God bless Scott’s Senior Citizen Day

YES! Tuesday is 6% off at Scott’s (Kroger’s) for senior citizen – that would be 55 and above. Well, yesterday I was in the store with many other Thanksgiving shoppers – not just senior ones – and I was just being my own little self, thinking of thawing times and onions and yams – Yuck – and finally got in line to check out.

I chat with the new cashier and she gives me my total and then  . . . Oh yes oh yes oh yes . . . says it’s Tuesday and I almost took 6% off out of habit. In shock, I say, “I’m 61.”  She hesitated for a split second and then said okay and gave me this discount. My first instinct was to crawl over the counter and hug her, but cynical moi asked if she were just trying to make me feel good. And I think she was serious when she said no.

I told her she had made my day.

It’s probably the hair color . . . but whatever the reason, I feel something bubbling up:

WOO HOO!!!

3 thoughts on “God bless Scott’s Senior Citizen Day”

  1. Last week we went to the movies and the girl gave my husband the Sr. discount. He didn’t ask for it, didn’t notice she had done it until we got the tickets and they said “Sr Disc.” on them. He was floored. Now if you’ve seen pictures of my baby faced husband on my blog you’d understand how shocked we were. He’s only 52 and looks like he’s in his 40s. Makes you kind of wonder if the girl forgot her glasses. Not that we walked back and corrected her $10 mistake though…. does that make us terrible?

  2. Rats. I think I forgot to submit reply – so, here’s the gist. People tend to assume distinguished, well-spoken men are older than they look. Or perhaps she thought he was your father. Oops, maybe shouldn’t have added that. It just popped out; it was a little AmeliaJake funny, He’s not laughing, is he?

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