Posted on 04/19/2015 10:31:42 AM PDT by Islander7
RESTAURANTS:
Applebee's: 15% off with Golden Apple Card (60+)
Arby's: 10% off ( 55 +)
Ben & Jerry's: 10% off (60+)
Bennigan's: discount varies by location (60+)
Bob's Big Boy: discount varies by location (60+)
Boston Market: 10% off (65+)
Burger King: 10% off (60+)
Chick-Fil-A: 10% off or free small drink or coffee ( 55+)
Chili's: 10% off ( 55+)
CiCi's Pizza: 10% off (60+)
(Excerpt) Read more at onmogul.com ...
Thank you. Just saved some money. <^..^>
This penny-pinching seasoned citizen gets 2 bucks off haircuts too :-)
Of course, I'm the same guy who wifey will send to the grocery store with a handful of coupons, and I forget 'em in my pocket....
Even the IRS gives a senior discount if you take the standard deduction.
I think many of these have proven to be Internet myths.
I am personally just not a big fan of senior discounts or handicapped parking places, ect.
The whole thing smacks of Jim Crow to me.
Thanks
:>)
Lowes is always the best when it comes to thanking me for my service when I show them my retiree ID for the discount.
I'm not "retired" from the military, but I did ask for and receive a discount at Home Depot by showing my DD214. I had to go to the service desk to get it. Usually I don't think of it, but if you are buying hundreds of dollars worth of stuff it adds up.
I turn Fiddy-Five in July; I am taking EVERY Freebie and discount that comes my way from that day forward! I have freakin’ EARNED it, LOL!
(I will not, however, EVER join AARP, the Socialist creeps!)
I used to give Seniors 15% off, and Military/Police/Fire a nice 25% off, at my Family Farm business, for 22yrs. We always asked customers if they were in any of those categories; many are too shy to ask for it.
Stay on a weekend and pay some set rate for the first night and the next night, sometimes two nights costs your birthyear. I was born in 1959 so I pay $59. Does not work for all properties or on every weekend, but it is a sweet deal when you find a property.
Some of you may not know what Starwood is, but I'm sure you know their brands: Sheraton, Westin, W, Aloft, St. Regis, Four Points by Sheraton, Element, Luxury Collection and Le Meridien.
Folks in Connecticut may want to follow Korky Vann
She writes a column *Savvy Shopper* for the Hartford Courant [argh!, I know] and offers info on all the latest and greatest discount/cheap or sometimes free events in the state; and where to get discount tickets for events...yada.
She happens to be the sweetest person on the planet, in spite of her affiliation with the HC.
http://www.courant.com/savvy-shopper/
$5.37!
That’s what the kid behind the counter at Taco Bell said to me.
I dug into my pocket and pulled out some lint and two dimes and something that used to be a Jolly Rancher.
Having already handed the
kid a five-spot, I started to head back out to the truck to grab some change
when the kid with the Elmo hairdo said the hardest thing anyone has ever said to me.
He said, “It’s OK. I’ll just give you the senior citizen discount.”
I turned to see who he was talking to and then heard the sound of change hitting the counter in front of me.
“Only $4.68” he said cheerfully.
I stood there stupefied. I am 56, not even 60 yet?
A mere child!
Senior citizen?
I took my burrito and walked out to the truck wondering what was wrong with Elmo.
Was he blind?
As I sat in the truck, my blood began to boil.
Old? Me?
I’ll show him, I thought.
I opened the door and headed back inside. I strode to the counter,
and there he was waiting with a smile.
Before I could say a word, he held up something
and jingled it in front of me, like I could be that easily distracted!
What am I now?
A toddler?
“Dude! Can’t get too far without your car keys, eh?”
I stared with utter disdain at the keys.
I began to rationalize in my mind!
“Leaving keys behind hardly makes a man elderly!
It could happen to anyone!”
I turned and headed back to the truck.
I slipped the key into the ignition, but it wouldn’t turn.
What now?
I checked my keys and tried another.
Still nothing.
That’s when I noticed the purple beads hanging from my rear view mirror.
I had no purple beads hanging from my rear view mirror.
Then, a few other objects came into focus:
The car seat in the back seat.
Happy Meal toys spread all over the floorboard.
A partially eaten doughnut on the dashboard.
Faster than you can say ginkgo balboa, I flew out of the alien vehicle.
Moments later I was speeding out of the parking lot,
relieved to finally be leaving this nightmarish stop in my life.
That is when I
felt it, deep in the bowels of my stomach: hunger!
My stomach growled and churned, and I reached to grab my burrito,
only it was nowhere to be found.
I swung the truck around, gathered my courage,
and strode back into the restaurant one final time.
There Elmo stood, draped in youth and black nail polish.
All I could think was,
“What is the world coming to?”
All I could say was, “Did I leave my food and drink in here”?
At this point I was ready to ask a Boy Scout to help me back to my vehicle,
and then go straight home and apply for Social Security benefits.
Elmo had no clue.
I walked back out to the truck,
and suddenly a young lad came up and tugged on my jeans to get my attention.
He was holding up a drink and a bag.
His mother explained,
“I think you left this in my truck by mistake.”
I took the food and drink from the little boy and sheepishly apologized.
She offered these kind words:
“It’s OK. My grandfather does stuff like this all the time.”
All of this is to explain how I got a ticket doing 85 in a 40 mph zone.
Yessss, I was racing some punk kid in a Toyota Prius.
And no, I told the officer, I’m not too old to be driving this fast.
As I walked in the front door, my wife met me halfway down the hall.
I handed her a bag of cold food and a $300 speeding ticket.
I promptly sat in my rocking chair and covered up my legs with a blankey.
The good news was that I had successfully found my way home.
AAA almost offers the same discounts as AARP.
I think many of these have proven to be Internet myths.
Possible but if a senior citizen just ask then nothing is lost.
LOWES will not accept a copy of your DD214. It must be a VA card.
LOL!
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