better. When I was 33 and actively flying model rockets, I got two pieces of junk mail the same day. One was from AARP wanting me to join; the other was from the "Junior Modelers Club" to join their group, designed for "modelers under the age of 12."Spock wrote:I have been getting some AARP crap for a little while now(Age 47)-It goes right in the garbage-I will never join a group that thinks I am old and continually sends me crap that reminds me of advancing years at AGE 47.
We rarely find ourselves in these situations because we never pay for movies and almost all the restaurants we go to we use different coupons and vouchers, and they won't let you tack a senior discount on top of the twofer.Bob78164 wrote:I took Sparky to see a movie last night. After returning home I was preparing to toss my ticket into the recycling when I noticed something. They'd charged me the senior rate! I had half a mind to drive back to the theater and demand that they accept the full price. --Bob
Neither would I. If I were, in fact, old enough to be eligible for them. BUT I'M NOT! --Boblilclyde54 wrote:I don't go looking for those deals but if they pop up in front of me, I have no qualms about taking advantage of them. If I ever make it to retirement, I might be more frugal and actively seek them out.
If it makes you feel any better, some merchants use "senior" or "student" discounts as a way to give a general discount that they otherwise wouldn't have been allowed to give. Back when I was in my 20s but still obviously out of school, I had a "student discount" card at a local theater that I went to a lot. When the card expired, the manager would issue me another one so I could continue to get the discount because I went there a lot (they didn't have any type of formal loyalty program). His words were something like "you look like a student to me."Bob78164 wrote:Neither would I. If I were, in fact, old enough to be eligible for them. BUT I'M NOT! --Boblilclyde54 wrote:I don't go looking for those deals but if they pop up in front of me, I have no qualms about taking advantage of them. If I ever make it to retirement, I might be more frugal and actively seek them out.
Spock wrote:I have been getting some AARP crap for a little while now(Age 47)-It goes right in the garbage-I will never join a group that thinks I am old and continually sends me crap that reminds me of advancing years at AGE 47.
This was just the kid who was working the concession stand. --Bobsilverscreenselect wrote:If it makes you feel any better, some merchants use "senior" or "student" discounts as a way to give a general discount that they otherwise wouldn't have been allowed to give. Back when I was in my 20s but still obviously out of school, I had a "student discount" card at a local theater that I went to a lot. When the card expired, the manager would issue me another one so I could continue to get the discount because I went there a lot (they didn't have any type of formal loyalty program). His words were something like "you look like a student to me."Bob78164 wrote:Neither would I. If I were, in fact, old enough to be eligible for them. BUT I'M NOT! --Boblilclyde54 wrote:I don't go looking for those deals but if they pop up in front of me, I have no qualms about taking advantage of them. If I ever make it to retirement, I might be more frugal and actively seek them out.
A theater or a restaurant often can't arbitrarily knock a couple of bucks off the cost of something but they often can accomplish the same purpose by ringing it up at a senior or student price.