To think that some elderly folk are actually quite rude?!

[M0naLisa]

Today I was out was long home from a friends, I slowed down towards the end of the street because an elderly lady on a mobility scooter was crossing the top of the street, so as not to push in front slowing her down or to both end up at path at same time. About 7 terrace house down she stops in the middle of the path outside the local Londis then starts reversing.

I stop to let her 'park' up outside the shop, she got off the scooter and went in the shop, seeing I was behind her, she didn't open keep open the door for me, even though I had 11 mth old DS3 with me in the pushchair. No bother though, it's an easy door so I didn't have to struggle.

In the shop I went straight to the counter as was buying cigs, lady walks towards the back of the shop shouting at owner if he had any xxxx. Owner walks out from behind counter and goes to get xxxx.

Owner walks back towards the counter and lady starts following, she gets near the counter and says oh I also need yyyy and goes to get some. Owner returns to the till to serve me.

Whilst serving me she says 'oh she may go first if she's in a hurry'

So I just said 'yes I am'
I wasn't I just wasn't going to stand back and say 'oh go on you go first'

Would any one else have found that rude?

Omg this has reminded me of my dh grandad. I'm a little bigger I know and making changes, when I first met him, he told Dh he couldn't be with me because I'm so fat I'm going to end up in a wheelchair! Ha I was a size 14-16 at the time.

I have a very good friend who works in a supermarket. Fridays are not good days to shop if you are under a 'certain age' apparently (no idea what age that is)

She said its become a bit of a joke between the staff to wear body protection because the older shoppers are usually very rude and aggressive

I have to say in her defense, its bloody true!
You get rammed with trolleys, get tutted at, barged out of the way and queue jumped. Hardly ever get a please or excuse me when in the way, you just get hit with a trolley. Hardly ever get a thank you when letting someone pass.

I avoid as much as possible