Had a similar experience, I told the representative that they obviously did not need my business and walked out. All other establishments that offer senior citizen lines have always accepted me. They changed the law several years ago that did not allow expats to avail of the discount card, they now will. I have not used it because I don't need the discount, but I still like using the lines for shopping and other services. I too no longer avail of Mercury, they seem they are too big and have gotten away from customer service. I speak with my wallet.
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Happy Camper DI Senior Member Restricted Account Infamous Showcase Reviewer
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My husband had the t-shirt embossed for me at the t-shirt kiosk downstairs at Robinson's mall.
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Brian Oinks That's Mr. Pig to you Boy! :) Highly Rated Poster
But one example;
We use to attend a local Church here, I like to sit in the back row, always have done, but at this particular Church, the elders in charge would rush forwards and relocate worshipers (locals) sitting right in the front row, and then usher my wife and I to sit in their place telling us the seats were better for me to sit on. I asked the Pastor several times not to do that anymore, but it happened each time we went there, in the end I would go sit in the back row regardless of the scowling looks I got from the helpers beckoning us forwards. I felt very uncomfortable with that so in the end I stopped attending after hearing a few stories about preferential treatment and miffed parishioners.
Same thing when someone calls me "Sir". If it is a friend or a friend of a friend, I always tell them to call me Brian, not Sir as I am not a Teacher, Police Officer or figure of Authority. In a Business I let it slide as they are instructed to do so when serving Customers, but I do find it uncomfortable when I am called Sir.
Sorry to all you guys who are Seniors and/or Disabled. Please; I am not having a go at you at all, just my stubbornness and refusal to let go of my own independence. I am a stubborn @ss who should be in a wheel chair by now but would rather crawl then do that. I am sure you understand that, so to those who feel they are due the respect of being a Senior or Disabled person, I do not begrudge you.- Like x 1
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As a disabled foreigner, I do no expect special treatment and will wait my turn in line with my brother-in-law helper. I do appreciate when a PWD parking spot is available. Lately, there are some foreigners claiming those parking spots by telling the Robinson's guard they are senior citizens or disabled and walking away. I know them but don't say anything....
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I stopped in at Mercury Drugs this morning to get a prescription filled. I picked a priority number from the senior's line. With in a minute an employee gave me a number from the regulator line. Than she told me that I was not a senior citizen. She explained that I was a foreigner, not a citizen and therefor had to get in line with the rest of the crowd. Here is my take on this; I look like a teenager, My bad knees miraculously healed themselves, the diabetic swelling in my legs suddenly disappeared and my chronic coronary heart decease no longer is a problem. I'm wondering if KFC, Jolly Bee, Robertson's Market, Hipper Mart and all other retailers in the PI are going to close down their SENIOR's line to SENIOR X-PAT's? Mercury Drugs just got put on my DO NOT SHOP list! There sign also includes PWD (Persons With Disabilities)! I sure as hell qualify for that. I have seen other similar signs that include pregnant women. If I were a pregnant woman, on vacation would Mercury Drugs, not let me use that priority line because I was a foreigner? My Filipina wife will be a SENIOR soon. If she gets in the priority line, once she becomes a SENIOR, is Mercury Drugs going to turn her away, BECAUSE she is an American? Do not take this as something related to the senior's discount card because it is not. It's about this old disabled X-Pat, on old wore out legs having to stand in line behind a half dozen teenagers.
"This is nothing more than age discrimination by Mercury Drugs in their "priority line policy.""
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Old age refers to ages nearing or surpassing the life expectancy of human beings, and is thus the end of the human life cycle. Terms and euphemisms include old people (worldwide usage), seniors (American usage), senior citizens (British and American usage), older adults (in the social sciences[1]), the elderly, and elders (in many cultures—including the cultures of aboriginal people).
Old people often have limited regenerative abilities and are more susceptible to disease, syndromes, and sickness than younger adults. The organic process of ageing is called senescence,[2] the medical study of the aging process is called gerontology,[3] and the study of diseases that afflict the elderly is called geriatrics.[4] The elderly also face other social issues around retirement, loneliness, and ageism.[5]
Old age is a social construct rather than a definite biological stage, and the chronological age denoted as "old age" varies culturally and historically.[6]- Agree x 2
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