Why aren't old people getting any stick?

Perhaps they want to take as many as they can with 'em !

comment by Geoff Tipps (U1449)
posted 39 minutes ago
comment by Gingernuts (U2992)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by vidicthelegend VIVA LA REVOLUTION (U8735)
posted 7 minutes ago
I went to Tesco yesterday and they had a 1 in 1 out policy, so everyone was queuing outside but 2m apart from each other. Took about 15 minutes to get in which isn’t bad, but when I got to the front of the queue a very old man got out of his car in the disabled parking spot so I asked if he wanted to nip in front of me.

He came over and tried to shake my hand

I had to step back and tell him why.
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Same thing last night at our Waitrose.

Small queue outside. We've a very large Waitrose but they only allowed about 12 customers in total at any one time which seemed a bit ott as people were freezing their bits off outside.

Got in, turned the corner and up at customer service desk there's 6 staff all stood chatting away to each other in a group!

Went past and just said "this social distancing is a peach eh? You've customers freezing outside trying to make sure it works"

They just shuffled away looking annoyed at me.

Fuds
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Oohh Waitrose
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One doesn't catch things in Waitrose

On an anecdotal level this rings true for me. When I've been out to shops the ones who don't seem to have taken in the need for the behavioural change and the general gravity of the situation have all been from the older generation. I heard one, when asked to keep a distance, saying "Don't worry, I'll be fine" (Arrgh, it's not just about the risk to you!!) and other saying "You're alright, I haven't got it" (Arrrgh, people can be infected and asymptomatic, you pillock!!) I should point out right away that there are also plenty of older people who are doing the right thing.

And these aren't people who appear really, really old and likely to be less able to assimilate information. It's vigorous people in their late 60s and early 70s who seem to be leading a full life in retirement. This makes me think the blind spot is a cultural, generational thing rather than an age issue per se.

Part of it is, I guess to do with the fact they are less likely to be deeply embedded in the digital world, so they rely more on face to face communication for their social needs. Partly (without wanting to sound condescending) it's a generation that didn't have the same access to higher education as those that proceeded them, so prevalent attitudes might be a bit less scientific and less deferential to experts.

There's also a cod-psychology theory that's going around that this is basically the generation that came after the heroic WW2 generation of their parents; they've grown up with tales of the Blitz and D-Day and generally lived in their parents' shadows, while leading an increasingly prosperous life in a period of extended peace; they've never had their Blitz, their chance to show they can show their mettle during a national crisis, and the instinct in a crisis (particularly formed by our national attitude to terrorism, which we have long imagined to be the biggest threat we face) is to laugh in the face of danger and show the enemy that we intend to continue leading our daily lives undaunted. Obviously, as an enemy, the virus has no interest in preventing us from leading our daily lives.

The other week I popped into a Waitrose and there was no toilet paper on the shelves. My family was down to our last roll and I asked a store assistant if he knew when the next delivery was coming. He beckoned me over and went and fetched a family pack from the back of the store. As I was leaving with this giant pack of toilet roll under my arm, I was getting the most evil looks I've ever seen from the other shoppers. They seriously looked ready to lynch me. But this was Waitrose, baby. They were all upper-middle class retired women. I could take any one of them down. I walked out with a swagger in my step.

comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 2 minutes ago
The other week I popped into a Waitrose and there was no toilet paper on the shelves. My family was down to our last roll and I asked a store assistant if he knew when the next delivery was coming. He beckoned me over and went and fetched a family pack from the back of the store. As I was leaving with this giant pack of toilet roll under my arm, I was getting the most evil looks I've ever seen from the other shoppers. They seriously looked ready to lynch me. But this was Waitrose, baby. They were all upper-middle class retired women. I could take any one of them down. I walked out with a swagger in my step.
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You’re basically a middle class Robin Hood meets Chuck Norris 😉

You raise an interesting point about asking for help - having worked in a supermarket when I was 18, I always went out of my way to help someone who actually talked to me rather than use me as a prop to get around.

Robb, that's exactly what I am. By the way, I didn't ask for the dude to get me some toilet rolls. It didn't occur to me he'd be able to do so. I was just curious about when they would be delivered. He must have just liked the cut of my jib.

comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 3 minutes ago
Robb, that's exactly what I am. By the way, I didn't ask for the dude to get me some toilet rolls. It didn't occur to me he'd be able to do so. I was just curious about when they would be delivered. He must have just liked the cut of my jib.
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Wouldn’t it be funny if it turned out he was RDD?

comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 46 minutes ago
The other week I popped into a Waitrose and there was no toilet paper on the shelves. My family was down to our last roll and I asked a store assistant if he knew when the next delivery was coming. He beckoned me over and went and fetched a family pack from the back of the store. As I was leaving with this giant pack of toilet roll under my arm, I was getting the most evil looks I've ever seen from the other shoppers. They seriously looked ready to lynch me. But this was Waitrose, baby. They were all upper-middle class retired women. I could take any one of them down. I walked out with a swagger in my step.
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When you’ve just taken a massive dump in aisle 9 of course they’ll go out back to get some toilet roll

comment by FieldsofAnfieldRd (U18971)
posted 53 minutes ago
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 46 minutes ago
The other week I popped into a Waitrose and there was no toilet paper on the shelves. My family was down to our last roll and I asked a store assistant if he knew when the next delivery was coming. He beckoned me over and went and fetched a family pack from the back of the store. As I was leaving with this giant pack of toilet roll under my arm, I was getting the most evil looks I've ever seen from the other shoppers. They seriously looked ready to lynch me. But this was Waitrose, baby. They were all upper-middle class retired women. I could take any one of them down. I walked out with a swagger in my step.
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When you’ve just taken a massive dump in aisle 9 of course they’ll go out back to get some toilet roll
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You were there?!

Just like 'brexit' (remember that nonsense) it's not about age .......


...... it's largely about nothing but ignorance