Senior Citizen Money Hacks

[Lancecastor]

Back when bank accounts were updated manually by pretty young girls in dresses and heels, senior citizens would line up at the first of every month to have their bank balance updated.

Most had pre-calculated the Interest and New Balance, and woebetide to the Teller who was out by a penny.

Fast forward to this morning....

I watch this week's old guy in a beat up ford ranger sifting through my recycling for deposit containers as i have my cofffee.

( i know Ish has a new business in the works... Sort of looked like him)

Many GBers could benefit from sharing our observations on ways seniors hunt for a few extra bucks....share!

 

[chillywilly2]

We have/had this old guy in the corner bar that used to sneak over and dump the foam slush from the draft taps into his glass.
He got barred because the girls are supposed to save that stuff to weigh at the end of the shift...he kinda looked like you Lance

 

[Lancecastor]

We have/had this old guy in the corner bar that used to sneak over and dump the foam slush from the draft taps into his glass.
He got barred because the girls are supposed to save that stuff to weigh at the end of the shift...he kinda looked like you Lance

A handsome old geezer, no doubt!

 

[chillywilly2]

A handsome old geezer, no doubt!

Tiny little man with white hair and beard that rode a 3 wheel scooter with a basket on the back to do his returnable bottle collecting like ish...and a horrid scottish accent

 

[Lancecastor]

Tiny little man with white hair and beard that rode a 3 wheel scooter with a basket on the back to do his returnable bottle collecting like ish...and a horrid scottish accent

Sure it wasn't Hobbit?

 

[chillywilly2]

Sure it wasn't Hobbit?

Now thats a distinct possibility..the guy was a total thief...he got caught sneaking into this old native womans backyard and stealing her firewood

 

[Lancecastor]

It's also fairly common in big cities for senior citizens to pose as beggars as a way to supplement their income.

 

[BoyNextDoor]

Beggars can't be posers.

 

[pensivepoet]

I was at a bar where an old guy took a dollar bill out of the urinal and tried to use it to buy a beer.
The owner beat the hell out of the guy and forced him to eat the bill.
But most old guys are busy saying welcome to wal mart or sorting screws at Lowes.

 

[thør]

It's also fairly common in big cities for senior citizens to pose as beggars as a way to supplement their income.

Indeed, I've paid an old man to "watch to car" when having lunch out in Moscow. His fixed pension barely paid the rent, but he could afford vodka if he watched a car or two.

 

[MrHotnspicey]

Wow

I will say Thank You Lord, for your many blessings, when I say my prayers tonight.

 

[doowdniw]

I take teaching jobs for mad money (but, technically, I'm not a senior...yet).

 

[Hypoxia]

I picked the wrong day to give up shoplifting.