I was asked if I was over 60 yesterday in Iceland supermarket

[Gusto Brunt]

I'm 42, and am often told I don't look that - never mind over 60. :fist:

Apparently, Tuesday is 10% off in Iceland if you're over 60.

Madness.

[joeysteele]

I'm 42, and am often told I don't look that - never mind over 60. :fist:

Apparently, Tuesday is 10% off in Iceland if you're over 60.

Madness.

What did you think and say?

That's ridiculous really.

[arista]

You should of said Yes

then get 10% Off your bill.

[Gusto Brunt]

What did you think and say?

That's ridiculous really.

I said I wasn't and he said, 'I thought not'.

[Gusto Brunt]

You should of said Yes

then get 10% Off your bill.

:joker::joker:

I had thought that afterwards. :p:joker:

But the guy who said it, had a big black eye two weeks ago. I think he might be in the habit of upsetting people.:hehe::hee:

[Santa's NaughtiNess]

I'm 42, and am often told I don't look that - never mind over 60. :fist:

Apparently, Tuesday is 10% off in Iceland if you're over 60.

Madness.

I would have said yes to get the discount :joker:

[Ammi]

…I would have also said…I’m whatever age I need to be to have a 10% discount today…I don’t know if under 12yrs old still get to eat free at Pizza Hut but my boys staged a protest when they were around 27yrs old, screaming ….mom, can we NOT be under 12s anymore …they’re way to expensive to take out for lunch now…life in the discount lane…

[Livia]

:joker::joker:

I had thought that afterwards. :p:joker:

But the guy who said it, had a big black eye two weeks ago. I think he might be in the habit of upsetting people.:hehe::hee:

LOL... I suspect he may get punched a lot.

[Urban Cragou]

Age is a funny thing.

On the other end of the scale you get 80-year-old grannies getting ID’d for a bottle of sherry. It’s not even worth taking it personal. Some people are just stupidly bad at telling age.

[user104658]

It's retail and it's a promotion they're doing - the consequence of not asking and missing a potential "mystery customer" is having to endure patronising bull**** from higher-up jobsworths. The consequence of casting the net wide and just asking everyone who looks over 30 is ... nothing really. Potentially pissing off a customer but no front-line staff member in a large company is going to be bothered by that :joker:.

'tis the same reason the opposite happens and some 40 year olds still get ID'd for age-restricted products. It's not that the staff member is "dumb" or ACTUALLY thinks you look under-25... it's that they're playing it safe on the off change that you're an age-tester and they're going to get a bollocking for missing it and getting a fail.

[Urban Cragou]

It's retail and it's a promotion they're doing - the consequence of not asking and missing a potential "mystery customer" is having to endure patronising bull**** from higher-up jobsworths. The consequence of casting the net wide and just asking everyone who looks over 30 is ... nothing really. Potentially pissing off a customer but no front-line staff member in a large company is going to be bothered by that :joker:.

'tis the same reason the opposite happens and some 40 year olds still get ID'd for age-restricted products. It's not that the staff member is "dumb" or ACTUALLY thinks you look under-25... it's that they're playing it safe on the off change that you're an age-tester and they're going to get a bollocking for missing it and getting a fail.

You’ve always got a full; smart-arse answer to these things.

[Parmy]

Age is a funny thing.

On the other end of the scale you get 80-year-old grannies getting ID’d for a bottle of sherry. It’s not even worth taking it personal. Some people are just stupidly bad at telling age.

Or some people cant take a wind up:shrug: