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Old 08-05-2024, 09:14 AM #1
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Default I was asked if I was over 60 yesterday in Iceland supermarket

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

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

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

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

Madness.
What did you think and say?

That's ridiculous really.
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You should of said Yes

then get 10% Off your bill.
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What did you think and say?

That's ridiculous really.
I said I wasn't and he said, 'I thought not'.
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You should of said Yes

then get 10% Off your bill.


I had thought that afterwards.

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

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

Madness.
I would have said yes to get the discount
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…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…
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I had thought that afterwards.

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

'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.
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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 .

'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.
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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
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