Why are old people so retarded?

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Freya

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Gardening is one of my hobbies. I took a seasonal job at a greenhouse/garden supply store to make some extra cash and get that sweet employee discount.

Whenever I check out a young person's purchase, they just put their shit on the counter, pay and leave.

When it's an old person, they ALWAYS have a retarded question and want some weird special request thing done. "UH can you raw dog it and put a piece of carpet on top?" They still pay with checks and can't even use the fucking pinpad right.

Actual conversation:
"Are the hanging baskets still buy one get one free?"
"Yes"
30 seconds later
"So these are buy one get one free?"
"Yes, all hanging baskets are buy one get one free"
"Well these are hanging baskets"
No fucking shit you old skank.
It didn't even end there. I hand her the receipt and tell her all the discounts are there. "So the baskets were buy one get one?!?!"

They all somehow have giant 4 door trucks now. They use them to go 25mph in a 50. They come to a complete stop to make a right turn. They BRAKE AT GREEN LIGHTS.

Do they attend conferences to brain storm new ways to be insufferable? What the fuck is wrong with them?
 
Solution
Absolutego
They're old, retired, and probably live a pretty lonely existence. The constant questions are an awkward attempt to spark up a conversation that never works because millennials are the opposite extreme of total social autists who get nervous ordering a pizza over the phone.
RE: the boomer buses, it's a SUV for retirees who want to believe they're outdoorsy/don't have any or a lot of grandkids they're ferrying around on the regular. But it's big and scares them, so they drive scared.
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They're old, retired, and probably live a pretty lonely existence. The constant questions are an awkward attempt to spark up a conversation that never works because millennials are the opposite extreme of total social autists who get nervous ordering a pizza over the phone.
RE: the boomer buses, it's a SUV for retirees who want to believe they're outdoorsy/don't have any or a lot of grandkids they're ferrying around on the regular. But it's big and scares them, so they drive scared.
 
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Solution
The older I get the more it amuses me to befuddle and confound the youth. Onions tied to my belt and all that. I can’t imagine how bad it’s gonna get when I’m properly old.

Now shut up kid how do I open pdf.
 
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Poppavalyim Andropoff said:
Hey you’re the one who waddled into their food chain.
deal or bounce
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I've almost got into accidents because they come to an abrupt stop in the road to make a right turn. It's unavoidable
Absolutego said:
They're old, retired, and probably live a pretty lonely existence. The constant questions are an awkward attempt to spark up a conversation that never works because millennials are the opposite extreme of total social autists who get nervous ordering a pizza over the phone.
RE: the boomer buses, it's a SUV for retirees who want to believe they're outdoorsy/don't have any or a lot of grandkids they're ferrying around on the regular. But it's big and scares them, so they drive scared.
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idk. They ask the most retarded questions possible. I'm good at making people comfortable. My career is in sales. If I try making a joke or relating to some of these oldies, they just give me a blank stare or go WATT HUUUH.

Your insight with driving is def accurate though.
 
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Poppavalyim Andropoff said:
Learn to drive then. Step on it & drift around them. It’s not hard. You’re just presenting all these YOU problems but blaming THEM
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You can't "just drift around them" when it's a 2 lane and the alternative is driving into oncoming traffic. If you're going 70 on the highway and the car in front of you stops abruptly, you're hitting them.

It's bad enough they suck up my money for THEIR welfare. They shouldn't make me late to work too.
 
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FUCK. I just saw a bad accident happen while pulling in to work. an old guy driving a dodge grand caravan.
 
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I don't know. I'm a millennial and about 90% of my peers are as fucking retarded as the old people you mentioned. Old people were just raised in a time where they actually talked to one another so you get the most stupid questions from them whereas we were raised to have disdain for conversations with people we don't know. To view having to interact with others as a chore to avoid.

I have to interact with people around my age group at my tech job and there are late 20 year old's who will ask you the most boomer ass questions about computers. They only know how to use the couple of apps they use on their phones.

To be fair technology is moving, or was moving, at an incredibly rapid pace. I'm already starting to lose some context. Imagine spending your youth, when your brain is at it's peak for soaking in information, getting used to shopping without any kind of app coupons, BOGO bullshit, or anything like that only to be confronted with it when you're old. It would be pretty frustrating...we'll all get there.
 
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PixarsTedKennedy said:
I don't know. I'm a millennial and about 90% of my peers are as fucking retarded as the old people you mentioned. Old people were just raised in a time where they actually talked to one another so you get the most stupid questions from them whereas we were raised to have disdain for conversations with people we don't know. To view having to interact with others as a chore to avoid.

I have to interact with people around my age group at my tech job and there are late 20 year old's who will ask you the most boomer ass questions about computers. They only know how to use the couple of apps they use on their phones.

To be fair technology is moving, or was moving, at an incredibly rapid pace. I'm already starting to lose some context. Imagine spending your youth, when your brain is at it's peak for soaking in information, getting used to shopping without any kind of app coupons, BOGO bullshit, or anything like that only to be confronted with it when you're old. It would be pretty frustrating...we'll all get there.
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young people are silent gen level incompetent when it comes to computers
 
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Freya said:
young people are silent gen level incompetent when it comes to computers
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True, I told someone from my generation (zoomer) to just copy and paste something on the computer and they looked at me confused. It genuinely surprised me how some people that grew with tech don't know even the most basic of keyboard shortcuts. They use the computer as if it were a smartphone, all interface or mouse and minimal use of the keyboard.
 
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