What modern habits of younger generations do you hate the most? Lighthearted

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Lighthearted.
What are the things that you can't stand today that just reminds you that you don't understand younger generations any more (I am 40s)? Not dieing on a hill for anything, just sharing some grumbles.

I'll go first:

Boys and men who walk around without a shirt the moment the sun is out. I am talking high street, trains, buses. Nobody wants to see you in a state you are in when you take out the bins, Steven. Bonus points for "going out" in crocs.

Crocs/flipflops + socks for anything more than taking out your bins, haha. This one is unisex, looks crap on both men and women. Ew.

Not listening... asking you a question, you respond and they immediately say "what was that?" Or it could just be my early 20s Dds. Every.time.

Like,like,like oh and for good measure more like.

Cafes are not meant to be quiet spaces.

I guess it’s not just the younger generation that do this but….
being at a concert and and the people in front holding up phones videoing it all, I just want to enjoy the moment not watch it all through your phone screens.

and realising in a yoga/exercise class/restuarant that you are either background for their live posts or they are being loud/ fake laughing and talking shit into a camera for I presume a live post somewhere.

im old and grumpy.

Both my (late 20-something) DC do this.....

I will be talking to them on WhatsApp, and we will exchange about 3 messages each over maybe 5-7 minutes, and I will send a 4th one (often in response to something they have said, or I will be asking a question,) and they just don't answer............... ??? 😕 I wait about 5-10 minutes and then say 'Are you OK?'

Nothing.

10 minutes more I say 'are you still there?' Then about 2 hours later I get a response....... 'Oooh sorry I had to do X, Y, or Z.'

Happens around 1 in 3 times I talk to them on WhatsApp. It's really weird! 😆

Sometimes one of them will send a WhatsApp message 'hi mum, are you busy on Friday afternoon.........?' I message back within 2 minutes, (saying 'yes I am why?' Or 'no I'm not why?') And they don't respond. They've gone! I think 'FFS you JUST messaged me! Where are you? LOL!!! It's sometimes several hours before they respond.

WHY DO THEY DO THIS?!!!!!!!! 😫

Im old and due to my sight I’m a pedestrian and give way because walking into a car because I’m more vulnerable and can’t be 100% sure car will stop.

I see lots of people walking, cycling and driving with heads down in phones but nothing to do with age.

Curious what is the law on this in England- does a dropped kerb mean it’s a road and I give way?

Someone having a loud 45 minute conversation with her son over the phone - in a public cafe, is very inconsiderate. (And I am guessing she was LOUD because this kind of 'must talk in public so everyone can hear me' type are ALWAYS loud!)

Go home if you want to have a lengthy 45 minute phone conversation with someone. I don't want to hear you. I want to have my coffee and cake (or piece of fruit) in peace. Or if I'm with someone, I want to be able to have a conversation, without some loud obnoxious 'my conversation MUST be heard' kind of twonk disturbing the calm environment.

@Zov Very similar scenario with my 20 yo and 18 yo. It’s infuriating! Sometimes DD asks me a question and I reply and then just….crickets. I’ve told her I find it rude but she just says ‘sorry, I forgot’. How does she forget when she has got the phone in her hand and looks at the screen to see my message? Surely she could just instantly reply ‘Thanks’. She does have ADHD to be fair but then so do I. 😂

The complete inability of some to speak properly. Succinctly. Film of children from previous generations highlights how staggeringly standards have dropped. I have no idea how or why it has happened.

Most of mine are to do with speech and grammar..
Saying ‘like’ every second word, so that a sentence becomes meaningless, especially when accompanied by ‘do you know what I mean’ and ‘not gonna lie’.
These ‘placeholder’ phrases drive me fucking crazy. ‘Literally’ that’s another one.

I had to interview a lot of young people for apprenticeship placements and 80% of them were functionally illiterate.
Mock ‘in tray’ tasks leave them baffled, especially anything where they had to make or receive a phone call.
So depressing.

“Wait, what?”

@NewGirlInTown , like and literally. Usually something like 'I literally just put my phone down for a second. It was literally here a moment ago'. or I was like ... and she was like, and then we like walked to the shop like...'

That started in the mid 90s and I remember it well. One minute we were all crawling around, dehydrated and not knowing it, and the next we were competing over who was drinking the poshest water.

Injectables, contouring and painted eyebrows.

Messages that come through in 4 individual sentences. Just why?

Scrunch bum leggings.

Pedestrians have right of way.

In fact the highway code changed a few years ago and you have right of way crossing a junction, so if you are just about to cross and a car wants to turn down tgat road the car must wait.

I think that is bloody stupid, as you say the pedestrian is more vulnerable so would be stupid to step into the road in front of a car, and also it wasn't well publicised and non drivers won't know so it's just a stand off at junctions.

Being so damn uncomfortable at everything and believing that is someone else's problem to solve.

Speaking to people makes me uncomfortable, working with someone with different views makes me uncomfortable, doing the things in my job description makes me uncomfortable - fine, good that you understand what you need to work on to grow as a person - what's that? Oh you want me to say its OK not to do them??

Is it school teaching them this? Or social media?

Thanks, I knew about the new turning rules. Apparently it works very well in some countries but been in place there for a long time. I move away from the kerb if cars are slowing for me.

I won’t feel so bad accidentally walking into front when someone is turning into a driveway, the pavements are pretty bad my way so concerned about tripping over my feet.

Having a 45 minute FaceTime call on speakerphone is a dick move in a
cafe with one other customer.

Thinking you can decide whether you're a female or a male depending on the mood.

Thinking that you have to say you're male in order to be your "true self" when feminists have been fighting for so long for you to be however you want regardless of gender...

Saying like all the time and saying anyways.

That accent that some of them have where they sound almost American. Like a mix of posh English and Californian influencer, and they say things like “oh my God it’s literally INSANE” about their lunch or something. Maybe it’s just the uni students where I live 😅

Stay home if you want to sit in silence.

The constant obsession with water. Bringing water bottles everywhere, even for short trips. I know hydration is important and I'm not a nutritionist but I think its one hell of a coincidence that everyone became obsessed with how much water they needed right around the time someone had the idea to sell us bottled water. Youngsters grew up with it so it's normal for them

The absence of the word “to”. Can we go Tesco? I’m going to go the gym. Sets my teeth on edge!

They keep the phone on silent and talk on speaker.