It pays to be 109. Literally. Helen Self, of Missoula, Montana, took up a restaurant's generous birthday deal that offers customers a discount corresponding to their age.So, for example, if you're turning 21, the Montana Club offers a 21 percent discount.And if you're Self, who turned 109, the restaurant apparently pays you.The restaurant gave her a free meal and handed her 9 percent in cash, which equaled about $1.25.Self celebrated her birthday in August with more than 20 family members and friends at the restaurant.She's been taking advantage of the birthday offer since becoming a centenarian.“Once she turned 101, she informed me that I had to come in and pay her for her meal,” Nick Alonzo, the owner of the Montana Club, told KTMF-TV.What does she credit to her longevity?“Well, I just worked hard all my life … and took care of grandkids and more kids,” she said.

It pays to be 109. Literally.

Helen Self, of Missoula, Montana, took up a restaurant's generous birthday deal that offers customers a discount corresponding to their age.



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So, for example, if you're turning 21, the Montana Club offers a 21 percent discount.

And if you're Self, who turned 109, the restaurant apparently pays you.

The restaurant gave her a free meal and handed her 9 percent in cash, which equaled about $1.25.

Self celebrated her birthday in August with more than 20 family members and friends at the restaurant.



She's been taking advantage of the birthday offer since becoming a centenarian.

“Once she turned 101, she informed me that I had to come in and pay her for her meal,” Nick Alonzo, the owner of the Montana Club, told KTMF-TV.

What does she credit to her longevity?

“Well, I just worked hard all my life … and took care of grandkids and more kids,” she said.

