I'm actually too young for senior rates in many places, but not others. Some establishments start offering them at 50, some at 55. Others make you wait until 60 or even more and don't post the policy. Thus, if I see a "senior rate" posted somewhere, I just go ahead and ask for it unless I have a better coupon available or unless it's somewhere I really feel obliged for charity purposes to pay full price. I've only been asked for proof of age once or my AARP card (which can be damned useful) a handful of times.
I'm seriously broke, so I take advantage of discounts where I can get them. Seats on mass transit are good as well. When I rode regularly I used to offer them myself. What ticked me off, though, is when people would load up their seats with luggage and let folks with canes, or pregnant women or older people, or those who are obviously tired or ill stand. I once grabbed a security guard and sent him to the front of the train to handle a family with luggage who were hogging the seats reserved the disabled when there was a woman with a cane standing right there.
It's kind of shameful to be the oldest person in a car and be the one who gets up to offer someone a seat, though.
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Date: 2010-05-07 03:02 pm (UTC)I'm seriously broke, so I take advantage of discounts where I can get them. Seats on mass transit are good as well. When I rode regularly I used to offer them myself. What ticked me off, though, is when people would load up their seats with luggage and let folks with canes, or pregnant women or older people, or those who are obviously tired or ill stand. I once grabbed a security guard and sent him to the front of the train to handle a family with luggage who were hogging the seats reserved the disabled when there was a woman with a cane standing right there.
It's kind of shameful to be the oldest person in a car and be the one who gets up to offer someone a seat, though.