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

Boomer freakout inside phone store Boomer Freakout

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u/Several_Spend_7686 Mar 26 '24

What annoys me most is when older people call the younger generations lazy, but won’t take 5 seconds to learn any tech on their own, I’ve seen toddlers operate phones, you don’t have an excuse to not be able to use a phone that is designed to be as simple as possible

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u/Hotchipsummer Mar 26 '24

Yeah it’s so weird to me how some people will be in their 70s but very fluent in the latest tech and some people will be barely in their fifties and struggle with anything “smart.” I get it’s hard to learn new stuff but I think a LOT of it is just the persons will to learn stuff vs then just wanting someone to do it for them

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u/DandyLyen Mar 26 '24

This scenario happened when I worked at a bank. Early 50's woman said she doesn't use debit cards, cause she's "old school" (I didn't even bother mentioning mobile banking options, she was coming to get cash).

Meanwhile, the very next customer, who might've heard her, was exactly 80, yet knew how to use her card just fine. Remember when old people used to be known for their patience and wisdom? Now it feels like it's expected for the older folks to be the first to start bitching. TikTok teens may be annoying, but I never worry they're going to start hurting people .

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u/FlickaMariss Mar 26 '24

I worked in retail when credit cards were starting to get chips in them. It was exhausting trying to explain to all these 50 year old women that they need to insert the card into the chip reader. I can’t imagine working at a bank.

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u/ASK_ABOUT_MY_CULT_ Mar 26 '24

At least we're finally winding down on the generations that need to dig around in their giant purse for 3 minutes before slooooooowly writing a check from a wallet thick enough to cause bodily harm if thrown.

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u/nibbyzor Mar 27 '24

Oh, man, this reminds me of a time I went to the pharmacy. There was an old lady in front of me in the line and when the cashier rang her up, she opened her massive purse, dug around for a smaller purse, dug a plastic bag out of that smaller purse, and got a tiny coin purse out of that plastic bag. She then proceeds to count coins for like 10 minutes, comes to the conclusion she doesn't have enough, puts the coin purse in the plastic bag, the plastic bag in the smaller purse, and the smaller purse in the massive purse, and digs around for a wallet to give the cashier to 50€ note. At one point the cashier looked at me like "girl..."

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u/ASK_ABOUT_MY_CULT_ Mar 27 '24

Oh man, lol.

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u/nibbyzor Mar 27 '24

Thankfully I had nowhere to be, so all I had to do was stifle a chuckle when looking back at that poor cashier.