Do you see yourself as a 'Pensioner'?

I m a pensioner in years (a young 80) I m a teenager in mentality (sometimes) quite happy to be interchangeable
Apart from my bus pass I don’t get any consessions my hairdressers doesn’t offer them and I don’t see any restaurant meals now (used to) I think the cinema is a pound off but the lack of any decent films to watch means I haven’t been for ages
I think Iceland do a pensioners Tuesday or did but I work on Tuesdays so that’s out 🤣🤣

Well I am a pensioner, so yes. It's not how I think of myself, but it's one facet of me in the same way as I am a driver, or a bus user, or a shopper at various supermarkets. If there are discounts on offer I'm quite happy to make use of them.

Carlotta

I haven't got a link to share with you NotAGran I just have it on my MyWaitrose card and it's in the Ts and Cs they sent me. I've never had any problems using it and claiming whatever discounts are on offer that week.

Have you had the Waitrose discount for a while Carlotta?
I don't think it's open to new registrations but those who already had it can keep it.

I would also like to know about the waitrose discount. Shopped there this morning and no sign of a discount on my receipt. Perhaps I will ask at the customer service desk tomorrow as well.

Not too many seniors discounts these days my barber now charges £15 full price is £18, my wife pays £25 but it takes an hour instead of 20 mins, hairdresser visits too.

Nope. I’m 47 🤣

Thank you Carlotta may I ask one more question!

How does it work for you? Do you automatically get 10% off your entire bill on Tuesdays after scanning your myWaitrose card?
I have shopped in Waitrose for decades and seem to have missed this benefit.

But being a pensioner is only one role in my life and i do not want to be defined by it. Similarly I do not want to be defined by the number of children and grandchilren I have.

Why append any descriptor to us at all?

janeainsworth I think businesses are probably still making a profit even if they are giving 'pensioner discounts', it is just that the margins are smaller.

It wasn't me who said thst, it was another poster!

It was this particular bit that made me laugh Allira: For a business to offer a discount to one group of people, it can mean only one thing. The other customers are all subsiding the ones who are being offered a discount. Hairdressers, cinemas and supermarkets are notoriously busy towards the end of the week and weekends. If they don't have enough customers mid week, they either have to close the business in quiet periods or lay off staff. By offering discounted days to students/pensioners, they keep a momentum of business going, cover their overheads and retain staff. Good for the economy all round I would have thought.

I haven't got a link to share with you NotAGran I just have it on my MyWaitrose card and it's in the Ts and Cs they sent me. I've never had any problems using it and claiming whatever discounts are on offer that week.

woodenspoon

I’m not worried about being a pensioner. If there are discounts available as a result of being one, then I will take advantage of those. It would be foolish not to.

Well, it would, wouldn't it.

My cut and blow dry is no less good, the hairdresser takes just as much care even though I have a pensioner's discount.

This thread makes me think of Shakespeare's Seven Ages of Man!

Make the most of the Pantaloon stage - ie , spectacles, a pouch, and a body that no longer fits into the clothes it used to.
Before second childishness and mere oblivion, sans teeth, sans eyes, sans everything.

I remember having to learn that for GCE - then the whining schoolgirl, with her satchel and shining morning face (and pony tail), creeping like snail unwillingly to school. 😃

I’m not worried about being a pensioner. If there are discounts available as a result of being one, then I will take advantage of those. It would be foolish not to.

Thank you Carlotta I’ve searched everywhere on their website but can’t find it. A link to it would be great if you could.

And I don’t want to be labelled (and probably stereotyped) as anything - whether it’s pensioner, senior, boomer, or one I saw recently, a try-too-hard Grandma (referring to older women who make an exaggerated effort with clothes, hair & make-up)

That is exactly what I think, jane. I don't want to be different to anyone else just because of my age

It's on the MyWaitrose membership NotAGran.

There's also this on Marks and Spencer website: Exclusive Offer: 10% Off for Students, Youth & Seniors
Enjoy 10% off full-price items at M&S, exclusively for students, youth and seniors. Verify yourself to get your exclusive M&S discount code.

www.marksandspencer.com/en-es/student-youth-senior-discount#:~:text=%2C%20Youth%20%26%2060%2B-,Enjoy%2010%25%20off%20full%2Dprice%20items%20at%20M%26S%2C%20exclusively,students%2C%20youth%20and%2060%2B.

Carlotta could you please add a link to the Waitrose discount as I can’t find it 🤷🏻‍♀️ Thank you.

janeainsworth; multi nationals like Waitrose, Costa Coffee, Cineworld and Iceland etc offer "over 60s discounts" midweek to encourage footfall and increase sales during
much slower periods, thereby ensuring their staff are fully employed all week. But it's your loss if you'd prefer to shop at busier, more expensive times. I'm glad to know that my custom mid week is keeping someone in a job.

I’m laughing at this as I’m the oldest nursery practitioner at work . I’ll retire at Christmas hopefully 🤞but I won’t be a pensioner just a grateful retiree!😂😂

I never go to places that offer pensioner discounts, even though I’m officially a pensioner.
For a business to offer a discount to one group of people, it can mean only one thing. The other customers are all subsiding the ones who are being offered a discount.
Many older people have much more disposable income than young people with families so unless what is being offered are smaller portions, or an inferior level of service, there’s no justification for offering discounts based on age.
And I don’t want to be labelled (and probably stereotyped) as anything - whether it’s pensioner, senior, boomer, or one I saw recently, a try-too-hard Grandma (referring to older women who make an exaggerated effort with clothes, hair & make-up).

Interesting Janejudge. My hair is pixie short and if/when I am at a new hairdresser I’m at pains to explain that I really want it a bit more funky and a little less generic old lady. As it seems to me that there are a lo5 of very similar cuts out there.

thank you, I guess that's it. I am always really taken aback at family gatherings how my relatives have all stayed the same, same hairstyle, same look. I don't live near them and I have changed my hair and looks many times over

JaneJudge

I'm not a pensioner but does anyone know why women over a certain age used to have their hair cut short and have it permed like the former Queen - I suppose it was the generation that was the sage age as the former Queen?
Why did they all do it? How did it become a 'thing'?

I'd love to have a sleek bob but my hair is wild and much better short. No, I don't have a perm but you might think I've had one if you saw it wet before I try to pull it straight when drying it.

Why did they all do it? How did it become a 'thing'?

I suppose in future younger women might wonder why today's older women had their hair in a bob when beehives are back in fashion!