To think asking for discount is cheeky

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I have been on a few dating sites and when people ask what I do for work, they immediately ask; can you get me discount?

This has happened on multiple occasions. It’s in the travel industry that I work btw.

I usually just put them straight but part of me thinks, why would I get you discount? I don’t even know you? We have been talking on this dating app for all of 5 minutes.

Had a similar experience when out with a friend of a friend last night. I haven’t met this woman before and when we got talking about jobs she again asked me could I get her discount. This was in the very beginning of the conversation.

Slightly different I suppose if it’s a friend of a friend I would consider helping them, but it’s the way they go about it. Does It not just seems a bit rude of people who I have never met before to ask me?

I will add that I can’t get good discount anyway, not even for myself, so I’m not really in a position to help anyone else.

Are they only saying it tongue in cheek though? Like when people say they’re as police officer and the person asking says “oh, I’d better watch out then”?

It's the kind of thing people say in jest no?

No, it’s been followed up with “oh I travel to XYZ a few times a year. It would have been handy to get some money off”

Yesterdays conversation went “can you get me discount, I go and visit my sister and her family at Christmas”

It's an ice breaker type of remark. They don't really mean it or expect it, it's just something not very creative to say back. However, it's all they got at the time. Just practice a witty but friendly retort and move on the conversation

I would be careful about what you tell strangers about your job until you know them properly. I had a stalker local to me who forced me to move the whole family. He was seriously crazy and I felt miserable stepping outside my door knowing he was lurking, following me and rummaging through my bins. I had another very unwanted admirer through a work connection who over-stepped the line of normality by a long shot. He would not accept that I didn't want to date him, and made a bit of a nuisance of himself. He sent gifts to my house having not been given that information by me. He just used knowledge of my work role to track me down. While I understand people use dating apps nowadays, you don't know these people and they could be any random weirdo. The information you give them can help them identify you on social media, or work sites. It is best to keep it vague until you know they can be trusted. If they are really looking for a discount from you, they are cheapskates and users so doing you a favour by showing you who they are early-on. Best of luck.

It is cheeky, and rude. A colleague of my mums discovered that I enjoy crochet/knitting and sewing, so they contacted me directly to say "Can you make me two sets of hats and scarves? I'll get you a bit of wool if you need some". Er, no?.

This really bugs me, I get it all the time. The best was when I was asked by a friend of a friend if i was looking for a new project I could make them a quilt, I’m sorry but a quilt isn’t cheap in materials and is a labour of love ! And don’t start me on dressmaking, no I don’t do repairs or alterations not even for me !

We had a shop selling pictures and frames. In the 90s, the BBC put out a daytime programme with Gregg Wallace looky likey, Dom Littlewood, showing people saving money by going into shops asking for, and usually getting, discount. From that moment on, every pensioner said something like 'Dom says I must ask for discount' We used to reply 'Well Dom doesn't have to psy my rent, doss he' The f'ing BBC, that we subsidise, was encouraging viewers to screw our margins. DH did phone them and ask for a discount on our license fee cis 'Dom said' but got nowhere. He never asked the lijes of Tesco, it was always independant businesses the bald headed little twat.

I had a customer ask for discount this week.
Her exact words were, I should be getting a discount the amount of times I have been in this year (kennels).
I replied that nobody gets discount, not even my family 🤷🏻. Cheeky bitch!

Many years ago I worked for a bank and i had a million 'do you give away free samples' I took it as a joke, a bad unoriginal one but not seriously

I work in the travel industry. The post pandemic era is the perfect excuse to keep it light and just laugh it off with "Oh gosh no, the state the pandemic left the industry in, I don't think I'll ever have access to discounts again. They're a thing of the past now." Hopefully they won't ask again.

Cheeky and rude. It would disqualify them for me.

Why do people think they deserve discounts? I wouldn't allow a friend to give me a discount, never mind a stranger.

I would respond with a 'Why? What is your reason for believing you qualify for a discount?'

When I worked for the National Trust I'd get people asking if I could get them tickets for entry. I just used to stare at them in disbelief, as if I hadn't heard them correctly. That usually did the trick!