Let’s face it…Im possibly 40 years away from retirement, but the AARP keeps BOMBARDING me with sign-up stuff? Can I qualify for senior citizen discounts at my local K-Mart? Or are there other benefits? Such as a “disabled” license plate?
Should I join the AARP as a “junior” member?
WTF?
They are after TOTAL WORLD DOMINATION.
They figure you have leadership potential.
I got my first invitation to join at 17.
I’m going to be 50 in 2 weeks and they haven’t been courting me. I think I got an application 2 months ago, but I don’t know if I saved it, and now that I am almost eligible… <sigh>
I did get stuff from them when I was in my 30s - I assumed someone put me on their mailing list as a joke.
It must have something to do with that phony ID you cooked up when you were 12. They think you’re now 49.
Why? Because you’re 40, that’s why! You practically have one foot in the grave!
Said he who is 39 and looking at a birthday in August …
Probably not; but, since they can’t discriminate, you can join and use an AARP discount at any business that has one.
I’m 22. I’ve already gotten two of them.
I get all kinds of random junk mail asking me to join organizations for which I am obviously unsuited. The most bizarre was an Army brochure urging me to talk to my kids about the opportunities available to them in the Army.
In Spanish.
Although, in terms of entertainment value alone, that easily validated the four years of Spanish I took in high school, so on the whole it was a satisfying experience.
I’m hoping that this means that people are finally starting to take one of my frequent pieces of advice.
Whenever a website demands that you register, use your throwaway email address (obviously), but then, when it comes to all the personal, demographic type information, just make it up. Tell them you’re an 88-year-old woman from Tuvalu, whose interests include curling and martial arts. Tell them your annual income exceeds $12 million. Tell them you subscribe to The Shotgun News.
Anyone who’s ever maintained a database will tell you that the only thing worse than missing data, is bad data, since it can be tough to ferret out.
Let your imagination run wild. But, of course, be prepared to receive some weird offers!
That’s not the AARP. That’s the Cub AARP.
I’ve gotten a few of these over the last couple of years, and I’ll be 40 in March.
At first, I thought they had me confused with my mom, who has the same name, but she’s over 60 and has been an AARP member for years. Now, I just say “contact me in 10 years,” and throw them out.
I’m flooded with AARP insurance offers for my dad…
Yeah he’s been dead two years now.
I had a friend, who at 16, was a card carrying member of the AARP.
I turned 50 a couple months ago, I have never received a thing from AARP.
I’m 28 and get AARP applications quarterly.
My husband joined the AARP when he was in his twenties. He had cashed out a retirement account from a former job, so they sent him an application, and he joined.
I started getting mail from the AARP when I was 26. Something to do with car insurance, I think. I still get letters every so often.
I’m an official, card-carrying Geezer™ at 42 by virtue of my lovely wife being a few years older. Don’t knock it, I’m paying about the same for insurance on both our trucks than I paid for just mine before. I figured I should stop fighting it and just practice phrases like “you kids get off my lawn!”
I’m with you, Padeye. For about $6 a year (I forget exactly, but then that’s a qualifying characteristic, right?) I get 10% off most hotel stays, a discount on my auto insurance. Hell, I can even take a cruise and get bucks off. Who gives a shit? That sucker has paid for itself many times over.
If you’re going to practice the “you kids…” thing, you’ll need an official AARP shaking stick. Just $39.95 + $5.95 shipping and handling.
- PW
My girlfriend is 21 and has been getting them for quite awhile. I always thought it was because 95% of the people that share her first name are over 70.