Now, I'm 57, so a youngster but I do feel there's a few in the generation of just retired people, say 70+, who for whatever reason have carried on this feeling that the World owes them something. To them most teenagers are druggies or robbers, those in further education are work shy and they can't possibly understand why people of 30+ haven't bothered to purchase their own home. They are the privileged generation, they benefited from so much from the UK over the last 40 years, and especially the 80's and 90's.
Yes, they have earnt their retirement, and good luck to them but their focus on the perceived weakness of other people is precisely what they project, intolerance, rudeness and a sense of self importance. If the young are rude or selfish it could be because that's what we've taught them as adults, we moved away from the seen but not heard Victorian approach we want children to be more confident and fend for themselves so when they do so see it as progress not rudeness.
I couldn't even try to recount the amount of times my lad has held a door open only for a elderly person to walk through without any form of acknowledgement, so what does that teach him, **** it, I won't bother next time. Just because we're older it doesn't grant us any special rights or privileges, if we do get offered a seat or someone holds a door, ensure they feel special and valued. We reap what we sow.
Yes, they have earnt their retirement, and good luck to them but their focus on the perceived weakness of other people is precisely what they project, intolerance, rudeness and a sense of self importance. If the young are rude or selfish it could be because that's what we've taught them as adults, we moved away from the seen but not heard Victorian approach we want children to be more confident and fend for themselves so when they do so see it as progress not rudeness.
I couldn't even try to recount the amount of times my lad has held a door open only for a elderly person to walk through without any form of acknowledgement, so what does that teach him, **** it, I won't bother next time. Just because we're older it doesn't grant us any special rights or privileges, if we do get offered a seat or someone holds a door, ensure they feel special and valued. We reap what we sow.
