An age-old (pun intended) question to be answered – without being asked – is now more complicated than ever before because of COVID-19.
Let me explain…..
Many merchants at area stores offer certain age groups discounts. They’ve done so for a very long time. You know that. All good….at least until now.
Now with everyone wearing face masks while shopping it’s more difficult than ever for merchants to tell how old a person might be. Case in point – yesterday I was shopping locally, made my purchase and went to the register to pay. The some-what hesitant cashier looked me over and said “I hate to ask but I can’t tell because of the face-mask…..Are you over 60?” I smiled behind my mask, laughed and said “Not yet.” And with that missed out on an age related discount. Ah well. All good – good for a laugh.
So there you have it – the COVID mask cover-up now distorting people’s facial ages leading to the ultimate age asking questions. Quite understandable as you can see in these past masked pictures of me because I look like I’m over 60 in all of them…don’t I? 😉
Perhaps I should recreate this last one from many many years ago and see if you can tell the difference from a current shot with a mask on and this one from when I was a babe?! You probably couldn’t tell the age difference.
Thanks for wearing your mask today…..and your clothes. You’re protecting others and yourself in more ways than one – even if we can’t tell how old you are.
