Nationalise the railways!

[derspiess]

I like when the geezers at McDonalds order a "SENIOR coffee".  Like it's not already obvious that they're older than dirt.

[Admiral Yi]

You know, as long as you go to these joints after 5:30 you shouldn't be having these issues. 

[derspiess]

You know, as long as you go to these joints after 5:30 you shouldn't be having these issues. 

If I go there it's usually in the morning to get an egg mcmuffin.  My local McD's in the morning is basically a senior center.

[Sheilbh]

Weird. I've never heard of old people getting discounts from companies here.

[crazy canuck]

Weird. I've never heard of old people getting discounts from companies here.

The Landed Gentry Effect?

[Sheilbh]

There's no equivalent of the AARP which probably helps.

[derspiess]

Weird. I've never heard of old people getting discounts from companies here.

It's quite rampant here.  If you want old people to eat/shop/whatever at your establishment, you almost have to do it. 

[Admiral Yi]

There's no equivalent of the AARP which probably helps.

I sincerely doubt AARP lobbied Wendy's to knock a dime off a cup of coffee. 

[Sheilbh]

I sincerely doubt AARP lobbied Wendy's to knock a dime off a cup of coffee. 

But don't they have a huge range of discounts for members? I remember reading an article that said that's why most people joined them.

[Admiral Yi]

But don't they have a huge range of discounts for members? I remember reading an article that said that's why most people joined them.

I'm sure they do.  But we were talking about senior citizen discounts, not AARP member discounts.

[Sheilbh]

I'm sure they do.  But we were talking about senior citizen discounts, not AARP member discounts.

Sure but I thought that may be how it started. An association of just old people negotiate discounts and then, over time, it becomes the norm to give discounts for old people (with extra ones still negotiated by that association). Same as student discounts often started with one universities student union negotiating local discounts.

The elderly aren't organised over here

[mongers]

I'm sure they do.  But we were talking about senior citizen discounts, not AARP member discounts.

Sure but I thought that may be how it started. An association of just old people negotiate discounts and then, over time, it becomes the norm to give discounts for old people (with extra ones still negotiated by that association). Same as student discounts often started with one universities student union negotiating local discounts.

The elderly aren't organised over here

The Tory party?

[Sheilbh]

National Trust

My dad's been running a personal boycott against the National Trust for years. None of us know why.

[Admiral Yi]

Sure but I thought that may be how it started. An association of just old people negotiate discounts and then, over time, it becomes the norm to give discounts for old people (with extra ones still negotiated by that association). Same as student discounts often started with one universities student union negotiating local discounts.

The elderly aren't organised over here

I'm close to 100% certain that senior citizen discounts long predate the creation of AARP.

[mongers]

National Trust

My dad's been running a personal boycott against the National Trust for years. None of us know why.

Then again the focus of the national trust on toff's housing is equally baffling to me.

For instance there's a rather nice Dorset iron age hillfort about 15 miles from here, Badbury Rings, when they did some restoration work/landscaping of it, they chose to re-plant the trees and avenues some local 'worthy' had planted on it's top in the 18-19th century.

These now completely block the viewpoints from the top and disfigure it in comparison with what it would have looked like for much of it's history.