Sort of redeemed herself at the end

[EricKei]

Some people are just cursed with brain-to-mouth filters that don't work right.

That reminds me of the time, waaay back at the BoutiqueGrocery, when one of our more braindead teen baggers asked one of our...er...slightly beyond middle age cashiers something really stupid... She had gone through *ahem* The Change of Life not too long past, and was simply ill that day, with whatever it was causing her face to look reddish. The tactful young lad asked her if she was getting...er..."not cold bright lights", shall we say (do the math). She promptly turned a deeper shade of crimson as I *physically* moved him to another register far, far away, allowing her to calm down before she snapped him like a little twig. Fortunately, the MOD saw that she was upset and let her go on a "come back when you are ready" break

For all I know, I may have saved that dude's life. She was...not amused.

[Merriweather]

I was 37 when I first got asked that question I have a friend who's never let me forget it

I have yet to be asked, I always have to ask for my discount, and I'm 58. I'd love to think it's my youthful appearance, but probably just tactful clerks

[Squeaksmyalias]

Had that happen to me too. "Your grandson is so cute!" Um, no, he's my son.

Also got asked if I qualified for a senior discount when I was 38.

I was 37 when I first got asked that question I have a friend who's never let me forget it

My Mom's answer would be Heck yea! But she was the type who would be sad when a store closed right when she would have qualified for the discount. She once thanked my bosses at the faire for having the discount at her age.
As you can imagine it's amusing, especially since doesn't look young for her age, so often she asks and gets a weird look for it.

[Dria]

I've had two different people where I work ask if I was expecting. Yes, they knew I'd married (which crashed and burned spectacularly), but... really? I'm short and skinny, and yes, I have a stomach... but really, people?

[Flying Grype]

Re: the grandparent thing: the store where I work has a grandparents' discount. On a certain day of the week, every week, if you're a grandparent and have a membership with our store you get X% off (other days and other members only get X/2% off). And I have to actively sell memberships. You guessed it, lots of guessing about whether a person is a grandparent or not.

That said, I seem to have avoided the trap, because my standard first question in my active selling schpiel is "Who are you shopping for today?" If it's "my grandkids" and I find out they don't have a membership, I explain the grandparents' discount to them.

[42_42_42]

Well, my cousin (who's younger than me) is about to be a grandma at 33...so you never really know.

And, yes, the fact that she's going to be a grandmother before I get to be a mother gets to me.

[dalesys]

One of my cousins died when he was 52... with eight great-grandchildren.