JDgreen227
Super Member
I\'m not THAT old....yet
Tuesday morning, I headed out on a mission to visit the local big box home center stores, and stop at several thrift shops to stock up on paperback books, or whatever else was a good buy.
At the third place, I found a brand new, never-been-taken-out-of-the-box two foot long, halogen three bulb light. A perfect item for my new computer desk hutch, and a steal at the marked price of $5.05. I grabbed it off the shelf, made sure the box had not been tampered with, and scurried to the cash register desk.
The 20 year old young lady operating the register looked at me, then rang the light up for $3.95 with tax. Wondering if there was a special sale going on, I asked why the item didn't cost the marked price plus tax...pointing to a hand lettered sign taped to the register, she replied: "Sir, as the sign says, we give a 25 percent discount to our customers 60 years of age and over..."
What REALLY hurt is that the sign she was pointing to also said: "PROOF OF AGE REQUIRED" and was I asked to show proof? Nope.
As nicely as I could, I inquired if I actually looked that much over 60....she said well, not much. So I told her I was only 54 and the discount wasn't valid, and I would pay the marked price. Grabbed my light and slunk out the door, muttering under my breath about the aw-dassity of today's younger generation.
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What do you guys do when you are given a senior discount that you actually don't qualify for...take the discount and run? While I love my new bargain light, every time I switch it on and off, I am going to recall the incident and remember that SOMEDAY I WILL QUALIFY FOR THEIR DISCOUNT.
Darn it. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
Tuesday morning, I headed out on a mission to visit the local big box home center stores, and stop at several thrift shops to stock up on paperback books, or whatever else was a good buy.
At the third place, I found a brand new, never-been-taken-out-of-the-box two foot long, halogen three bulb light. A perfect item for my new computer desk hutch, and a steal at the marked price of $5.05. I grabbed it off the shelf, made sure the box had not been tampered with, and scurried to the cash register desk.
The 20 year old young lady operating the register looked at me, then rang the light up for $3.95 with tax. Wondering if there was a special sale going on, I asked why the item didn't cost the marked price plus tax...pointing to a hand lettered sign taped to the register, she replied: "Sir, as the sign says, we give a 25 percent discount to our customers 60 years of age and over..."
What REALLY hurt is that the sign she was pointing to also said: "PROOF OF AGE REQUIRED" and was I asked to show proof? Nope.
As nicely as I could, I inquired if I actually looked that much over 60....she said well, not much. So I told her I was only 54 and the discount wasn't valid, and I would pay the marked price. Grabbed my light and slunk out the door, muttering under my breath about the aw-dassity of today's younger generation.
/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
What do you guys do when you are given a senior discount that you actually don't qualify for...take the discount and run? While I love my new bargain light, every time I switch it on and off, I am going to recall the incident and remember that SOMEDAY I WILL QUALIFY FOR THEIR DISCOUNT.
Darn it. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
