Oh HELL No! (Senior Discount)
Feb. 13th, 2023 07:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
canyonwalkerSo this just happened today:
I got a senior discount on my lunch!
Even before getting the receipt I knew something weird was happening. The combo I ordered is clearly priced at $12.99 plus tax on the menu. When the cashier announced, "That'll be $12.77" I figured he'd entered the wrong thing and asked him to confirm.
"I gave you a discount," he said with a smile.
I scrutinized the receipt and saw that it was marked "Senior Discount". Ironically I had to take a picture with my phone and enlarge it to read the print. 😂 ...But not because my eyes are bad! I swear it's because the receipt printer is only semi-legible on the left side. (The photo does bear this out....) 🤣
Some people get really offended when given a senior discount they're too young for. They take it personally, as a jab at their age and appearance. That thought occurred to me, too, for a split second. Pretty much every day there's some little moment that reminds me I'm getting older and am not as spry, energetic, or free of little aches and pains as I was when I was younger. Plus, it was just over 10 years ago now that AARP started inviting me to join. 😳
I'm choosing not to take this as a jab against my appearance— I know I don't look that old!— but as a fast food employee doing me a small favor after I greeted him politely as I stepped up to the counter to place my order.
What's that old saying? Kindness costs nothing. Well sometimes it's even better than that. Today kindness saved me 10%! 🤣
I got a senior discount on my lunch!
Even before getting the receipt I knew something weird was happening. The combo I ordered is clearly priced at $12.99 plus tax on the menu. When the cashier announced, "That'll be $12.77" I figured he'd entered the wrong thing and asked him to confirm.
"I gave you a discount," he said with a smile.
I scrutinized the receipt and saw that it was marked "Senior Discount". Ironically I had to take a picture with my phone and enlarge it to read the print. 😂 ...But not because my eyes are bad! I swear it's because the receipt printer is only semi-legible on the left side. (The photo does bear this out....) 🤣
Some people get really offended when given a senior discount they're too young for. They take it personally, as a jab at their age and appearance. That thought occurred to me, too, for a split second. Pretty much every day there's some little moment that reminds me I'm getting older and am not as spry, energetic, or free of little aches and pains as I was when I was younger. Plus, it was just over 10 years ago now that AARP started inviting me to join. 😳
I'm choosing not to take this as a jab against my appearance— I know I don't look that old!— but as a fast food employee doing me a small favor after I greeted him politely as I stepped up to the counter to place my order.
What's that old saying? Kindness costs nothing. Well sometimes it's even better than that. Today kindness saved me 10%! 🤣
