Old people and why they suck

[der Astronom]

Another good reason why automatic respect for old people fails. You judge people by who they are, and not their age.
If old people were handicapped, they'd be in a senior's home rather than in the public.
They're going to die sooner anyways.

Conversely, I have met nice old people before. This one time I went to a Japanese restaurant and was deducing stuff from a German newspaper, this old lady that sat next to me started commenting on my experience with learning German, and complimented me for not being afraid to eat alone (ja, I went to the restaurant by myself rather than with a group of people). She was nice otherwise.

I think I've just realized that it's not the old people I admire. It's the middle-aged folks who still retain their wisdom and personality that I like. I just call them "old" anyways because they seem old to me.

If I live to be old enough, I'll just leave people alone. I won't expect anything from them, and will probably end up being a hermit away from all the commercialized places where kids flip burgers and count change.

 

[Channizard]

I am pretty much in total agree-ance with you on everything soul-sistah, mostly these points.

I can't stand it when they think it's okay to just push in front of you when you're in the line because, 'They're old and therefore should have everything handed to them because they're old.' <_<

Steve actually said to one old guy the other day (who pushed in front of him) 'Excuse me I was in line.'

The old guy said, 'I don't care if you were in line, I'm here now.'

And everyone just stares. 0_0

Steve shouts back, 'Did you lose your manners when you got old did you?' and then walked up to the counter and explained that the old prick pushed in and so they served Steve first thankfully.

I don't care if they've 'Been through a lot.' That is no excuse to be rude and no excuse to do the sorts of things that you hear them accusing todays youth of.

I am most certainly not going to use that excuse when I get older. It just shows how old and fucking ridiculous you are. There is no excuses for being rude. <_<

Yeah, I had some woman actually the other day try and cut in front of me at 7/11. There was a line that was curving almost into an aisle and against the chicken stand, and I was maybe 2 people away from the counter when she comes up and stands next to me... completely ignoring the 4 people behind me. I didn't know where she planned on going with that but I stepped up before she cut in front of me. I don't stand for that, not in elementary school and not irl. D;<

And I think all licenses should be taken off people once they get to the stage that they just can't drive normally anymore. I wouldn't give an age because everyone is different and some more physically fit then others.

Old people smell is the worst though. I swear they all smell the same. It's just this old people smell that I can never get used to. Every day at work it's the same thing. v_v Rarely get young people in the pharmacy. =/

Ugh, yes... One time at Timmy Ho's, this old (must have been 80) woman goes through the drive thru, goes too far and there are too people behind her. So, having pulled up too far, she leans her arm out and honks, waving at the people behind her. I glanced back and saw the aggravated look of a woman behind her, who had to honk as well and wave the person behind her...

THEN this old woman pulls up and acts like it's their fault all "Oh well they shouldn't be so close to me like that it's bad if I have to reverse..." I kinda paused and bit my lip, muttering the nicest thing in this situation "..You shouldn't need to reverse in a Drive thru..." handed her coffee... and she left.

OMG THE SMELL....

that is all. x:

Although where I live old people aren't accidentally annoying like you have explained, they are rude, racist and there's lots of them. They all hate cats, they are grumpy.

There is this dude next door to us he is very old, like 80-90 we call him Scrap (I don't know why though...), but he is so racist you wouldn't believe the things he says, he hates fat people and he insults them in the most disgusting way

Racist/Prejudice old people are even worse... but at that point they must have been the same way all their lives, no? D;

Another good reason why automatic respect for old people fails. You judge people by who they are, and not their age.
If old people were handicapped, they'd be in a senior's home rather than in the public.

Exactly why I used the handicapped stall.. none of those women had walkers or nothing.. and they wouldn't be out if they were handicapped, not in a place where they can slip and trip up a hip.

I think I've just realized that it's not the old people I admire. It's the middle-aged folks who still retain their wisdom and personality that I like. I just call them "old" anyways because they seem old to me.

I find middle aged 40-60 year olds fine. It's once they hit 70 that their smell worsens, their speed drops about 50 km, and their humour goes out the window. Has anyone ever listened in on an old people conversation? They find the simplest things amusing... like when black and white movies showed someone falling down, and it was a fucking riot.

