And so it is that most Wednesdays find me pulling into the lot only to notice that there isn't a single available space. After wondering aloud to myself as to why everyone is at Kroger at the same time as me, I next go into "what day is it anyway?" mode. Suddenly it all becomes cataract clear.
About a month ago, I pulled in only to find some sweet older lady with her car half in the island at the end of the row. You know what I'm talking about. Concrete curb area - usually filled with dirt or in this case, rocks. Yes, rocks. Large rocks.
And there she was, two wheels up in the island. I wanted to park and go help her. I really agonized over this. But I was truly afraid that she'd panic, slam the car in gear, hop the curb and run me over.So, I went into the store and informed the manager. Crisis diverted.
Until two days ago. When I once again found myself with a grocery list on a Wednesday. And let me tell you - those seniors were so thick in that store, you couldn't stir them with a cane. I tried to get through as fast as possible. I just left my cart at the end of the aisles and walked down to get what I needed. I as efficient. I was not flustered. I was proud of my youth and vitality.
Until I glanced up at the screen as I paid. And there were the words in large font clearly visible at the end of my order: Senior Discount Applied.
Vile words. I should have slapped that young man scanning my groceries upside the head with my purse. That's an old lady thing to do, right?
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That happened to me at Kroger one time when we lived in Auburn. I was seriously offended and then I wondered when they lowered the senior citizen age limit to 30.
Yep, you should have slapped him. Or tripped him up with your cane.
Hope you got a good discount at least!
I think i'm going to stare at the picture of queso and chips for the rest of the day. God i miss yummy fake american food! *sigh*
Anyways... My father refused to use his senior discount for ages because it was the same as admitting he was old. I hit him with his cane and now he feels better. I recommend trying it with the check out kid.
I loathe the grocery store any day of the week. If I MUST go on the weekends, I drive to one in another town and pay double the prices just so I don't have to suffer through a crowded parking lot and aisles.
Like getting to a restaurant during the early bird hour!
I have the misfortune of attracting old men...and always have. Its not safe for me to go into a store full of old people. I'll have grandpa's offering to "buy me breakfast". And its all about the red hair. What a curse. You know...I feel a blog post coming on!
He did deserve the purse to the head ! But you did save a couple of bucks...you can always put it towards that f a r a w a y retirement. I hear auto repairs get expensive when you get old. ;)
I was served a senior meal at IHOP a few months ago. As I stood up to protest, a little voice inside my head said, "Hey, you're saving money. Sit down, shut up, eat your meal, drink your coffee and behave yourself, Granny!"
Ouch, you can have righteous anger but don't give up the discount. I mean you aren't crazy.
Heh. He probably just thought you were cute and couldn't come up with another way to cut you a break.
*mwah*
(Am I forgiven?)
lol! :P my mom got it too and she totally doens't look old enough. blast those kids these days! ;)
You always make me smile! :]
And with that, I'm off to Kroger! At least it's not old people day here!
Oh my! On the bright side, you saved some cash, right? lol
Yeah, but how much was the discount? I bet it was worth it:)
One discount you definitely don't want to qualify for. Then again, you either get old or the alternative --> die!
I avoid 'Raisin Tuesday' at my local Safeway like the plague.
You should have slapped him. Teenager cashier really are not good about judging age.
I like shopping on Senior Days early in the morning. I know I won't run into anyone I know (or at least not anyone that can still see well enough to know I'm in yesterday's t-shirt and have no make up on) and I feel efficient and competent compared to my shopping companions.
Maybe you can take advantage of the Senior Afternoon Delight special at Golden Corral.
Ahhhhhhhh! You should have slapped him! Little punk.
Helping old people is cool. I spent five minutes shivering in the cold helping an awesome 87-year-old try to figure out how to open the gas-hatch on his friend's BMW (friend not present). We looked everywhere for a release lever or button, including the glove box and trunk. He finally had to call his friend for instruction.
Turns out that model doesn't have a locking-latch gas-hatch; the panel just flips open.
Note to self: write punk song called Locking Latch Gas Hatch.
How much does your pride cost? That seems to be the real question. How many cents does a girl have to save on prune juice and bran flakes (and cream cheese and processed Cheeze Food) to make up for the kidney-punch to the ego?
(Me? Anything over $2 is worth it.)
At least you had that cash discount to apply to soothe your wounded ego.
