Jan 27 2008
Open Letter to AARP
Dear AARP:
Earlier this week my boyfriend, insert Boyfriend’s name here, received an invitation to membership in your organization. Mr. Boyfriend will not reach the minimum age for eligibility until 2016, so we respectfully request that you stop sending literature until that time. For your reference, the authorization code on the literature you sent is 1234567890. I will also be returning the form in the postage paid envelope you so conveniently provided, so that there is no mistake that he does not want to receive any communications from you until which time he is eligible.
Sincerely,
KirstenL4W
on behalf of Boyfriend
Can you believe this stuff? Boyfriend is only 41 years young. He is not old. I can see sending out literature a few months in advance of membership eligibility, but honestly, who is sitting there saying, “Gosh, in 8½ years I’ll be able to join AARP. I can’t wait!” Come on now, AARP. Lighten up a bit. Boyfriend has already hit his 40’s and thinks he’s old, which he is NOT. Thanks for the blow to his self esteem. Now I have to spend at least the next week trying to convince him that he is not old and does not need the blue pills.
I get junk mail from the AARP and I’m hardly old enough to vote.
That’s funny! Boyfriend laughed, but it still doesn’t make him feel better. Funny, though - I’ve never received anything from them myself.
Sorry ’bout that! There really isn’t an incentive for us to spend the money to mail people who can’t join, so I’d chalk it up to bad intel … in some database somewhere, your boyfriend’s age is probably incorrect, and that’s why he got on our list! So thanks for the correction :).
Ya know, if your comment didn’t come from a gmail address I might almost believe your reply. Smart ass.
On the contrary, it’s probably cheaper to send junk to everyone who has a mailbox, including people who obviously live on college campuses.
That’s right - with bulk mail rates and automated mail merge, now everyone can join AARP, whether they are old enough or not!
That’s pretty funny. I had a neighbor a couple years ago who was ranting about her INABILITY to get into AARP because they disagreed with her age. She was in her 60s and said she had been waiting forever already because she didn’t want to admit that she was old!
Now that’s funny! I did get a reply from them, they suggested that perhaps his name came from a mailing list somewhere. He is a member of a hearse club, but that’s not because he has one foot in the grave. Thanks for visiting, Piper!
Who sits and waits for that? My Mother. No kidding she was GIDDY the day she became *of age*. She even called me to tell me about it. Now I get the newsletters and info after she is done reading it, with notes from her of course. The things she thinks I need to know and/or remember. As if it will be relevant by the time I get there. I am 33 years old.
Stacey, thanks for visiting! That’s funny that your mother is so excited about getting older. We could probably all learn a thing or two about positive attitude from her!