To start a thread for grumpy old ladies who think things aren't what they used to be

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I'm probably a bit older than the average age on here, and totally emphasised with someone who said, in slightly despairing tones on a thread yesterday 'I sometimes think nobody knows how to behave anymore'.

So:

I think children should stand up for older (60+) people on public transport.
I think weddings should be a 'cut your cloth to suit your measure' exercise.
I think children should be called in by 9pm at latest during the Summer, so that neighbours can get some consideration.

Aww chaletdays and crusts you are soulmates

Oh, the word that rankles is arkse. Sorry - the other thing that really annoys me is when people don't take a pride in their writing and proof read. and ROFL

yeah, well, invent a time machine then, it's fucking 2015 now

I thought that was funny!

Hazey I think it's down to a limited vocabulary and a lack of empathy

Of course Fanjo... The ignorance of the young huh

Jeeze loafline it's a bit of fun and the thread title made the subject clear.

Do you always like to throw a dampener on things?

Shish, young people nowadays

chalet - that was part of my point upthread. And absolutely about the humour and a practical take.

Another Grumpy Old Woman gripe - my dad used to get three brown enveopes every quarter - Electricity, wtaer and rates. Apart from that he got letters - written by people.

I get five or six packages of printed pages through the post every day - and I still have to wade through six pages to work out what my bill is.

Dont get me started on the "nuisance" callers on the phone, at the door and through the letterbox!

50 emails covering one arse! Let alone the rest at work.

F off and leave me in peace.

No chalet - this is just such a tired old subject that bears little truth. Life has improved enormously - unless you are determined to see nothing but negativity.

Yeah and we're tired of the young telling us we aren't entitled to have a moan! what on earth is wrong with you Loaf?

What on earth are you banging on about things bearing little "truth"? A moan is just that, it doesn't mean we're bitter old hags you know

AIBU used to be a light hearted laugh and lots of piss taking. Now it's turned into a cunty bunfight and is even seeping into Relationships. Now. That. Is. Beyond. The. Pale.

Totally agree OP. So many opinions on here that make me sad and yearnful (is that a word?) for the past.

I think children should have a healthy respect for adults and get off walls, out of gardens, and down from trees when told to do so.

I think it is absolutely right that parents tell teenage children that no way are their boyfriends/girlfriends staying overnight, and no way are they staying overnight in the home of their boyfriend/girlfriend.

I think that libraries should be quiet calm places where people can read, study or browse, and that if children want to tear around, teenagers want to hang out and make noise, or mums want to stand around with toddlers on their hips having loud chats, they should go elsewhere.

We got phones that you can just key i n as favourites they need to leave a message to call you cold callers dont leave messages so the phone doesnt ring modern technology is fab

No-one is saying that everything was better before The thread is jokey and fun. That is the point. It is making light of frustration. That is the point of it.

No-one is saying that anyone should be allowed to say hurtful things!!

I suspect that people still say horrible, hurtful things and do nasty things and treat others badly and use their power to advantage but what I am saying is that rather than stop that we just talk about the way it looks.

Anyway - I think the fun has gone out of the thread but it was nice to share a few memories and gripes about the way the world is mad sometimes.

I miss living in a world which I didn't think might be going to hell in a handbasket next week

Really? You and I lived through a different 80s. We were convinced we would all be dead by morning when the bomb dropped, which it was going to do any minute.

I agree with whoever said that children don't seem to hear the word no anymore.

I saw something which I thought was strange the other day. In the centre of a city, almost everyone was speaking, texting or faffing around with mobile phones. It was strange as almost all were in conversation or communication yet they were all in their own little bubbles.
You never overhear a good bit of gossip on the bus anymore as everyone is in a mobile phone bubble.

And don't get me started on spam. It used to mean a cheap cut of flaccid meat and not penis enlargement or the like.

Oh go away Loaf and start a thread about how non pc older people are. I promise to stay off that thread, if you promise to take your self righteous face off this one.

I went into John Lewis the other day to buy something, purely that. I was asked my phone number, address and email. I said why on earth do you want that? I just want to pay for my bed topper thank you. (I don't want loads of emails about the shop, their deals etc. nor do I want them to "sell" my details on to countless others outlets.

Have I missed something? What age will I have to be to suddenly hit this wall of misery about the young today having no respect, and how everything was better in our day when you could play out, eat Smash potato and all those lovely radio djs did so much for charity?

50+ Hazey.

Yes you have missed something hazey. A sense of fun, nostalgia and irony.

at chaletdays.

If you get asked your phone number, email etc in a shop just say ' I don't live in the UK anymore'. Usually shuts them up.

I guess i just don't go in much for nostalgia, many people are terrified of change and change has not been a bad thing....I dont know the good old days people harp on about, my parents don't know those days either....imo they were just so shit that many people learned to appreciate the simpliest of things.....I suppose it's easier to live a deluded life.

Excellent tip there toffee.