General Chat

Sarah is most upset someone has broken the glass on one of her indicators. Not only that but she was in Morrisons this afternoon standing in the queue and the lady in front of her who was quite elderly stated that she would have to run back to her car as she was 8p short. Sarah looked into her purse but she only had a five pound note so could not help, the lady behind Sarah then gave the elderly lady 10p, the elderly lady then looked at Sarah and nastily said 'Well at least some people have good manners' Sarah came home beside herself she simply could not believe the rudeness, her comment to us was 'The elderly are always complaining about the manners of us the younger generation, who I have always had respect for, then I see the other side of the picture from this woman who if I could I would have willingly helped' xxhugxx

That type of rudeness reminds me of an incident on a bus,where a young boy of about 9 offered his seat to an elderly lady?,who promptly replied 'I'm not that b****y old',& remained standing,which she must have regretted later when the bus suddenly came to a halt & she was thrown onto the floor of the bus.

Ha ha, I laugh at those old people. So bitter and expect everyone to bow down just because they happened to be born earlier than others. Respect your elders? Respect everyone!

She must have been very upset, its not a very good example is it!!

Lindy I was brought up to respect my elders as well. However, one day I was waiting for the bus with about 4 other people. We had been at the bus stop for about 10 mins and it was just coming when an elderly gentleman stepped from his house and on to the pavement. As the bus pulled up he pushed everyone out of the way and said 'efffing move out of my way'. One of the people in the queue told him there was a queue and how long we'd been waiting. ' I don't give flying f**k' was his reply. Charming!!!! joy

Thing is that Sarah is the type of girl who if someone is elderly, or has a difficulty she is the first to try and help and it knocked her back a bit. She worries herself silly about 'her little old man' who walks his dog everyday worrying about what will happen to the dog if he dies and what will happen to him if the dog dies, well in the end I had to make enquiries and turns out this gentleman lives in a wonderful complex, has children and gads around the world half the year, a week here a fortnight there, little dog goes into kennels, but she still worries about him. She is the same with anyone who has troubles her wing is always open ready to take them in. She will get over today and move on but it really did upset her. xxhugxx

Don't get me started on the manners of some elderly people. They seem to have a special brand of truculence around here. It appears that being old entitles you to be first in any queue despite how long others have been waiting. You are also expected to predict when they want to cross in front of you on one of the scooter things and leap out of the way even when they come at you from behind. I can't remember elderly people being this rude when I was a kid. Gwynne

I live in an area that has a high proportion of 'over 70's'. For the most part, they are all very nice but like any community, there are a few rotten apples. Seemingly though, these rotten oldies were also rotten youngsters. I don,t think age makes a person rude and obnoxious. They,ve always been like that.

Just back from a hotel with Russian and Polish staff. The tea girl says that the difference between the young and old holidaymakers is that the oldies say 'please' and 'thank you'. I teach my grandchildren the same thing. Their mum tells them there is no need to say please and thank you. I accept their are some grumpy old people, bur often this is down to pain or feeling that they are infirm and have no life to look forward to. Obviously we must speak as we find. Happy days

I remember when my son was 10 months old and I had to get a bus from town to my mum's. I'd just missed one so had to wait half an hour for the next. When it came there was a big queue, most of them pensioners. Although I was the first one at the bus stop if I'd tried to get on first I would have been trampled in the rush. Not one of them said to me you're before me. Instead I struggled on last with my son and a heavy pushchair. However, having said that I've also talked to a lot of elderly people who have been polite and friendly. Juliexx

First of all may I say that I am not saying this because I am a Pensioner! I once worked alongside old people and I spoke to a Gerontologist (hope I spelled that right) and he said that if someone had been sweet natured and charming when young, it was likely that they would end up that way. The same if they had been nasty or rude when young, they would turn into nasty old people.. I would hazard a guess that the rude pensioners encountered by the people who replied here, were once upon a time...rude young people! lol BC

I used to wait for a bus at Oxford Circus. Every evening there would be one or two in the queue. When the bus came there suddenly appeared about two busloads from the shops. All thinking they should be first. On the tube queuing to go through the ticket machines, there were always many who thought they had the divine right to go to the front of the queue. Dave

Last Monday I had been waiting for my bus for 20 minutes, after being in the hospital for over two hours due to an infection in my foot. I was first in the queue and as the bus pulled in an old woman run out and onto the bus first dragging her husband behind her. When I got on I was so angry, also in a lot of pain and I asked her didn't she have the letter Q in her alphabet, her face was a picture, she started to apologise, but I told her what to do with her apology as by this time I wasn't in the mood for her falseness. M.

The manners people have when they are elderly have been with them since their formative years. Its more a case of upbringing rather than age. I am only 81. Will let you know if things change when I get old. len

It's surprising how many times an elderly person has let a door close on me when Im obviously struggling to enter a building with a grandchild in a pram! Yes Len, deffinately more about their upbringing, I think people sometimes forget that the older a person is, dose'nt necessiarily mean they are better mannered! Lib:))

Its sad to say but my dad turned into one of the obnoxious pensioners you all mention!!! He was very bitter and nasty to the whole world, inculding us at times!! I think becoming infirm made him frustrated and angry that he was failing to cope well!! Karen

Yes manners of elderly people are sometimes awful the think they can get away with anything. About 12 years ago we were shopping in Tesco and an old lady pushed my son who was 10 to the floor and said get out of my way sonny. I was absolutely fuming and tore a huge strip off her in front of lots of customers in Tesco! When Id finished the customers started applauding me because they had seen what the impatient old lady had done to a small boy. Davex

When I was a child my mother always taught me to wait for others to get off the bus before I attempted to get on. A while ago, I was getting off a bus and an old lady who was getting on pushed past me and a young woman carrying a child. When I said to her it was good manners to wait until others had got off the bus she replied that she was old and could do what ever she liked. I think bad manners exist in all ages, but the elderly do seem to try to 'pull rank' in the name of age and with rudeness too. Margaret

Anybody ever go into m and s .........I dont often go in there,but my son asked for one of their chocolate puddings instead of an easter egg.Shear ignorance is what I call it.These so called 'ladies',pushing and shoving.I got whacked up the arm,on the leg,on the back and if you believe it,on my ear !!! They shove and push with shopping baskets.My feet were trodden on and when I had had enough of this I actually started shouting at them.'Wheres the bloody fire',when I got no answer from them,I shouted again, 'is there a half price sale on in the knicker department'. Know what one shit said to me.....dont be so common dear.stop shouting.I just eyeballed her and asked was she going to apologise for whacking her basket into me a number of times.She didn't even take time to answer.When I saw her at the check out,I couldn't help myself.I had to ask her,'was bruising my body with a metal shopping basket,worth the packet of pre packed sandwiches'.I never did hear an apology but I think she finaly felt a bit of embarrassment.

LOL Elizabeth! You tell em gal! I agree with earlier posters: Rude young people grow up to be ruder old people!! They say that your personality traits (good and bad) get exaggerated with age!! KK XX ps how the heck does one spell exaggerate? Oh well - you get my gist?