Henry shows he has access to economic age benefits (i.e. senior discounts) because he is ‘institutionally’ old. However, at the same time, others perceived and interacted with him differently. Like Victor, other people reinforce or identify Henry as holding a ‘non-old’ status as he too argues for old age discounts. I also noticed he felt quite pleased that he did not “look” old even though he wants the “old” age benefits. Though Henry jokingly stated, “they think I look too young,” he later illustrated with great seriousness his dislike towards the concept ‘old age’ stating, “[…] I don’t like the stereotype older people so I really don’t feel good about categorizing what they should be doing.” In both Victor’s and Henry’s assertions, I detect
