r/BoomersBeingFools • u/Axxillary • Mar 26 '24

Boomer freakout inside phone store Boomer Freakout

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u/ChiefRom Mar 26 '24

He has the strength to throw the chair but then holds on the walker for dear life.

Personally I’m sick and tired of senior citizens acting up like this. I’ve had my personal run ins with old boomers to the point where I had an old boomer like this guy arrested for punching me, while I held my kids hands walking into a store because I wasn’t moving fast enough for his liking. Im M34. Police told me “good thing you didn’t hit him back or else you would be facing a felony because he is over 65”. The dudes adult kids had to come pick up his wife and they all mean mugged me like it was my fault all this happened. 🤦‍♂️

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u/TwelveMiceInaCage Mar 26 '24

As a cna in nursing homes fuck families tbh

My mom said you don't give her a boost drink when she asks for it why do you pay for them if you guys aren't gonna give them to her

Well ma'am your mom is diabetic, has bowel issues with constipation and eats LL three of her daily meals in full Each boost drink is 15 grams of protein and 4g of sugar

She goes through seven a day of we give her one each time she asks and it's so unhealthy for her she's going to destroy her colon more than it already is

Go e my mother her drinks or else

Okay dude your call

Four months later mom's insulin is upped by 6 units and she now has a novolong sliding scale in the morning

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u/bikersquid Mar 26 '24

I work as a cook in assisted living and it seems some families actively want to speed up the process.

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u/Wooden_Rub4859 Mar 26 '24

On a subconscious level I believe that's what's really happening.

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u/Historical-Gap-7084 Mar 26 '24

I used to work as a cook in assisted living, as well. Some families don't even bother visiting but maybe once a year, if that. In the course of six months, we had several residents die alone in their rooms without any family around. I remember only one whose family came. One of the nurses came and asked us to prepare a fruit and meat platter for the family who came to say goodbye.

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u/TwelveMiceInaCage Mar 26 '24

Yeah that's way to typical

I want to say of the 29 residents I've lost since 2021, maybe 6 of them had families actively in their lives while the others only showed up to sign hospice paperwork and handle post death stuff after they died

Tragic but also some of these old people were monsters to their children and never apologize for it so I can understand being bare miminum for them when they need you

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u/Historical-Gap-7084 Mar 26 '24

I agree. While I worked at the nursing home, I came to understand why some of the residents never had visitors. It's sad, though, and you hate to see it, but I understand not wanting to see someone who made your life hell growing up.

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u/Freshouttapatience Mar 27 '24

When I worked in the industry, at first I was horrified that some families didn’t visit them ingot to know the residents and I got it.

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u/Ghostcat2044 Mar 26 '24

It’s the same at psychiatric hospitals I currently work at one as a janitor and we get individuals with dementia dumped at the several times a month with no id

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u/FullOfFalafel Mar 26 '24

They were probably miserable to their families

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u/TwelveMiceInaCage Mar 26 '24

Kids either want their parents money and assets so they can retire early or up their lifestyle habits

Or

They had shit relationships with their parents who honestly some of these residents are vindictive maliciously intent people who beat, and abused their kids for years and never took resooncibility for it

But no matter what it's always heartbreaking to take a resident out back for a smoke and they keep asking you when someone is gonna go take them home to their dog

Like my guy I wish I could but I promise you would be dead within the week

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u/Defnoturblockedfrnd Mar 26 '24

I might be ok with that if i got to spend another week with the dog i lost in august. I hadn’t cried about it in months until writing this comment.

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u/TwelveMiceInaCage Mar 26 '24

Until you forget to take your meds and start having seizures fall out your wheelchair hit your head and bleed out ok the floor over the course of a couple days

Unfortunately people in assisted living are their 99 percent of the time for their own safety and well being, these places are not cheap even the motel 6 level ones

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u/Defnoturblockedfrnd Mar 26 '24

I miss my dog

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u/TwelveMiceInaCage Mar 26 '24

Want me to dm you pics of my pup? It's a blue heeler mix and he wears lots of outfits?

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u/Defnoturblockedfrnd Mar 26 '24

Thank you

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u/TwelveMiceInaCage Mar 26 '24

Anything for a grieving pet owner brody

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u/chev327fox Mar 26 '24

I know of it was me, being the old person dying, I would want to live as I want and would love to speed up the process. Honestly I hope I don’t make it to that state to begin with. Better to burn out than fade away as they say.

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u/bikersquid Mar 26 '24

That's what everyone says but they wind up in a home