For some reason their dull humour also annoys me. =/

 

[Kandy-Sugar]

Ugh another thing you reminded me of! The humour. v_v

They come up to you and start rambling on and I can't quite figure out if they've made a joke or not. 0_o

They say something totally confusing and then laugh and I'm like 'Hehe' not having a clue what the hell they're on about.

They speak of things that were from their time and I've got no idea on how to relate to it. >.<

 

[Channizard]

YES OMG YES

Sorry I'm not having an orgasm, I'm just glad someone totally gets where I'm coming from on all aspects of this.

The other day at the gym some old lady was saying something to me, and laughed.. again, she was half naked AS THEY ALWAYS ARE.. and I'm just heading to the pool, when she says something again.. and laughs.. now this woman was maybe 90, liek.. rly old.. and I couldn't understand a thing she said, so I just replied with "Oh yah?" and walked off quickly, to avoid it. >_>

 

[GalaxyFlare]

I was in the bank one time waiting to get a new account for ebay and the elerdly couple ahead of me wouldnt leave........

They didnt understand there transaction was finished and the poor Girl behind the counter tries like 6 times to get them to leave before she pointed out I was waiting lol and annoying.

I hope I never become so detatched from the way thing work that i dont understand the when its time to leave a some place.

Hopefully by the were are there age they(scientist) would have figured out the mystery behind aging so we can maintain a younger mind and body well into our Elder Days.

Unless Global Warming gets us all first?

 

[Channizard]

I remember one old man who would come to McDonalds, apparently he was a dick to everyone (and not just me, thank God), and got banned from the place a few times but kept coming back. I could always tell who he was by his voice and his short cut off orders. Always in the drive thru when he came by, he would pull up to the window but not completely, he'd be too far back for me to reach. And I could reach him, but I`d have to have half my body out to window (cause I actually did this once to reach him) -.-

After that, I would just stick my arm out with the food, and wait for him to either reach out or pull up. This is a guy who would just stick his hand barely out the window but fully capably of pulling forward or reaching to get it. One time he gruffly said "What, can't reach a little further?" and I waited until he reached out himself to get his drink and I replied "Only about as much as you can, sir."

Bumpity bump bump

So today coming home, there was something going on on the side of the road in a 60km/h zone. There was a fire truck on the opposing lane as me, and a guy waving around one of those spot/slow signs. There's one person in front of me, and they're old. I know this because A, their head is barely visible over the seat, and B, what is visible over the seat is white hair.

So they're going, and they're going... they're breaking really hard at random times, but still going even though I can clearly see that the guy has the STOP facing our side. However, because the firetruck is on the opposite side of the road, I'm assuming the old person just figures "hey my lane is free, vroooooom".. and they're still going until the sign guy comes out, frantically waving the stop sign because there's oncoming traffic. Person in front of me FINALLY gets it, slams on the breaks and allows the opposite traffic to go, with narrow room to get through. The sign guy kept waving the sign angrily, I thought he was gonna go to the driver's side and yell at him.

This is why old people shouldn't drive.

 

[Toshiya]

The only complaint I have about old people is the fact that they treat teenagers appallingly. They look at you and its almost as if they expect you to attack them so they look at you suspiciously all the time and that really does my head in.

Also, on buses, they are so rude. I can understand the whole 'old people should get a seat' thing, because if they have, say, walking sticks, they shouldn't be made to stand up whilst a perfectly healthy person gets a seat. However, it sometimes annoys me the way they give you a filthy look if you don't immediately offer them a seat. I usually give up my seat, but one time I'd sprained my ankle and could barely walk. I didn't offer my seat because I couldn't stand up properly (a valid excuse, I though) and a minute later she said to me, 'so, are you not going to give me my seat?' I then explained that I had a sprained ankle and she just gave me daggers before harrassing somebody else.

That said, I do meet some nice old people. It's just the others than are plain rude and think they're better than everyone that get on my nerves.

