These last couple of weeks have been super upsetting for me. I don’t know if this is a senior citizen thing but i have been interacting with some of the most disrespectful senior citizens I’ve ever met lately. They say the rudest shit ever. And they really try to get me upset. It seems like its on their daily agenda to piss me off just cuz I’m young. I’m 21yrs old and for some reason they target me as someone to bully. I say bully because i can say some horrible things back but i choose not to because i dont like doing that. I swear i need to take up boxing or something just so i can release some of this stress. I am trying my best not to cuss them out or say something back but i feel like eventually one of them will really piss me off this bad. I don’t have anything against old people but it seems like they have beef with younger people simply because they’re young. These people act like savages sometimes, especially in the grocery store where i work. Like i get that their bodies are breaking down and they’re not as good looking anymore but that doesn’t make it right for them to take out their frustrations on strangers. They act like the world owes em something. The way i see it is that all i owe them is my kindness and my respect but I’m not gonna bend over and take their shit just because they’re older than me. Respect is one thing but fear is something else. I’m gonna hold my ground today when one of these people open their mouths and say something rude.
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I used to say it all the time when I worked in a store. Kids suck, sure. But old people are legitimately entitled, downright annoying bastards.
You hit the nail on the head with this.
“I don’t have anything against old people but it seems like they have beef with younger people simply because they’re young.”
Ok, so I’m old. I’m 53, and when you hit this age, yes, you do think younger people are idiots. Hate to say it. The thing is, some of us are a bit better at dealing with that unfortunate character flaw than others.
It’s a different version of the dynamic that exists between older and younger siblings, you know, that “my little brother is such an idiot because. . . “, or little sister, whatever the case may be. We think we know best because we’ve been around so damn long, but we’re for the most part just full of two things: Ourselves, and shit.
Don’t hold back. The next time some old fart bullies you, speak your mind. The thing is this – you may or may not have a meaningful conversation with someone who does this to you, ultimately gaining their respect after getting them to see your side of an issue, but you will piss ’em the fuck off when you stand your ground and speak your mind, and that’s sometimes what’s needed when you’re dealing with us close minded, opinionated, self-righteous pinheads.
Give an old person hell. We deserve it.
I deal with impolite people all the time. All I need to do to find them is to step outside my building. The thing is: assholes will be assholes, regardless of their age. They probably were rude idiots when they were young too.
The good thing is that you can be proud of yourself — in 21 years you managed to learn something that they are yet to learn despite all their decades: respect for the others.