Senior Citizen!

Well.. I think it defeats the purpose of naming my blog "Me, the way I am" if I am going to offer justifications for not posting often etc etc.. Hey, thats me... and I am lazy by nature!! ;)

Anyway, when I was scouting for a topic to write on.. popped up the word.."Senior Citizen"! There is a senior citizen tax exemption, special interest rates for deposits, concessions in Rail/Air fare and lately, on the Volvo bus fares!! I don't this is a concept that has come around in the last few years or so.. think they exist for quite sometime..

I guess I am noticing this word nowadays is cos Appa is one and Amma is taking baby steps towards it.. Its quite funny to hear Appa arguing with the Customer care for all those umpteen domestic services.. they invariably start of with this gem of a sentence.."What is this? I am senior citizen.. what do you expect me do? blah blah blah". Perhaps, they should start a separate cell for senior citizens with some folks who can give better answers than... "The system is like that.. Sir!!".

See, I am an IT person (who incidentally is unable to answer my Dad's queries, invariably asks friends/colleagues about the most happening softwares) who designs stuff and can comprehend this answer but to expect a lay man who has been molly coddled earlier by bank/services staff etc.. to understand it is stretching things too far! Time BPO services took note!

Anyway, back to the senior tag.. I think I never noticed that my Thatha/Patti(Grandpa/Granny) were seniors too, cos that is the only way I know them. But to see your strong and fiery(;)Hey, I get scolded for something or the other every day!) parents turning one is a learning process...

Adios,

B