Western Montana resident Helen Self just celebrated her 109th birthday, and she knew exactly where she wanted to celebrate with her friends and family.
The Montana Club in Missoula offers a special discount for patrons based on their age; the older you are, the bigger the discount.
For example, a person celebrating their 21st birthday would be entitled to a 21% discount.
Self intended for the restaurant to make good on their offer, 100%, and then some.
Congratulations on your birthday!!! I know the Montana Club in Missoula well! https://t.co/o78xzjbvPz— BigSky (@BigSky) 1535138689.0
Money Back: 109-year-old takes full advantage of Montana Club birthday discount https://t.co/pLovkfgVub #tw1tterpating— tw1tterpating (@tw1tterpating) 1535162427.0
The restaurant's owner, Nick Alonzo, told ABC Montana that Self has been coming in to take advantage ever since she turned 100-years-old. But a free meal wouldn't suffice for the special lady. She wanted a reward in keeping with the letter of the restaurant's policy.
"Once she turned 101 she informed me that I had to come in and pay her for her meal."
Alonzo was more than happy to oblige in accommodating the discount loophole.
The restaurant's manager, Nick Alonzo.(ABC Montana)
@FoxNews Haha...jokes on them.— Allan (@Allan) 1535187978.0
The centenarian was surrounded by two dozen friends and relatives on Friday. When the check arrived, it indicated that her meal was free, but she also gained 9% back in cash.
That's great. RT @FoxNews: A Montana restaurant offers a percentage off your birthday dinner based on your age. So… https://t.co/Qnh9z99xpc— Seekroid (@Seekroid) 1535190313.0
@FoxNews @dailybriefing Good for her. God bless her.— Gypsy 👳🏽♂️ (@Gypsy 👳🏽♂️) 1535179707.0
Self was born in 1909 with the help of a midwife and has enjoyed life in Montana ever since. She loves the outdoors and recently went camping with her granddaughter Diane Gunter in Lake Como.
She lives with Gunter, with whom she was actively involved in raising her granddaughter's children and foster children up until two years ago.
Self with Diane Gunter(ABC Montana)
Taking care of the young ones keeps her active, and Self admitted that staying busy was key for her health and longevity.
"Well I just work hard all my life...and took care of grandkids and more kids."
So what did she order for dinner?
@FoxNews Time to order the entire menu + 😂— Dawn (@Dawn) 1535187934.0
Self didn't go overboard with her order. For her celebratory dinner, self ordered some shrimp. Her bill wound up earning her around $1.30.
@FoxNews If you make it to 109, you've earned it!— Ronald_Acuna's_Hat (@Ronald_Acuna's_Hat) 1535194133.0
@FoxNews We need more restaurants like that!— Lizz (@Lizz) 1535188029.0
@FoxNews @dailybriefing I can't wait to get to 109— Andrew Downie (@Andrew Downie) 1535187756.0
@FoxNews @dailybriefing Turning 65 on Sunday... ROAD TRIP!!!— Alla Mitchell (@Alla Mitchell) 1535180280.0
@FoxNews @dailybriefing She's set for life— Rennie Stennett (@Rennie Stennett) 1535179712.0
Happy birthday, Helen!
H/T - abcfoxmontana, Twitter, theweek
Redditor Isingsongstomycats wanted to hear about what can completely make us regret speaking to another person, so they asked:
"What instantly ruins a conversation for you?"
I'm ornery. Anything and everything can turn me off.
Blocked
honey boo boo phone GIF by RealityTVGIFsGiphy"Getting their phone out for no reason mid conversation."
Expensive_Pie_6943
"Sometimes I want to look up something pertinent to the conversation but I don't want to interrupt them to say that. Now when someone checks their notification mid conversation, that really burns me."
cutelyaware
Up & Up
"When someone feels the need to one up you on everything you say."
Apprehensive_Gap_368
"Had a coworker like this once, his one upping was so bad we would test it. Best one was a guy talking about catching a shark on a pole at the beach. He interrupted with the time he swam out a mile and got attacked by a shark and beat it and swam back with it."
Mess_Bubbly
Rude
"When they start saying nasty things about people they barely know."
WeirdShyKitten
"I have family like this. I once heard them go on on this rant about how the new waitress at their local coffee shop is fat and ugly. They made a thousands assumptions about this woman that included criticism to her service."
18062022
"Or start sh*t talking someone the second they leave the room. My dad's sisters do that, I was stuck in my parents house alone with them and I would get so paranoid every time I left the room. If they do that to each other, I can’t image the crap they talk about me."
vicki_chicki
War of Words
"When they ask for your opinion or talking about something fully subjective and then tell you how you are objectively wrong or get offended by you nor agreeing."
Prize_Interaction931
"Similar, but not quite the same: my old roommate would correct me on things that were objective, and not like facts."
"Like I mentioned it was hard for my folks to get a mortgage because they were self employed and he correct me that it wasn't. He wouldn't believe the story i was telling and told me what he thought might have happened with no knowledge on the subject."
"Needless to say I moved out."
SFXBTPD
Blah Blah
Bored Chris Rock GIF by BounceGiphy"When it feels like you're engaging a combination lock just to get responses to simple innocent pieces of a conversation. People who small talk you to death."
I swear small talk people should be arrested for attempted murder.
Useless
Golden Girls Rose GIF by TV LandGiphy"When someone drags a story out with useless details. Like something that happened on the drive to work but they start the story at the point when they first woke up and what they had for breakfast. Just get to the point!"
ticklemebits
Paused
"When they interrupt me mid sentence."
HelpMeSweetJesus
"If it sometimes happens on accident whenever they think of something and get over-excited it’s whatevs. Now when they constantly step over you it’s like your opinion merely feels like filler at best and they ain’t even listening. Not even worth the energy to continue at that point."
BAKED_TATER_
"One of my coworkers only listens long enough to figure out what she's going to say next, and then she interrupts. I guess we're only there to feed her lines."
Witty_Commentator
Do Better
"When someone gives you completely useless advice you didn't ask for. A couple weeks ago I mentioned to a coworker that I was glad to be going home because I didn't get more than a couple hours of sleep."
"Dude first of all had the audacity to say 'Well, you need to do better.' When I said I have medication resistant insomnia he looks at me like I'm an idiot and asks if I've tried melatonin."
errant_night
Duh
"Think of how stupid the average person is, and then realize half of them are stupider than that. And it doesn’t take you very long to spot one of them, does it. Take you about eight seconds. You’ll be listening to some guy, and say, this guy is f**king stupid. Then, then there are some people, they’re not stupid. They’re full of crap."
"Huh, that doesn’t take very long to spot, either, does it. Take you about the same amount of time. You’ll be listening to some guy, saying, well, he’s fairly intelligent. Ah, he’s full of s**t. Then there are some people, they’re not stupid, they’re not full of s**t, they’re freaking nuts."
teaching-man
Gross...
Disgusted Emma Stone GIFGiphy"Sexualization. We're talking about a new video game and suddenly I get asked if I play naked, or if I'm turned on by a game mechanic or some such nonsense. Yuck."
GreenAppleLady
Good conversation is hard to keep these days.
Do you have any conversational red flags to add? Let us know in the comments below.
