I don't consider myself old. I'm 43, and to be honest, I don't even consider myself to be middle age. But apparently Krogers considers me to be old; a senior citizen, in fact.
I stopped there on the way to work this morning to pick up a pack of bottled water and a couple of other things, and my bill totaled $9.99. I swiped my debit card through the POS terminal, and on the screen it said "Is $8.99 correct?" I hadn't added up my 3 items, so I didn't know what the exact total should be, but I knew it should be in the $8-$10 range. I was in a hurry as I usually am when I'm shopping at the grocery store at 7:45 in the morning on my way to work, so I quickly punched "Yes" and got my receipt and bags and left. On the way to the car I looked at my receipt. It showed the $2 I saved by using my Kroger card, and then it showed another discount: $1 off for the senior citizen discount. Sure, I knew the first Wednesday of the month is when Krogers gives senior citizens a 10% discount. But I'm not a senior citizen.
I thought maybe I picked up the wrong Kroger card at home some time in the past, but I checked when I got home tonight and the Kroger card I used today is the one I was issued when they first came out with the Kroger cards a few years ago. I'm fairly sure I put the correct birth year on the form when I filled it out. But for some reason, Krogers thinks I'm a senior citizen. I don't mind as long as they keep giving me the senior citizen discount. In fact, I'm heading back up there right now to take advantage of the discount and get my 8 cans of Stokley canned vegetables for a buck. Uh, make that 90 cents with my discount.
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