Hmmm... long post

 

[Sullivan0930]

yes someone finally agrees with me. Ive had a strong hate for old people my entire life, and people always just say im an asshole. I hate being stuck behind them, i hate looking at them cause they are just generally ugly, i hate when they stop at a stop sign for 3minutes then proceed to drive 15mph the entire way, i hate the old lady afros, and i hate when they come up to me and start talking, idgaf what you have to say just shut up!

 

[Crystal]

I also hate how they look at teenagers.
I had one time when I wanted to cross a crowded street on my bike and one old lady comes on a bike to pass me by, but she breaks and it almost looked like she stopped for me, so of course I thought I had the chance and wanted to cross but then she suddenly randomly decides to bike further so I almost crashed into her. She got angry at me and complained about my manners..

I also hate it when you miss the train because some old lady doesn't understand how the ticket machine works x.x

 

[Marcus]

its old people in cars that annoy the hell out of me, i was out one day and i swear to god this old women was in the driving in the middle of the dual carrigeway. JUST BECAUSE YOUR'E OLD DOES NOT MEAN YOU OWN THE FUCKING ROAD another thing is they drive 10mph everywhere oooooo its like they drive at the speed they walk, very slow

 

[The Illusive Man]

Old people of today are generally rude, inconsiderate and everything they claim we all are. Most of them have never served there country, they dont give a rats about anything but where there next pension check is coming from, and GRR how they annoy me when they barge past you in the super market and look at you like its your fault.

Dont get me started on the dreaded market day either, nothing makes me road rage more than getting stuck behind the old biddies that got up at the crack of dawn, clogging all the traffic just so the can go sit in the same cafe they do every week and talk about who's died recently

If I end as bad as that when im old, I'll pray for the next Harold Shipman to leathally inject me!

 

[Channizard]

I usually give up my seat, but one time I'd sprained my ankle and could barely walk. I didn't offer my seat because I couldn't stand up properly (a valid excuse, I though) and a minute later she said to me, 'so, are you not going to give me my seat?' I then explained that I had a sprained ankle and she just gave me daggers before harrassing somebody else.

See, I would have told her to fuck off right off the bat. Old people can, not only be so judgemental of the young, but possessive as well. Because they've been on this Earth longer, everything is theirs. The handicapped bathroom stalls, the handicapped parking spaces, the seats on the bus. If you're 90 and have a walker, I'll cut you some slack.. but not even that much because YOU SHOULD BE IN A HOME

i hate the old lady afros, and i hate when they come up to me and start talking, idgaf what you have to say just shut up!

I will never understand the fashion sense of the old lady fro.

YES OMG THE TALKING. I hate when they're random or sometimes maybe not even random old people but some distant relative who is apparently your 4th great aunt, and they talk to you for no apparent reason.

Some lady who I'm apparently related to started talking to me the other day at the pool and she's asking me all these questions I eventually got fed up and left. I hate old people small talk.

Most of them have never served there country, they dont give a rats about anything but where there next pension check is coming from

Has anyone else noticed that it doesn't matter how cheap they can be, but 70% of new cars out on the road are driven by old people (albeit at the pace of a snail)? They get their retirement checks, waste it on a new car which they shouldn't be driving, and then complain about senior discounts an shit.

SAVE YOUR GOD DAMN PENNIES AND DON'T BUY A NEW CAR IF YOU'RE SO CHEAP

 

[Lirael]

I think old people are like everyone else - some are nice, and some are not. Some are stubborn and maintain old opinions, some are more open-minded and have changed their perspectives with various changes in culture.

When it comes to the rude and stubborn old people...yes they can be quite irritating. :/ But I wouldn't like to say that they're rude BECAUSE they're old. I imagine a lot of these people were rude when they were young, too. A boistrous old person was probably a boistrous teen. An old person who thinks the world owes them everything probably thought the same when they were at school. An old person who doesn't clean his or herself properly probably didn't grow up thinking that washing your body was improtant; perhaps they didn't have enough water in childhood for more than one bath a week.

It's possible that in their youth, they themselves were forced to respect their grandparents, which is partly why they expect to be respected themselves.

