I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry when I read my receipt from Taco Bell the other day.
Senior discount? Me?
I didn’t ask for a senior discount. Well, heck, I’m not even close to being of legal age to request a senior discount. And shouldn’t they “card” for that anyway? To think that the young Hispanic fellow at the drive-thru window just looked at me and assumed…
I recommend they begin a policy to “card hard” when they suspect a customer might not be of the right age to qualify for that kind of savings…
Mother Goose Smiles 
Jun 01, 2013 @ 07:10:35
It is bittersweet, Natalie – even when (clearing throat) someone is of the age to receive said discount….
Jun 01, 2013 @ 10:59:44
Dianna, but of course you are AGES away from qualifying for that discount! You are about 39, right?
Jun 01, 2013 @ 07:27:54
I’d smile and take the discount.
Jun 01, 2013 @ 11:01:43
I took it and smiled because that’s just what this goose does. I actually laughed because he was looking at me with such an oddly compassionate face as he handed me the receipt…
Jun 01, 2013 @ 07:41:54
Fun post. Snorted milk out my nose. 🙂
Jun 01, 2013 @ 11:02:50
Oh Jeff, you’re so comical! Of course, you look so young — you’ll never get an automatic senior discount.
Jun 01, 2013 @ 07:54:13
I understand how you feel. When I turned 35, my now ex-husband signed me up for AARP as a joke. I’ve been junk-mail-stalked ever since.
However, my Mom loves being, “legal.” She was never a negotiator or haggler in any way. But when she became a senior, it was as if the gov’t officially endowed her with discount superpowers…lol. As a cashier rings her up, she’ll brightly call out, “senior discount.” If they say they don’t have one or it’s on a different day, she quietly and sadly says, “oh” and makes those big sad eyes that little kids do. Then the cashier feels like the meanest person ever, and gives her a discount.
Jun 01, 2013 @ 11:04:09
Gina, your mom has a GREAT perspective! I think I will adopt it just to see how much I start saving. BTW, I wonder how old you have to be to actually qualify? What if they DO card me? 😀
Jun 01, 2013 @ 12:17:46
hmm..I don’t know the qualifying age. But it’s a win-win. You either get a discount or you get carded which means- they refuse to believe that someone with your youthful appearance could possibly be a senior 🙂
Jun 01, 2013 @ 20:45:26
Well said !!
Jun 02, 2013 @ 23:03:57
I got really nasty to a sales person one time for making this mistake…to this day I’m embarrassed about my reaction. But it came as such a shock!! LOL! I completely understand, Mother Goose. That was a nice savings, though. Hahaha!