You know you're old when the cashier

[Floyd R. Turbo]

calls you “hon”!

[Hoyt]

1. Or they give you the senior discount without even asking your age.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

2. Yep!

[rurallib]

9. That's the one that hurts

[JaneQPublic]

3. Maybe the cashier is from Baltimore

or Maryland in general., where use of "hon" is very common.

B'more even has an annual Hon Festival, most famous for men cross-dressing as their version of the prototypical local Hon Lady.

[madinmaryland]

4. That was a big deal. I never went, but it was all that talked about.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

11. That's cool! Years ago didn't a woman who owned a diner there copyright "Hon" and wanted to

charge for use of the word?

[emmaverybo]

5. I have been called "young lady." Before I got old, a clerk had pointed out something I needed,

“ See the young lady there?” She was in her eighties.

[virgogal]

6. I am in my 80s......got a kick out of your post.

[emmaverybo]

7. I am getting closer. In a French language group with a sharp as a tack 95 year old. My mom passed

at 90. She was still interested in everything, living independently, and beautiful. From one young lady to another, let’s keep it all going on.

[applegrove]

8. Some places use "hon". Some say "sweetie". I like both.

[LeftInTX]

10. When the cashier asks, "What's a check?"

Party City does not accept checks. I made a remark and the cashier whispers to me, "What's a check?"

I'm like

[sl8]

12. Could be taken more than one way.

According to Oxford, "hon is sometimes confused with hun" .
https://www.google.com/search?q=hon

Knowing Attillla, excuse me, knowing "Floyd" as I do, I'm sure the cashier only meant it one way.