I can still remember the sting the first time a bagger called me 'Ma'am'. And there was no discount for that.
AHAHAH! How much did you save though??
I keep getting ma'amed. Ugh.
Did you protest, or just glory in the discount?
It would have been worth it to me because Im cheap like that!!
It's just muscle memory! After keying in 5 grillion such discounts, he probably does it in his sleep. Which does not bode well for anything, really.
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slap him?! i would have hugged him!! i'm all about a good discount!
He probably gave it to you just b/c you had to suffer through the Sea of Elderly. He just wanted to make sure that you were coming back. Thanks for Krogering! ;)
You could have smacked him but then you would have lost your discount. Would that have been worth it?
hahaha
Just take the discount and run!
Yes, I avoid that day too. You always make me smile!
I'd have wanted to slap him.
But then I'd have been all, "Woohoo, I saved some money, more spending for Black Friday!"
:) Definitely deserved the purse :)
Drat, you're only 2 years older than I am, and I'm not ready to be offered the senior discount on anything cheaper than a Ferrari.
And the image of stirring the supermarket white-hairs with a cane made me laugh out loud.
Oh yes indeed. Snort!
too funny.. At least you saved some money..
As someone older than you Ha Ha....poor kid to him everyone looks old
very cute.
It is a little frightening when I see myself quickly approaching the Senior status.
I don't feel old, how can I be old.
But old comes with perks....you just get away with things that are annoying cause "you are old/senial"
and I am still laughing about you could have stired it with a cane (or however you put it)
very cute.
It is a little frightening when I see myself quickly approaching the Senior status.
I don't feel old, how can I be old.
But old comes with perks....you just get away with things that are annoying cause "you are old/senial"
and I am still laughing about you could have stired it with a cane (or however you put it)
Yeah, but admit it, you were kinda glad about the discount, right? ;)
That island thing is real tricky. I've seen the curb jump. It's really about life preservation at that point.
yay for getting a discount no matter how you got it right? I avoid those days in stores also, but I'll go next Feb when I turn the magic 55!! yep!
Oh yeah, a couple of slaps would have been in order. Really, really hard slaps to :-)
Have a great weekend.
xo
LOL, that is NOT right! But at least you got the discount :)
EEK!
I don't shop anymore, but back in the day, I called Wednesday "Geriatric Days." OHHHH, the scary traffic!
OMG LOL! The same thing happened to my hubby a few nights ago. We went to eat at Panda Express, and he looked at the ticket when he got to the table and was so appauled when he read on there that he had gotten the 10% Senior Citizen Discount! LOL! As always you bring a smile to my face! Hugs my friend***Renea
The grocery store nearest to my home -about 5 miles from here -has Senior discount Day on Wednesdays - a big 5 percent off everything but nicotine (of course!) It's often the only day of the week I venture out of the house and usually have a list of items I want to purchase -things that the sale price is a good deal or meats. About the only things I buy at this store cause they tend to be pretty high priced to shop there for EVERYTHING! I figure since their discount starts when you hit the 60 year mark and I worked long and hard to get to this advanced age (65 now), I'm gonna take advantage of any discounts I can get and love 'em! Age is just a number anyway and my mind doesn't feel old at all -just my joints, as in ankles, knees, hip, back!
That is so sad, but not surprising. People can sometimes be careless. We are all victims in any way.
Well, I am happy to be here again. Wow! I can't recall when was the last time I was here. There are so many things that keep me from spending time to visit blogs. :)
Ah - but just think of all the money you saved to buy even more urgent foods like taco and dips!
I'm so sorry.
That's relly all I can say.....dag that stinks....but I'm sure you slashed his tires on the way to your car right?
Yes, I think you should have hit him with your purse or at least give him a good chewing out! Starting with "listen her sonny".
I love the "so thick you couldn't stir them with a cane" haha
We moved to a new city one time and we would always comment on how sometimes when we went our neighborhood grocery store there were a lot of rather strange people. We later found out that there was a mental hospital nearby and on certain days they would bring a bus load of patients to grocery shop!
i would be upset, but more excited about the discount. i hate that my dad gets all these discounts at the movies and stores and i have to pay full price. it's not fair. maybe i should write a letter to someone somewhere to stop this insanity. take care.
Ohmygosh! Sorry, but I'm laughing!!! And I shouldn't be because we're almost the same age.
Oh well, in these times, a discount is a discount, right??
