"The Boss"
School is over and I have the summer to myself. Wednesday I went up to Battlecreek to go to Sam’s Club and do a little shopping. I decided to check out the Old Country Buffet as they were advertising $4.99 lunches. I figured it would be good for a cheap lunch. I got my salad and a chicken breast and sat down to discover that I felt like I was at an AARP convention. Oh, there were a couple of young kids with their parents but for the most part I felt like a “youngling” in there with all those old people. I’m 55 and don’t consider myself to be young at all any more. I was rather shocked and I was trying to figure out why the place was full of old people.
I thought maybe the young people were working as it was around two in the afternoon. Then I thought maybe old people are the only people that can afford to eat out any more. Obviously that isn’t the case as I know people are still running to McDonalds any time they feel like it and Old Country Buffet was a “cheap” lunch. Then I thought maybe it has something to do with the price because old people like cheap food or maybe even the name “Old Country Buffet”. Is that code for “old farts only”?
If you haven’t been to Old Country Buffet it is just what it says it is. You can get whatever you want in a buffet style. You can “graze” as long as you want with as many trips to the buffet as you choose. By the way, next time I will avoid the chicken noodle soup as it was awful. The last time I went to an Old Country Buffet was in Ann Arbor a few years ago with my son. The line was super long and full of families, young families, certainly not old people. It was on a Sunday morning and we we’re going for the breakfast buffet. It was good so imagine my shock when I went into the Battlecreek establishment only to feel like I was at an AARP convention.
I mention AARP mockingly as they have been hounding me for the last five years to join their “club”. I have resisted all these years. Maybe they were secretly following me to put more pressure on me to join. After all I just saw a show where they showed the cover of AARP magazine and Valerie Bertinelli was on the cover and looking quite sexy. That’s to make me see the benefits of AARP. They also mentioned the “Boss” was on the cover before, so I guess celebrities are embracing their age and joining AARP in droves. It isn’t working. I will resist the lure of AARP until I actually retire!
You must check out Valerie Bertinelli in her AARP photo shoot! If anyone can make AARP seem “sexy” it is our good and getting old “all American girl” Valerie!
http://www.aarp.org/politics-society/newsmakers/info-05-2010/valerie-bertinelli-video.html