# I think "Respect Your Elders" shouldn't apply to this old coot. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 22, 2016, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-respect-your-elders-shouldnt-apply-to-this-old-coot/775407 "2016-12-22T23:42:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2016, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-respect-your-elders-shouldnt-apply-to-this-old-coot/775407/41 "2016-12-24T06:38:28Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > He WAS the greeter. 😃 Well, he’d obviously been huffin’ the cheddar… Someone (here in '99 or ‘00, I think) posted about an elderly Walmart greeter rambling incomprehensibly except for the occasional "Ya huffin’ the cheddar?" ---
**Author:** ![Uzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/91b2a8/32.png) [@Uzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uzi)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2016, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-respect-your-elders-shouldnt-apply-to-this-old-coot/775407/42 "2016-12-24T07:06:20Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Well, he’d obviously been huffin’ the cheddar… > > Someone (here in '99 or ‘00, I think) posted about an elderly Walmart greeter rambling incomprehensibly except for the occasional "Ya huffin’ the cheddar?" Scylla [Walmartians](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/archive/index.php/t-184365.html) There was one with a howler as a greeter. Can’t find it. Almost peed reading it. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2016, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-respect-your-elders-shouldnt-apply-to-this-old-coot/775407/43 "2016-12-24T14:17:11Z")
> [@Brodi](#): > > Almost correct. It was my state’s version of Walmart. Basically a marginally more expenssive Walmart. Target. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2016, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-respect-your-elders-shouldnt-apply-to-this-old-coot/775407/44 "2016-12-24T15:13:47Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > You’ve heard of Karma, right? > > Being unnecessarily judgmental of the odd actions of a disturbed senior smells like inviting a life lesson into your world, to me. Like the universe almost feels obligated to give you some first hand experience with this illness, so you actually can _understand_. > > It might be wise to pay at least a little regard to the type learning you’re clearly begging the universe to deliver to your life, I should think. > > At any rate, I highly recommend; less judgy, more lovey! As a representative of all cooted-Americans, I ENDORSE THIS FUCKING POST, GODDAMNIT! ---
**Author:** ![Brodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cc9497/32.png) [@Brodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brodi)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2016, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-respect-your-elders-shouldnt-apply-to-this-old-coot/775407/45 "2016-12-24T15:28:05Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Target. Close. Think chain only in TX and Mexico. ---
**Author:** ![purplehearingaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@purplehearingaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehearingaid)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2016, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-respect-your-elders-shouldnt-apply-to-this-old-coot/775407/46 "2016-12-24T15:50:39Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > He could be medically ill, for example Alzheimer’s disease: > [Alzheimer's disease - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alzheimer%27s_disease) The guy could also be hard of hearing and having no idea how loud he sound . People that lose their hearing as they get older have a hard time adjust to wearing hearing aids and find them a pain to put on. If I don’t have my hearing aid on I will talk louder . ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2016, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-respect-your-elders-shouldnt-apply-to-this-old-coot/775407/47 "2016-12-24T16:06:16Z")
> [@Brodi](#): > > Close. Think chain only in TX and Mexico. Borders? Oh, wait, they were a chain of bookstores. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2016, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-respect-your-elders-shouldnt-apply-to-this-old-coot/775407/48 "2016-12-24T16:45:31Z")
Anybody who smokes cigars is automatically an asshole. A stinky asshole. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-respect-your-elders-shouldnt-apply-to-this-old-coot/775407.md?page=2)