Living in Arizona I'm used to it. We get senior citizens in here by the thousands and more thousands from October to April. It used to drive me nuts. TThey are known as Snowbirds. They don't make me crazy anymore. And I always thought the word 'snowbirds' was a really rude term for them. But I'm on the other side of 60 now and my DIL and I usually hit the grocery store on Wednesdays. She LOVES that day. :)
I would have ripped open a box of Depends and wrapped one around his head!
Tightly.
You should have knocked him into the next millenium! I'm definetely steering clear of Kroger on Wednesday. Funny post, snort!
hilarious! You should have whacked him! I hate grocery shopping!
Oh my gosh...hilarious! At least you got the discount! :)
Yeah, but how much money did you get off? I think I care more about the discount than how old checkout lady thinks I am.
Yeah, that's when you pull out your Smith & Wesson and let 'em know what you REALLY think. But these days, getting a discount, even a senior one, is okay by me. In which case, crisis diverted.
LMAO great post. I love getting a senior discount but half the time I forget to ask.
I prefer to shop off hours!
Happy SITS day!
LOL...yikes. :/
Geez, I'm still offended when the hit the ID bypassed, or whatever it actually says when I buy m'vodka. I mean - I know - I'd laugh at them if they actually asked for ID - but does it have to say right on my slip that my face was all the proof they needed? I haven't gotten a senior citi discount yet - that I've noticed - but I know it's comin'. Yeah for discounts! Boo for senior citizen discounts...
I love your blog...I always leave with a smile! Have a nice sunday!
Hilarious!
Thanks for stopping by my blog!
Oh man, we don't have a Kroger's but our ShopRite is usually thick with seniors.
Did you take the discount? I would have. Is that wrong?
Thanks for stopping by my blog.
Love your sense of humour and your stories. Glad you diverted the help, saved both of you at the same time.
Thank you so much for your kind message, really lovely to hear from you and visit your blog.
Hugz!
Julie
LOL. You always make me smile.
I have a few years to go before this strikes me but it has struck my husband and I am stricken when I see him join the senior citizen line at the tax office or the bank or else where. Sometimes it is even more striking when he goes unshaven with every single white hair on show.
Striking mad!
You deserved the discount for helping the woman in need the prevous week. He deserved a smack in the head, but after you were all checked out, receiving the discount.
I feel your pain. The same thing happened to me last month. (and of course I posted about the horror!) You poor, young, beautiful thing, you. Stupid clerk was just trying to be nice and give you a break. It's not your fault that you're young and beautiful. Why should the oldies get all the goodies, right?
Don't feel bad it has happen to me and I'm very young...lol I think it was his way of just being funny or just maybe he adored you!
At least the discount was given!
Getting older definitely has advantages...except for my husband, who still looks 12 and gets carded when buying alcohol...then it is just plain hysterical!!
~Working Mommy
Geez! He could have least given you a wink and said "I'll give it to you even if you are too young" What is wrong with him!?!
LOL. But say nothing. Take the discount!!!
*LAUGHING!* omg teeheehee :-)
(just sitting here giggling away)
Totally justified. And a then you should have made him help you to your car and stand there for ten minutes while you look for your keys.
Let's just go with the assumption that he'd done it so many times that day that it had become a reflex action.
I'm glad you stopped by my blog too, so I could find yours!
I used to cashier at a store that had a Wednesday senior discount day. It was one on the busiest days of the week for sure! I didn't dare just apply it or even ask for that matter.
Ouch! Just remember anyone over 30seems old to people under 20. He was a teenager, right?
OMG! I would have slapped him, and then died! That dip and chips really got me hungry. Now I need to find a recipe for that dip. :)
So thick you could stir them with a cane? I need to steal that line. But you should thank the Good Lord for the Senior Discount. A discount is a discount, no two ways about it!
Hysterical! But at least you got a discount!!!
Although, come to think of it, no discount is worth being confused for a senior citizen!
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I'm TERRIFIED of the day that someone thinks that I am a senior! I would rather pay full price, thank you very much!!!!
"I see old people" AWESOME!!! great post! Next time that happens you should fart and blame the dog.
OMG that is crazy!! I would have felt like slapping his arse too! lol
this morning while at the walmart, the older man asked for my i.d. for the wine in my basket... then he went on to tell me he was only 4 years older than me... gray. haired. old. man... ahhhhh
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