The purpose is to attract them to businesses. The elderly are least likely to spontaneously decide to go out.
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brlemworld@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I don’t get senior discounts. They are older and have had a lot longer to reap capital gains. They are most able to pay full price.
ArcticAmphibian@lemmus.org 7 months ago
SidewaysHighways@lemmy.world 7 months ago
No, they’ve been planning the weekly excursion since last week’s.
Jtotheb@lemmy.world 7 months ago
They used to be the poorest age group in the United States. Senior discounts made a lot more sense when something like 30% of seniors lived in poverty in [1960? 70? Can’t recall]
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 7 months ago
In the US, they have much higher medical bills than the younger crowd. Outside of the US it doesn’t make any sense