I don’t get one old ppl joke

[u/Educational-Leg1402]

I work part time at Migros and only in the last 2 days 3 elderly ppl were joking about needing the receipt for the tax declaration. I don’t get the joke😭 all of them said it jokingly but whenever I made an hypothesis the next one falsified it, so can anyone here explain what’s the deal plz? Thanks guys

[u/Assaina]

I work in a pharmacy and I hear that same joke at least 10 times a day. Closely followed by "I don't need the receipt, unless you want to run after me?" ("Sie wemmer jo nid nochrenne, oder?") and "noone will give me the money back LOL".

My best guess: it must be hardcoded into their brains.

[u/Educational-Leg1402 → u/Assaina]

Omg exactly that wording but in French here lmao

[u/iATlevsha → u/Assaina]

Well at least for a pharmacy it might be even reasonable: health related expenses above some percentage of income are tax deductible

[u/_Administrator_ → u/iATlevsha]

In some cantons all costs are deductible. Starting from the first franc.

[u/alexs77 → u/_Administrator_]

Which ones would that be? Zurich, by chance?

[u/perskes → u/_Administrator_]

As it should be..

[u/Ok_Replacement6164 → u/_Administrator_]

Which cantons?

[u/BictorianPizza → u/Assaina]

The second one is definitely a line I’ve heard my boomer father mutter before… sigh