> I went to Great Clips the other day...got a haircut, shampoo, beard, and
> moustache trim, for $25...and gave them a nice tip. I don't look so much
> like a shaggy dog hobo anymore. But, I still have enough salt and pepper
> in the beard, moustache, and hair, to get a senior discount.

I tend to pay $25 including a 20-25% tip. (it's about $18 for beard & head,  including tax); when they(whoever, wherever) raise their prices, if I'm a  regular, I can often get one last go or two at the old price.

The pizza place we use for the good pizza, gave us an old price for over a  year, until new owners, who set new prices (definitely higher -- but still high quality dough & toppings)

I olke the others -- we'd get our pizzaa first, even on nights with a final  game on in any sport (world series, superbowl, Grey Cup, et al); never even  slightly cooled down from the oven -- just the way I like it!

I always tip pizza with cash, even if using the debit portable to pay.

> Apparently, the Kroger grocery chain in some areas has ENDED the senior
> discount...but it was still on at the store I visited in midtown Little
> Rock yesterday. I guarantee you if they end that discount, they will lose
> a ton of customers.

All depends on how many seniors they have living nearby, & how much they're  losing with the discount, vs how much they spend the other days at full price.

& if they do, start an outcry -- this often works with corporations!

You get asenior's discount reghsarlessm, but at leasrt they won't ask you for  ID, eh?

I laughed -- was picking up pads for my wife & the cashier gave 47yo me a  semior's discount, but it may have been a "wink-wink" kind of thing, rather  than an assumption -- I don't care -- 15% is 15%!

Better in my pocket than the billionaire owners'!

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