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I resemble that remark! I am 60. I don't think I'm rude...well, some days. But man these younguns! Whoohoo! Slam doors in my face - I walk slow, so will you some day. Push me outa the way - hey, I can't hear you behind my head, I'm hard of hearing!
Slow down! or you'll get there before I do! The end isn't so great - after all, it's The End.
I'm right behind you at 58! I guess we stop beating around the bush. No point.
Maybe it is because when they were children they learned the simple but true rule "respect your elders." Now that they are the "elders", this new generation hasn't been taught this and it is annoying. I am only 43. I have always respected those older than me and teach my children to do the same. Often when one of my children does something simple like say "Yes Mam" or holds a door for an older person the stranger will immediatley approach me to compliment them. Hey I think it is no big deal. It is how things are supposed to be. Where did the simple politeness and manners in our society go???
My grandmother used to say that being old is no excuse for being rude.
Personally I think the old folks just have a lot of aches and pains.
Food doesn't taste as good and they have a lot of bathroom issues.
They don't see or hear as well as they used to.
They know their ride is coming to and end and they're angry about it.
Now me, I'm a young 63, so I can't relate to any of the above assumptions...
Maybe it is because when they were children they learned the simple but true rule "respect your elders." Now that they are the "elders", this new generation hasn't been taught this and it is annoying. I am only 43. I have always respected those older than me and teach my children to do the same. Often when one of my children does something simple like say "Yes Mam" or holds a door for an older person the stranger will immediatley approach me to compliment them. Hey I think it is no big deal. It is how things are supposed to be. Where did the simple politeness and manners in our society go???
I raised my boys to be considerate of others - regardless of age or anything else. I was constantly complemented on their "manners" - problem is, they were really only doing the bare essentials of being polite. You know opening doors, taking the cart back to the grocery store, answering people when they are spoken to...stuff like that!
We have come so far from treating others the way we would like to be treated, and we are now seeing it in EVERY age group. We have neglected to teach respect, and the underlying WHY we should respect others.
Maybe it's not too late, but one day it could be.
It's not just the old, or the young.
It starts with ME - today.
I raised my boys to be considerate of others - regardless of age or anything else. I was constantly complemented on their "manners" - problem is, they were really only doing the bare essentials of being polite. You know opening doors, taking the cart back to the grocery store, answering people when they are spoken to...stuff like that!
We have come so far from treating others the way we would like to be treated, and we are now seeing it in EVERY age group. We have neglected to teach respect, and the underlying WHY we should respect others.
Maybe it's not too late, but one day it could be.
It's not just the old, or the young.
It starts with ME - today.
You are absolutely right. I was just thinking of it in terms of the exact question that was asked. Everyone should be respected. And it does start with me.
I raised my boys to be considerate of others - regardless of age or anything else. I was constantly complemented on their "manners" - problem is, they were really only doing the bare essentials of being polite. You know opening doors, taking the cart back to the grocery store, answering people when they are spoken to...stuff like that!
We have come so far from treating others the way we would like to be treated, and we are now seeing it in EVERY age group. We have neglected to teach respect, and the underlying WHY we should respect others.
Maybe it's not too late, but one day it could be.
It's not just the old, or the young.
It starts with ME - today.
Jtur88 said:
"There is an interesting social phenomenon taking place. No society can survive a breakdown in inter-generational continuity, but we are changing so rapidly, that is exactly what is taking place. At one end, there is the generation that could never learn to make their VCR stop flashing 12:00, and at the other end, a generation that doesn't even know what a VCR is. The two generations don't even have a common language, so could not communicate if they wanted to, and they don't want to. The old see the young as contemptible, and the young don't see the old at all unless they are slowing down traffic."
Having often clashed with Jtur88, I must say that I find his analysis about lack of communication and commonality between generations very perceptive and very accurate. Well said.
Simple. We have spent a lifetime listening to crap and we're tired of it. When we hear crap we tell it like it is.
You see it as being rude. We see it as letting you know we won't put with your childish behavior.
So you'd rather be rude, which is exactly what you're doing with your intolerable ignorance. You're old, and us youngins get that, but why should we bear the weight of your hatred of the world? If you hate the way the world is going so much, leave it.
Childish behavior is hardly expecting people to say "excuse me" or have the common gal-darned courtesy to be polite and not act like a complete jerk, just because you're old and someone dropped a deuce in your metamucil.
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I am 60. I don't think I'm rude...well, some days. But man these younguns! Whoohoo! Slam doors in my face - I walk slow, so will you some day. Push me outa the way - hey, I can't hear you behind my head, I'm hard of hearing! 
Agreed
