# I feel old **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 11, 2018, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-old/824346 "2018-11-11T06:38:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-old/824346/41 "2018-11-15T05:19:00Z")
I am old, but I don’t usually feel old unless I’m looking in the mirror or catch myself going down the front porch steps doing that thing with my arms like Walter Brennan. (If you don’t know what that is, you are a whippersnapper.) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-old/824346/42 "2018-11-15T12:13:28Z")
Age-based discounts. Why? ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-old/824346/43 "2018-11-15T13:28:06Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Age-based discounts. Why? Because businesses have decided it’s a good idea. I’m guessing it’s because older people tend to be more loyal particular business. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-old/824346/44 "2018-11-15T13:38:14Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Because businesses have decided it’s a good idea. I’m guessing it’s because older people tend to be more loyal particular business. OK. I was just curious. It seems like a reward for survival. Servers I know hate the idea, as in their experience senior citizens on average tip poorly and tend to sit longer, decreasing table turnovers. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-old/824346/45 "2018-11-15T13:47:27Z")
The first time I noticed I was old was when I went into a record store, and I had never heard of any of the bands in the display bins. That was back when there were record stores. Imagine how old I am now. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-old/824346/46 "2018-11-15T13:50:02Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Because businesses have decided it’s a good idea. I’m guessing it’s because older people tend to be more loyal particular business. I think it’s more to do with the idea that seniors may have more money problems because of fixed incomes. Actually, a lot of seniors are doing just fine and don’t need the discounts. I’m not one of those seniors though. ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-old/824346/47 "2018-11-15T14:46:41Z")
When I was told, “I studied Woodstock in history class.” When I started walking like Fred Sanford. When I started siding with Archie over the Meathead. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-old/824346/48 "2018-11-15T14:54:42Z")
The other day, I got to talking with a nice young man wearing an Oklahoma City cap. Me: I noticed your cap. It was really sad what happened there. Him (in all seriousness)" What happened there? You don’t know about the bombing? ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-old/824346/49 "2018-11-15T16:02:27Z")
In our newspaper’s daily horoscope column they have “Celebrities Born On This Day”. Most of the time I don’t know who any of them are…unless they’re 50+ years old. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-old/824346/50 "2018-11-15T22:16:45Z")
> [@TRC4941](#): > > In our newspaper’s daily horoscope column they have “Celebrities Born On This Day”. Most of the time I don’t know who any of them are…unless they’re 50+ years old. Yeah, but for me its for the ones in their mid-40s. Here’s a doubly depressing thing about getting old and family. Phase 1: The people in your parents’ generation are dying off. Like a _lot_ in a few years. Went thru this a few years ago. It’s slowed down now but that’s just because there’s hardly any left. Phase 2: People in your generation start dying off from old age stuff. Lost two in the last year. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-old/824346/51 "2018-11-16T04:34:25Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Age-based discounts. Why? > [@kayaker](#): > > OK. I was just curious. It seems like a reward for survival. Servers I know hate the idea, as in their experience senior citizens on average tip poorly and tend to sit longer, decreasing table turnovers. Hands off my discounts!! :mad: You don’t have to be all that old to feel old. I still recall in my 20s hearing some young lass say breathlessy and all agog to her friend, “Did you know Paul McCartney was in a band before Wings?” ---
**Author:** ![Gladys\_Overnow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Gladys\_Overnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gladys_Overnow)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-old/824346/52 "2018-11-16T11:28:41Z")
Paying less for stuff you usually buy and were going to buy anyway? Me want. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-old/824346/53 "2018-11-16T13:17:02Z")
> [@Alpha\_Twit](#): > > I had my ‘I feel old’ moment a few weeks ago when I visited my regular doctor for the knee pain I was experiencing. She advised a cortisone shot and said that she would have another Dr actually give me the shot. A few minutes late, this … kid … steps in and proceeds to inject my knee. > > It’s a little disconcerting when your doctor is noticeably younger than you. Hehe, I think I had at least 20 years on the dentist I got yesterday. I still haven’t quite gotten the Senior treatment, but both the time when I became invisible to a majority of service workers (aged 42) and a few years later realizing I was halfway through my “working life” felt real weird. About a year ago, my mother gave me this heavy sigh and asked whether I might ever give her a grandchild (both Bros now have). I pointed out that at my age it was highly unlikely unless it came prefab and attached to a nice Daddy. “Oh c’mon, you’re not that old!” “Mom, I’ll be 50 in March. If I got pregnant tonight, by the time the kid finished high school I’d be retired.” She had to go sit down. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-old/824346/54 "2018-11-16T14:12:19Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > OK. I was just curious. It seems like a reward for survival. Servers I know hate the idea, as in their experience senior citizens on average tip poorly and tend to sit longer, decreasing table turnovers. I was thinking about just that when I wrote the reply but decided to not clutter it up. I try to break the meme by tipping based on what the undiscounted tab would have been. Just because the boss decided to give me a break shouldn’t mean the server’s income should suffer. > [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > I think it’s more to do with the idea that seniors may have more money problems because of fixed incomes. > > Actually, a lot of seniors are doing just fine and don’t need the discounts. I’m not one of those seniors though. I would bet that trying to attract more customers far outweighs any concerns for their income level but then I’m pretty cynical. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-old/824346.md?page=2)