# Am I old or just not stupid? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 1, 2025, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-old-or-just-not-stupid/1012445 "2025-01-01T16:43:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![MiddleAmerica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@MiddleAmerica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MiddleAmerica)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2025, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-old-or-just-not-stupid/1012445/81 "2025-01-06T21:44:21Z")
In 1967 in high school, I went to work p/t as a grocery clerk at Kroger and opened probably thousands of those big brown bags and you know what? Nobody had to show me how to do it. Neither did anyone have to show me how to bring in the grocery carts or stamp the prices on the cans. I think common sense has given way to Google for this latest generation. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2025, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-old-or-just-not-stupid/1012445/82 "2025-01-07T06:09:43Z")
> [@MiddleAmerica](#): > > I think common sense has given way to Google for this latest generation. Because of _ **one** _ Subway clerk? ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2025, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-old-or-just-not-stupid/1012445/83 "2025-01-07T06:46:59Z")
Well, one clutz gas’s station attendant caused Gertrude Stein to label an entire generation as “Lost.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-old-or-just-not-stupid/1012445.md?page=4)