# I'm not going to let old people get away with their horse shit anymore. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 31, 2013, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-going-to-let-old-people-get-away-with-their-horse-shit-anymore/648904 "2013-01-31T11:27:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 17
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2013, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-going-to-let-old-people-get-away-with-their-horse-shit-anymore/648904/321 "2013-02-09T23:24:00Z")
> [@rogerbox](#): > > I risked my personal safety for two random strangers, and I didn’t get a thank you or eye contact, “entitled” doesn’t begin to describe how they came off to me. They went back to their vapid girl-talk and texting on their phones. :rolleyes: I was certainly scared of getting shot by telling a random scumbag stranger off, but I spoke up.\ …and some girls are just assholes. ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2013, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-going-to-let-old-people-get-away-with-their-horse-shit-anymore/648904/322 "2013-02-10T00:23:31Z")
> [@rogerbox](#): > > I risked my personal safety for two random strangers, and I didn’t get a thank you or eye contact, “entitled” doesn’t begin to describe how they came off to me. They went back to their vapid girl-talk and texting on their phones. :rolleyes: I’m sorry. This was obviously a very difficult trauma for you, and when I read your follow-up, I confess that a single crystal tear rolled down my cheek and traced a track of sorrow through my Laura Mercier. But I have faith that with a little help from Jesus, you will emerge from this crucible of pain stronger than ever! Remember, high above the clouds, the sun is always shining! :):):):):):):):):):)🙂 ---
**Author:** ![rogerbox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@rogerbox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rogerbox)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2013, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-going-to-let-old-people-get-away-with-their-horse-shit-anymore/648904/323 "2013-02-10T00:28:26Z")
Thank you, it means a lot to me after all these years. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2013, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-going-to-let-old-people-get-away-with-their-horse-shit-anymore/648904/324 "2013-02-10T00:32:16Z")
> [@Una\_Persson](#): > > Remember, high above the clouds, the sun is always shining! Let me introduce you to Dr. Tolian Soran… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2013, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-going-to-let-old-people-get-away-with-their-horse-shit-anymore/648904/325 "2013-02-10T00:35:56Z")
> [@rogerbox](#): > > Thank you, it means a lot to me after all these years. Well-played. Seriously, though, reconsider your initial thoughts. You may not understand how the female mind works in this sort of situation. I’ve talked to innumerable women who are victims and/or survivors of aggressive men, stalkers, gropers, date rapes, and even gang-rapes. The reaction of the girls you recounted did not surprise me in the least. ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2013, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-going-to-let-old-people-get-away-with-their-horse-shit-anymore/648904/326 "2013-02-10T00:37:21Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > Let me introduce you to Dr. Tolian Soran… I liked him better in _A Clockwork Orange_. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2013, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-going-to-let-old-people-get-away-with-their-horse-shit-anymore/648904/327 "2013-02-10T00:44:12Z")
If you are going to be pissed because you helped the undeserving, best not to put on the white hat to begin with. Not a religious type person, so I don’t know if there is Anyone qualified to make such judgments. Just pretty sure it ain’t me. ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2013, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-going-to-let-old-people-get-away-with-their-horse-shit-anymore/648904/328 "2013-02-10T01:31:16Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > Sadly, as we age our night vision fades even without cataracts. I found that out in a street construction zone signage class. Apparently it happens so gradually that most of us don’t realize it’s happening. Its not just our eyes, cars get cataracts as well. For a while, I was having trouble driving in the dark, so I went to get my eyes checked. All was good. I complained to the guys about it and one of them looked at my 10 year old headlights. They were all clouded and beat up, so I got some polish and suddenly I could see at night again. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2013, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-going-to-let-old-people-get-away-with-their-horse-shit-anymore/648904/329 "2013-02-10T02:38:05Z")
_They got old noses And yellow old teeth They wear orthopedic shoes On their nasty old feet_ ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2013, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-going-to-let-old-people-get-away-with-their-horse-shit-anymore/648904/330 "2013-02-10T08:30:32Z")
> [@flatlined](#): > > Its not just our eyes, cars get cataracts as well. For a while, I was having trouble driving in the dark, so I went to get my eyes checked. All was good. I complained to the guys about it and one of them looked at my 10 year old headlights. They were all clouded and beat up, so I got some polish and suddenly I could see at night again. Huh. I guess I’ll get my 12 year old car’s headlights checked. I only have problems seeing in darker circumstances when I’m driving. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2013, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-going-to-let-old-people-get-away-with-their-horse-shit-anymore/648904/331 "2013-02-10T14:21:54Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > They were entitled. Etiquette dictates that they drop everything and immediately provide a twofer blowjob. > > I saw it in a movie once. I didn’t see the part of his story where he delivered them a pizza. ---
