Fifty Plus (50+) - Senior Citizens's Discount

I received my first senior citizen's discount, attending my son's High School band performance, along with other High School Bands. All of a sudden my wife see's me as some kind of a bargain.:rolleyes:

Yup. I get a "senior" coffee at McDonald's almost every day.

I received my first senior citizen's discount, attending my son's High School band performance, along with other High School Bands. All of a sudden my wife see's me as some kind of a bargain.:rolleyes:

Being a bargan is one of the things that keeps us from being replaced.

All of a sudden my wife see's me as some kind of a bargain.:rolleyes:

That sounds better than a "cheap date".

Hey Retro-How old to rec. a macdonalds discount? Maybe I'll start buying my coffee there.

- dunno about discounts, but i have lots of 'senior' moments...

:-)

I always wanted to own a business so I could hang a sign over the cash register that said

ASK ABOUT OUR SENIOR CITIZEN SURCHARGE

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

Hey Retro-How old to rec. a macdonalds discount? Maybe I'll start buying my coffee there.

If you have to ask what are you doing on 50+? I honestly don't know and I've never been carded. I guess I must have an honest face for them to assume that I qualify.

- dunno about discounts, but i have lots of 'senior' moments...

:-)

Me too. For example, I like to spray paint "seniors rule" on highway overpasses.

One of our local movie theater chains defines "senior" at age 55, saving my wife and me $4 or 5 with every visit.

I've turned down about 5 or 6 "senior" discounts because their signs said 55 or 60, and I'm just 52. I'm in no hurry to claim to be 55.

[QUOTE=Retro Grouch;5140389]If you have to ask what are you doing on 50+?]
Well, I keep forgetting to ask when I'm down to the big mac and I look so young they never offer.

When you have hair that turns white in your 20's, you become accustomed to offers of Senior's Discounts very early...........just now beginning to enjoy 'em, though. Hey, with 3 college tuitions you'll take every discount you can get!!!

[QUOTE=Retro Grouch;5140389]If you have to ask what are you doing on 50+?]
Well, I keep forgetting to ask when I'm down to the big mac and I look so young they never offer.

Southwest Wisconsin?

Are you by chance near Ferryville? I have a cousin who owns a farm there. They have a group of friends who retired from the Chicago area. They meet every Saturday for breakfast (not at McDonalds). We had a real good time but they put me to work helping to schlep a cast iron wood stove for somebody. It's a real neat area for bicycling.

Got my first senior discount at a Comfort Inn when I was 50. That was their age requirement back then (probably still is).

My wife was thrilled to be asked for ID when we bought a bottle of wine in New Orleans when she was 55. She does look younger, but not that young, so I presume they ask everybody in Louisiana. Anybody know?

... so I presume they ask everybody in Louisiana. Anybody know?

- dunno about LA, but it's the law in TN...

I refuse to ask for a senior discount. My logic is if I don't accept it (being a senior) mentally, it won't happen.
Talk about your serious denial!

Senior discount must be at least 15%. Less than that and it is a bit juvenile.

Most "senior discounts" in restaurants equal smaller portions so it's not really a discount........

Most "senior discounts" in restaurants equal smaller portions so it's not really a discount........

Yeah, but that's probably a good idea anyway. For me, anyway. Smaller portions is a good thing!

I ordered from the senior's menu at Dennys recently while dining with my daughters. I don't know if the portions were smaller, but the plate definately was! Cracked me up.

Most "senior discounts" in restaurants equal smaller portions so it's not really a discount........

I agree that getting 1/2 the food for 3/4 the price isn't the best deal. However, if a person can't eat a full portion anyway, no sense spending the extra to leave more food on the plate.

I can get in to the local HS basketball games for free now, so I enjoy that part. It wouldn't be in my budget otherwise. I also get 10% off at the used bread store.

Yup. I get a "senior" coffee at McDonald's almost every day.

You can also get a "Senior Coke" at McD's - 50 cents and free refills

Some others:

Wendy's - 10%
Burger King - 10%
Village Inn (local chain) - 10%
Black Eyed Pea has a special menu
Most motel chains
(At "Choice HOtels" they have a whole different (and lower rate structure for over 60, but you have to call the 800 number)

And my wife and I always split just one entree' at restaurants. Generally, restaurant portions are HUGE, and I don't seem to need to eat so much any more

[QUOTE=Retro Grouch;5142302][QUOTE=rck;5142284]


[Are you by chance near Ferryville?]

Ferryville is about 2 and1/2hrs away. If you look at a map of Wi. go due south out of Madison and on the il. border you will see Monroe the town in which I live. It is most famous as being the only area where limburger cheese is still made commercially. (remember you don't eat limburger with your nose!) It is also a good area for biking.

[QUOTE=rck;5143700 If you look at a map of Wi. go due south out of Madison and on the il. border you will see Monroe the town in which I live.[/QUOTE]

We'll be swinging pretty closely by there next Friday on our way to Appleton for the Midwest Tandem Rally. How far off of the interstate is Irma's and how big is their senior discount?