I do not respect snooty old people.

Then there are the old people who are a bit TOO crazy, causing awkwardness... They make strange jokes and play around and talk a lot... about themselves... Again, I tend to think that they've always been that way.

Some old people are among the funniest and kindest people in our society. They're empathetic, they can offer good advice whilst remaining calm and balanced, and they perceive qualities that others miss. Some are shy, but they enjoy a nice conversation, and talk about all sorts of memories. Since they've lived longer, they have more to share, so some if this is a bit dull, but some of what they can tell you is absolutely fascinating. Chris and I met a man aged 60ish at Reading who had worked on planes and (apparently) had met and travelled with princes!

Old people with stories and jokes are wonderful! When they act like they haven't a care in the world, they're a pleasure to be around. They can make you feel relaxed and can help you appreciate the simpler things. Chris' Dad, for example, is FANTASTIC. He's 72, easily amused and always has a smile to share. He has a crazy sense of humour, and he often teases me (I will never live down weighing my porridge, eating lots of fine beans and tomatoes, or eating cereal in a cup at night ), but it's what makes him easy to get along with. He makes everyone smile and relax. It's a great quality.

Again, these good qualities were present when they were younger. I bet Chris' Dad was always a bit crazy.

 

[Kandy-Sugar]

Then there are the old people who are a bit TOO crazy, causing awkwardness... They make strange jokes and play around and talk a lot... about themselves... Again, I tend to think that they've always been that way.

Aye aye aye I get these at work all the time!

I've always said to myself that I would make sure I never turn out like that!
I don't think they realise just how annoying and unfunny they are.

They make a sort of joke and expect you to laugh and half the time I go, "Pardon?" or pretend to laugh to get them to go away.

I don't think they realise that I'm at work and therefore have things to do. I will never ever annoy young working people when I get old. I fully understand the annoyance and would hate to put myself in a position where people think of me as an annoying old person who just doesn't shut up.

Some old people are so sweet and normal and then you get the wierdos and then mean old people.

I hope I'm normal when I get old! XD

 

[Tyler Breeze]

Ugh, I hate old people. They're just annoying and rude. We live in a building full of them right now, and I can honestly say I've never hated my surroundings so damn much. Non stop complaining and demanding respect. See, this is where that saying comes into play...

"I don't care who you are, if you don't respect me, I'm not respecting you."

Simple as that. Going around demanding respect isn't gonna work. Most old people I've met are just.... Stuck in the past, annoying, invade your personal life, and are just oblivious to how they act. This includes my horrible grandmothers too.

Guh....

 

[Red Wizard]

When I'm an old man, I'm gonna be a badass. I'm gonna have long white hair, a long white beard, gonna wear robes, and carry a staff and make everybody think I'm a wizard. That, or I'll go for the Mr Miyagi look.

 

[Squid]

I hate some old people and i like some old people just like i hate some teenagers and like some teenagers (actually I hate most teens)
Old people are slow because they're old... they can't help it and most of the time they're senile and don't even realise they're doing the annoying shit they're doing.

The only time some old person has annoyed me was when this old Italian lady thought it would be ok for her to just step into line in front of me coz she's old... and you know what haha I let her get away with it. It annoyed me but she's old, who cares, she's got like... 10 years left on the planet....by that time they're all probably thinking 'fuck it, I'll do what I want'

 

[Twilight Sky]

The guile of age may came after the vigor of youth, but the vigor of youth learns from the guile of age. They don't annoy me.

 

[Marquis of Granby]

i dont dislike old people for being old. if someone is an arsehole and just happens to be old i dont think it's entirely unreasonable to think they were an arsehole when they were young. there are a lot of helpful things we can learn from previous generations, some not quite so helpful. my grandad is quite wise and as much as i dislike being lectured he often has valuable things to say, but im less tolerant of his lectures because i dont know him that well. my grandma was probably the wisest person i've ever known. very open and unbigoted especially for her generation and if she ever lectured me i knew i needed it because she wasnt one to force her beliefs onto other people.

yeah old people are slow and forgetful but one day we'll all be old too