**Author:** ![Jake\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Jake\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake_Jones)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2013, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-going-to-let-old-people-get-away-with-their-horse-shit-anymore/648904/332 "2013-02-10T14:22:58Z")
I was at the grocery store last week and this old guy was checking out not a huge amount of groceries. Maybe 3-4 bags worth. He left his wallet in his car, so the cashier _waited for him to go out and get it!_ I was directly behind him, so it would have been very inconvenient to take all my shit off of the grocery treadmill and find another lane, but I was livid! It didn’t help that when he came back, he had to use three credit cards until one of them finally worked. Probably because (as indicated by the giant activation stickers still on all of the cards) he hadn’t activated them. But honestly, my frustration was more about the cashier holding up a line for that long while some guy _goes out to the fucking parking lot to get his wallet_! This is what I think **MeanOldLady** is struggling with and **digs** is encouraging. _ **Call old people on their bullshit!** _ Anybody else would have got a suspended transaction and an invitation to bring their cart back through the checkout with their payment. Coddling only encourages that bullshit and it really should stop. I can understand being a bit more patient with old people but when it gets to the point of absurdity it needs to stop. I also have to comment on the following: > [@](#): > > Originally Posted by tagos > You being in a hurry isn’t my problem. Neither is my standing on the right of the escalator your problem. > [@MsWhatsit](#): > > Thanks for clearing this up. Now, like Jay-Z, I only have 99 problems. I’ve seen and heard men being called bitches before, but not like this. This was artistic. It was subtle, yet extraordinary. I haven’t seen it done before, so assuming it was original: Bravo, **MsWhatsit** ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2013, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-going-to-let-old-people-get-away-with-their-horse-shit-anymore/648904/333 "2013-02-10T23:56:10Z")
When I was 14 I wanted to see whether or not I could ride the escal lying down from start to finish. Mall guards kept bugging me each time. But Al Pacino managed it in “Carlito’s Way.” ---
**Author:** ![rogerbox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@rogerbox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rogerbox)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-going-to-let-old-people-get-away-with-their-horse-shit-anymore/648904/334 "2013-02-11T04:46:55Z")
> [@Jake\_Jones](#): > > Snip When I last worked at a grocery store there was no better way to get yourself fired than to void someone’s 4 bag’s worth order while they went to go get their wallet from the car, ESPECIALLY old people because old people have no life and love to complain the most. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-going-to-let-old-people-get-away-with-their-horse-shit-anymore/648904/335 "2013-02-11T17:40:28Z")
> [@Jake\_Jones](#): > > \ > I’ve seen and heard men being called bitches before, but not like this. This was artistic. It was subtle, yet extraordinary. I haven’t seen it done before, so assuming it was original: Bravo, **MsWhatsit** Ha. I missed it before. ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-going-to-let-old-people-get-away-with-their-horse-shit-anymore/648904/336 "2013-02-12T04:45:58Z")
I can hear them now the heartless bitches! “He’s cute but his nose is old.” Richard Brautigan Sorry, not even sure it is relevant but I just love this and had to share. ---
**Author:** ![Shiloh2013](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@Shiloh2013](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shiloh2013)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-going-to-let-old-people-get-away-with-their-horse-shit-anymore/648904/337 "2013-02-12T13:36:29Z")
> [@rogerbox](#): > > I risked my personal safety for two random strangers, and I didn’t get a thank you or eye contact, “entitled” doesn’t begin to describe how they came off to me. They went back to their vapid girl-talk and texting on their phones. :rolleyes: I was certainly scared of getting shot by telling a random scumbag stranger off, but I spoke up. > > I could insert some comment about why chivalry is dead right now, but “meh”. 😛 Maybe the old guy was about to pass out Benjamins and you screwed it up. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-going-to-let-old-people-get-away-with-their-horse-shit-anymore/648904/338 "2013-02-12T13:59:18Z")
I’ve been an enabler of old people horseshit at my workplace, but it stops now. You wouldn’t believe the number of ancient codgers who wind up in the hospital, inching slowly along the corridors or being transported in wheelchairs or wheeled beds from place to place, blocking my path and slowing me down. Just because they’re “patients”, they think they’re privileged or something. Next time one of them blocks me, I’m crashing right on through. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-going-to-let-old-people-get-away-with-their-horse-shit-anymore/648904/339 "2013-02-12T18:07:15Z")
> [@rogerbox](#): > > I risked my personal safety for two random strangers, and I didn’t get a thank you or eye contact, “entitled” doesn’t begin to describe how they came off to me. They went back to their vapid girl-talk and texting on their phones. :rolleyes: I was certainly scared of getting shot by telling a random scumbag stranger off, but I spoke up. > > I could insert some comment about why chivalry is dead right now, but “meh”. 😛 Maybe they weren’t particularly uncomfortable to begin with? Tangentially the idea that we can have stories that start with “when I was a young guy” and end with “they went back to texting” makes me feel very old. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-going-to-let-old-people-get-away-with-their-horse-shit-anymore/648904/340 "2013-02-12T18:38:12Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > I’ve been an enabler of old people horseshit at my workplace, but it stops now. > > You wouldn’t believe the number of ancient codgers who wind up in the hospital, inching slowly along the corridors or being transported in wheelchairs or wheeled beds from place to place, blocking my path and slowing me down. Just because they’re “patients”, they think they’re privileged or something. > > Next time one of them blocks me, I’m crashing right on through. 🆒 I dunno, bro. Like, if you hit them from behind, and you got enough weight and momentum, yeah, they’ll go faster forward, sure, but only for a little while. Like I got this old guy and I’m going maybe 25, and once he stopped rolling he didn’t move much at all. And talk about getting all up in my grille… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-going-to-let-old-people-get-away-with-their-horse-shit-anymore/648904.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-going-to-let-old-people-get-away-with-their-horse-shit-anymore/648904.md?page=18)