A friend, who is a couple of years younger than me, was really horrified when I bought the tickets for us to go into an exhibition and they gave us both seniors without asking.
Tbf my hair has been completely grey for years but it was still a harsh blow.
But don’t forget the incredible pleasure that is brought when you try to buy a ticket in person and you are refused because ‘you don’t look that old’. Beats nearly every other life experience!
I had a jolt on the tram last week when an “old” person got on and I nearly gave up my seat, then I realised I was much closer in age to the “old” person than pretty much every other passenger and I’m on the tram not my bike as I’ve buggered my knee up, somebody else can do the kind thing…
Though my first senior discount was the big one, took out joint life membership of the @nationaltrust.org.uk on the day of my 60th birthday. My wife is 5 years younger so she'll enjoy that benefit for years to come!
And the further irritation of a badly designed form that requires you to fill in your city and then gives you a drop-down menu for your county. Oooh, will that offer me London? Or Greater London? Especially badly designed when I've already put London in the "city" box. JUST LET ME BUY THE TICKET.
Don’t get me wrong, I love my county, but they’re an optional part of addresses these days, so as long as you know your postcode - and I’m sure that’ll be a mandatory field - it’s a waste of a question whichever county the customer is from.
Someone, somewhere, put together a wildly incorrect list of British counties and cities, so I am frequently forced to pick "Reading" as both my city and county, with no option for Berkshire, because someone, somewhere is a complete fucking idiot.
This is a case of coders using the wrong dataset (Reading is a unitary authority) and not knowing that counties are superfluous in the presence of a postcode.
This has been true since 1974.
That's right; websites which ask for counties were designed by the pig ignorant who are 51 years behind.
Also, @britishlibrary.bsky.social, you really don't need my phone number if I'm making a one-off purchase of a ticket for a single event. Seriously considering contacting their DPO.
Also, God, the ICO is useless. You can't make a complaint to them until you've had a response from the org. But I want to flag overzealous data collection - I don't need to wait for a resolution/response.
I’ve had much success contacting CEOs etc. a couple of weeks ago I found the email the UK CEO of FedEx. Emailed him about a parcel stuck at a local parcel shop (I hadn’t received a pick up code). The ChatBot was hopeless. Got a reply from his PA. Sorted in two days (thanks Laura)
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Nah don't knock it. I hated the idea at first but now I travel more than ever. I even have an SNCF oldies card - @eurostarnews.bsky.social take note! Key gripe, why do London theatres only offer discounted tickets midweek?
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Thought I was going to rupture something I was laughing so hard when we encountered this.
* just me!
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Tbf my hair has been completely grey for years but it was still a harsh blow.
*mutters something about boomer privilege, tongue firmly in cheek* 😉
Also, drop down menus where you have to put your year of birth, and it takes forever to scroll down.
This has been true since 1974.
That's right; websites which ask for counties were designed by the pig ignorant who are 51 years behind.
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I often use the company HQ address
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