Why don't places that give discounts to seniors give discounts to the disabled?

Seniors get discounts because they are on a very limited income, social security. Well, legally disabled people are on social security too, and are actually often on a tighter budget than seniors (seniors might not have as many medical expenses, and seniors might have pensions, etc.)Why don't places have discounts for the disabled, or at least for anyone on social security? (I'm thinking the latter might take away any stigma attached to treating the disabled differently.

) Asked by JafafaHots 54 months ago Similar questions: places give discounts seniors disabled Business > Financial Planning.

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Discounts I'm thinking it's probably because it's easier to prove that you are over a certain age, and harder to prove you are on some kind of social security without carrying something around that says so. Whatever it is it would probably have your social security number on it and we all know that's not a good idea any more... Also, I would guess that the generosity of restaurants and other places has limits; they are in business to make money, so they probably have to limit the discounts to one group. I'm sure it would be nice if they did it for everyone on social security, but it probably wouldn't make good economic sense to do so.

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Interesting idea, but you need to dig deeper... First of all, it's an assumption that Seniors get discounts because they are on a limited income, and not for another reason. Most discounts are really given for one of two reasons...one is limited utility of the product or service for the customer and two is marketing. Some businesses market to seniors, because seniors, even though they are on a fixed income often, at least those who are not confined to a nursing home, generally don't have mortgages, and spend more money on convenience and lifestyle offerings...more of their money goes towards things which make their lives easier, but which are technically not essentials.

When marketing to seniors, you also have to be cognizant of the fact that they have by and large lived through more than one very bad economic time, and they often know the value of the dollar more so than your average 20 something. Often they have spent their lives at times having to be frugal just to get by, and discounts are appreciated. And of course if they are living on a fixed income and have to make every penny count, true, that's going to get them into the restaurant.

Now you could market similarly to the disabled, but there are other reasons that seniors get discounts. But unlike Seniors, the disabled aren't as a class of people as involved in social networking. Wherever you go, if you want to know what's really going on, your best bet is to ask the oldest person you can find...with age comes experience and with experience comes wisdom, and that comes from them talking to each other.

Older folks have a lot of friends, and if they find a particular place they like to go that will treat them well by providing them a good discount, well, older people are far more likely than any group you can think of, including the disabled, to do the marketing for them. They'll tell everyone they know about that place. Essentially, your past becomes tiresome to the people you talk to on a regular basis after hearing the same stories over and over throughout the years as well, so to keep the conversation interesting when speaking to others, older people like to talk about current happenings...if you live in the past all the time, you're relegated to irrelevance in the eyes of your audience, and like everyone else, the older generation is every bit as hungry for human contact and acceptance.

While this may also in parts be true for the disabled, the younger disabled who would benefit from this, just from not being around as many years are unlikely to have as robust a social network that utilizes their every recommendation. And let's face it, in our image conscious society, if you start to market to the disabled, and do so successfully so that your establishment is frequented by all manner of people who have limited mobility (being only one example of a disability), those who aren't disabled are probably going to be put off a bit, if for no other reason than their otherwise unrestricted mobility will be hampered by these slow moving individuals everywhere in sight. And yes, there is the darker side, those who are prejudiced against, or even scared of the disabled, which is proof exactly of your point that if everywhere you went catered to the disabled, it would make them more visible and the non-disabled with hang ups about it would have to get over it, so it could be a good thing, but looking as an individual business owner, are you going to want to be a trailblazer in this area?

It would be viewed from a business standpoint as having the potential of replacing customers who pay in full with those who get discounts, moreso that it would as a way to expand business. Then there's the limited utlity argument. I'm thinking for example of a restaurant.

Whether it be buffet style or ordering off a menu, seniors, much like children, in general have smaller appetites...their metabolisms and activity level have slowed down and they require less nourishment...that and again, many have been forced to live through tough times and eating excessively has never been an option...they couldn't gorge themselves the way a younger patron could even if they tried. Plus our entire culture has become one of excess, Americans in particular are getting fatter and fatter because for the past 30 years we've been raised on high fructose and trans fats, and have lived in a culture which caters to immediate gratification of our urges. Older individuals were never ruined the way the current and most recent generations were.

You can charge seniors less because whether you give them the food or they pick it themselves, chances are they are going to eat less, therefore less cost, therefore less price. Let's face it, there are many people confined to wheelchairs and oxygen tanks who got there from being morbidly obese, and yet these people don't slow down when they're at the buffet...if anything they eat several times as much as a normal sized person. Are you going to want to encourage people who eat more by making them pay less?

Not a good idea for these establishments. But, for this same reason, there ARE places which DO give discounts to the disabled, for exactly this reason...they do so when it's appropriate. I'll give you one good example.

I have a friend who experienced congestive heart failure at age 35, but she also has two kids. My family and her family went to an amusement park last summer, and she paid the child rate which is less than a third the regular rate, because she could only ride a limited number of the rides...pretty much the same number a kid could ride. They have a senior discount and a kids' discount, but if you look at the price on the board, it doesn't say anything about a "disabled" discount, but we called, and they wouldn't divulge the rate until they interviewed her, but when we went there, it was the same as the kids' rate.

Many places have special policies for the differently abled...if it seems to make sense that someone with a disability is going to get less out of something while paying the same price, it makes a lot of sense to call the management of the place and inquire about the specific situation. But they're not going to advertise that they give special treatment to certain individuals, because it will turn off some existing customers if they think the disabled are getting special treatment.

1 Seniors are a huge population that businesses are trying to attract, and some think have similar tastes and desires that businesses can conform to. I don't think that is true for the disabled population. Not all seniors are on a "very limited income".

Seniors are a huge population that businesses are trying to attract, and some think have similar tastes and desires that businesses can conform to. I don't think that is true for the disabled population. Not all seniors are on a "very limited income".

2 dalepetrie, regarding your answer "Interesting idea, but you need to dig deeper...":Just wanted to point out that while it certainly must be true that some people are disabled because they are obese, you can't make that assumption. When you see an obese person in a wheel chair, don't assume that the fat came first. Many people are obese because they are disabled.

I've known a number of people confined to wheelchairs because of MS, and many become obese. Unable to exercise, unable to afford quality food, unable to cook well and thus relying on packaged processed food, etc. Also, many of them are older and its harder for older people who have been immobilized to stay fit than than it is for many younger people. And of course at least some of the people who were obese first are obese not because of gluttony but because of health problems.

When I was young and stupid, I used to see obese people on scooters and wheelchairs and just assume that they ate themselves into their disability. Some have, of course, but its really unfair to make that assumption.(not that I'm saying that you are.) .

Dalepetrie, regarding your answer "Interesting idea, but you need to dig deeper...":Just wanted to point out that while it certainly must be true that some people are disabled because they are obese, you can't make that assumption. When you see an obese person in a wheel chair, don't assume that the fat came first. Many people are obese because they are disabled.

I've known a number of people confined to wheelchairs because of MS, and many become obese. Unable to exercise, unable to afford quality food, unable to cook well and thus relying on packaged processed food, etc. Also, many of them are older and its harder for older people who have been immobilized to stay fit than than it is for many younger people. And of course at least some of the people who were obese first are obese not because of gluttony but because of health problems.

When I was young and stupid, I used to see obese people on scooters and wheelchairs and just assume that they ate themselves into their disability. Some have, of course, but its really unfair to make that assumption.(not that I'm saying that you are.).

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