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'FOR OLD PEOPLE' This was a handwritten sign in a shop near me,beside a mobile phone with large lettering.

Would you be offended at that?

It discriminates against us youngsters!

What’s a mobile phone by the way?

No - I'd probably buy one, lol.

Kath. x

O would probably have giggled a bit BC then pointed out that they were not being terribly diplomatic. Maybe they should have put 'a mobile phone for people who have trouble with eyesight and small keys. It is not necessarily 'old' people who have those problems.

lol BC, my son has sorted out some phones to keep for when mine is dead, they are special ones with big illuminated numbers, no frills, just a 'phone'.

I personally wouldn't be offended, as I accept the fact that as I get older my fingers are less agile and my eyesight is even worse...but I can see that some would be offended, perhaps it would have been better to phrase it rather differently ;-)

I was absolutely livid! lol So I walked into the shop (it was full) and asked a nice young man about the phone in the window for Old People. Yes,he nodded smiling. Well,ses I, I find it offensive. Now would you put a sign saying For Young People? No, he said, the smile disappearing.

Or, ses I, getting into my stride ad noticing the shop had gone very quiet. 'Would you put a sign saying 'For Fat People'?

'Ill take it out' he gulped. 'Good boy' said I and watched as he tore the sign up.

So empowering this old biddy stuff.... :-D :-D :-D

I wish I was like you BC :-)

Well done, buttercup

Go BC :-D :-D :-D

Lol Lol! Wish I had been a fly on the wall. Bet he ducks when he sees you coming now.

Well, being bolshie is what keeps me going :-D :-D

good for you BC, i had a similar situation a few years ago when i noticed a sign in the windscreen of a van, stating that " old people smell"

Now this was in a van that belonged to a shopfitting company, and they were working on the premises of a company i actually worked for before i retired in a capacity where i may have employed this particular shopfitters, in fact i did know the owners of the shopfitting company.

I couldnt wait to get back home to get on the phone, and advise them of this obnoxious message.

Did those operatives not realise that they were jeopardising any future work with my previous company, especially if i had reported this to my contact at the firm i had worked for.
The boss of the firm did make the driver send a letter of apology to me


George

Well done George! Some of us Wrinklies may be deaf as posts, blind as bats, and smell to high heaven, but Hey! We don't want signs telling us!! XX BC

Well done BC - 'Bolshie' is necessary when needs must

Keeps me going

Loving your work BC ;-) :-D

:-D :-D :-D BC u crack me up ;-)

."Recycled Rebels Unite!". :-D :-D

."Golden Oldies Rule"!. :-D :-D

With regards to George's post. A lot of young people don't smell too fresh either but I wouldn't want to tell them.

Wish I had been there with a camera I bet his face was a picture :-D

Have laughed out loud at this thread.
Brilliant.
Well done BC & George.

Ria x