I can't help but wonder what things would cost if they didn't give discounts to "special groups", but actually charged everyone a fair price.

so I presume they ask everybody in Louisiana. Anybody know?

Louisiana is my official residence, and to the best of my knowledge, they do not ask everybody. Back in the day, the legal age was when you were tall enough to get your money up to the bar:D.

I've turned down about 5 or 6 "senior" discounts because their signs said 55 or 60, and I'm just 52. I'm in no hurry to claim to be 55.

While I now qualify for senior discounts below age 60. when I was 48 I stoped at a motel outside Savannah, GA. I asked if they had any vacancies and the rate. Yes, they had vacancies, and he volunteered that the senior rate was $__. I didn't argue. Told my wife and she ROFL then admitted that she would have clobbered him if he had said that to her.

I can't help but wonder what things would cost if they didn't give discounts to "special groups", but actually charged everyone a fair price.

Kill joy!!:D

I always wanted to own a business so I could hang a sign over the cash register that said
ASK ABOUT OUR SENIOR CITIZEN SURCHARGE
Sorry, I couldn't resist.

As long as the sign doesn't say "Ask About Senior Citizen Discharge". Just sayin'.
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Most "senior discounts" in restaurants equal smaller portions so it's not really a discount........

Yeah, like "Lite Beer", watered down maybe 15%??

Its true, most places do not really check if you're really 55. At a movie theater, they're busy processing the line.

[QUOTE=I also get 10% off at the used bread store.[/QUOTE]
Used bread??? Hmmm sounds interesting. Maybe not very tasty, but interesting! he he.:D:D:D

What is the legal age for a "senior discount" in the U.S. anyway?

Seems like every business has the right to make up their own. I have my AARP card to show that I'm "legally ancient" but that's not good enough, i.e. "not old enough" for some places. Unfortunately, my local bike shop doesn't have a senior discount!

Rick / OCRR

"What is the legal age for a "senior discount" in the U.S. anyway?"

There is no legal senior age that I'm aware of. I've seen from 50 to 62. I just used the senior advantage the other day at a restaurant. They had a separate menu, all items $6.95, which from what I could discern the waitress made my salad at the salad bar, rather then I being able to make it myself and over pile my plate. Main dish was $2 less and plenty of egg plant parmigiana. And I got a rice pudding to boot in the deal.

"What is the legal age for a "senior discount" in the U.S. anyway?"

They had a separate menu, all items $6.95, which from what I could discern the waitress made my salad at the salad bar, rather then I being able to make it myself and over pile my plate. Main dish was $2 less and plenty of egg plant parmigiana. And I got a rice pudding to boot in the deal.

What, no prune juice? Why I oughtta ...

I inquired about the senior discount at a movie theater recently and it was only 50 cents off the 7 dollar ticket price. My theory is that as the population ages the definition of senior will escalate along with it and/or the discounts will be go in the opposite direction.

I refuse to ask for a senior discount. My logic is if I don't accept it (being a senior) mentally, it won't happen.
Talk about your serious denial!

You are crazy - there has to be something good about getting old and discounts are it! Man I get everyone I can. Go to the movie I only pay $7.50 - anytime and those whipper snappers have to pay $10! I get discounts for food and other services and why not? I earned them! I refused to acknowledge I have become an old person but I have no problem acknowledging my senior status - I have superior! I diserve discounts dabbnabit! :p

You are crazy - there has to be something good about getting old and discounts are it! Man I get everyone I can. Go to the movie I only pay $7.50 - anytime and those whipper snappers have to pay $10! I get discounts for food and other services and why not? I earned them! I refused to acknowledge I have become an old person but I have no problem acknowledging my senior status - I have superior! I deserve discounts dabbnabit! :p

The best thing about getting old is having lived all of those years. If it's only senior discounts, then we're in some serious trouble. Deserve discounts? Why should age entitle us to lower prices? Perhaps you did "earn" discounts, but if that is true, it should not be simply because you reach a specific age. There may have been a time when the average "senior" needed fiscal support, but for most seniors, in the US at least, this hasn't been true for some time. I'd rather see discounts go to kids who are living in or near poverty, through no fault of their own. Actually, I'd rather see a universal fair price for all. If we want to eliminate ageism in our culture, we have to stop asking for special treatment because we reach an arbitrary age.

My sister as a Senior Counselor at the local Senior center did mention once that the people she deals with do in fact have the attitude that they are owed free health care, drugs and numerous discounts. My 90 year old father in law has this belief. I'm not really sure how it started but since it's human nature to want more than you have, I suppose once you are provided 80% of something, you soon want 90% of it, or why not for free? Government spends 100 billion in Iraq, why not pay for my pills. Here in Pottstown, and I guess other cities, you reach 60 or 65, you ride city buses for free. I don't know why. Bus companies all hurting for money and they give away rides? The only requirement apparently to park in a handicapped spot is your old. I observe maybe 1 in 10 actually have a handicap. With people living longer and at least some of us trying to stay healthy, and the baby boomer surge starting to happen, I have to wonder how long this senior discount thing will continue. Maybe we will see a slow increase in the discount age. I'm 62, I wouldn't want it higher then that.