Rude people and their age
ArcticFox
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I noticed that usually older people are so much more willing to lend a hand!
For example, today at the car dealership:
- Mechanic in his 20's: where's your car parked?
- me: right next to the building here
- Mechanic: ok, bring it around to the front.
- mechanic's older boss: no - we'll take your keys and get it.
(seriously, it was like 20 feet from where they were going to bring it into the garage, but I had my DD, her stroller, a bag of toys, and the diaper bag in tow!)
Later at Goodwill, I was unloading tons of stuff out of the car -
20ish year old guy - "Put that stuff over there" - as in drag all the boxes and bags of stuff from the hall all the way across the room, while I've got my toddler in the car and I'm struggling 38 weeks preg.
Seriously, some people are clueless! Tends to be the younger ones, although the older ones despite tending to be more helpful (holding doors etc) are the ones that make stupid comments (like the MILs telling us to rub our nips with sandpaper)!!
Re: Rude people and their age
Please explain this. I sooooooo haven't heard this one!
And now I have diet coke all over my laptop screen...HILARIOUS!
Maybe it's because the younger people have never been through it themselves and have no idea how to act around pregnant ladies?
And the older ones have been through it, so they consider themselves able to give out lots of wise, BTDT advice?
Good theory. I am going to think this so I don't get so boiling mad at times that I want to strangle someone.
I was leaving water aerobics a few weeks ago and some high school students were sitting on the stairs to the parking lot. One kid saw me and told her friend to move over (she wasn't in the way, he was). He looked at her and said "What, I don't want to move." She nudged him to look at me and then the kid finally scooted over. I comfort myself by thinking "Wow, that kid won't be dating any of the girls in the group after they saw his lack of manners, right?"
At least the girl was considerate!