Senior discount? Thanks, I think?

Well it happened; I went to the cashier and I thought she under charged me for my meal so I said, "I think you made a mistake. This item should be $15.99 but you charged me $14.40, so I owe you $1.59 more."  She looked at me and smiled as she said, "That was the Senior Discount." She bubbled with satisfaction for her generosity being noticed.

The problem is that I did not qualify for the discount for two more years so correcting her math made both of us smile awkwardly. Being pegged for being older was fun until about the age 29 and after that I knew I was entering OLD age and that my peers could no longer trust me. More germane to ergonomics is determining at what age is a person to be considered an "older worker".

  You may stop laughing at my age phobia when I tell you that according to the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) "older" applies to anyone over "40".  L