Why do old people

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drive so bloody slowly?

and wear hats in cars?

yes and had to stand up with screaming dd all the way

I like old people too but why do they always do their shopping at lunchtime - come to think about it why do SAHMs do their shopping at lunchtime. I find this really frustrating whe I nip to do a bit of shopping at lunchtime to find the tills full of people who could be there at any time of the day.
Sorry rant over!!

I like some old people - it's just a case of a few bad apples as in every walk of life. I think that they are a valuable part of society but the few that ruin it are the few that expect respect as a right and do not understand that it has to be earnt i.e. they can't have double standards of not saying thanks when you hold doors for them (as I always do for everyone - old or not)- not saying thanks when you give up your seat on public transport, complaining all the time about how hard done to they are by the government (my nan always does this and it makes me so mad - they have thousands stashed away and are too 'careful' to be warm in their own home - I don't think they realise how difficult it is for younger people with huge mortgages, both having to work to make ends meet and pay child care etc. I agree that you should respect your elders - I have always been brought up like that - but sometimes with some of them it is very difficult!

maybe you just have a particularly stroppy breed of old people round your way Shireensmom!

have to say that where we live, old people are generally the most polite of our fellow bus-travellers (and we go everywhere by bus, we don't have a car)

well put helsbels

Thanks CW - always try to be fair!!!

Jaybee,

Its a bit unreasonable to expect SAHMs and Old folk not to shop at lunch times (presumably because they can shop some other time?)

Jaybee!! I cant beleive you have wrote that!

Nor can I Jaybee ....
Who says that SAHMs can shop at anytime of the day? I know that I can't ....

Oh and by the way I do think you are all being mean to old people ... it all comes to us one day you know and all of you meannies will be old and smelly too in the not so distant future - I hope young people will be nice to you then ...

Apologies for being so inconsiderate as to venture out with the kids at lunchtime. I forgot lunchtime was only for important people.

Jaybee, I hate shopping with grumpy peopel and you sound like one of those....What a stupid thing to say! Happy christmas!

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i have great respect for old people,always have done,my friend has just started a job as a home carer and the things she tells me about the conditions in what some old people live is truly heartbreaking,i hope my children love me enough to not let me be like that one day

Why shouldn't old people and SAHM's go shopping at lunchtime, Jaybee? We live in a free country.

Older people must be just about the last section of society where it is still permissible to 'have a go' at them. Just imagine if this thread had 'disabled' or 'gay' or black' at the top. We'd all be going ape-sh*t.

Ooooops sorry Jaybee for picking you up on this - it seems its struck a nerve. Come back and tell us you didn't mean it that way....so that we can all forgive and forget

Jaybee - A very unpopular post it would seem.... I do find it odd that elderly people would choose to shop at the busiest times of the day though. If I was able to the weekly shopping at 10am or in the middle of the night I would if it meant it was quieter and less stressful.
.... bit controversial to add in the SAHM comment.

Might be odd, but its their prerogative....

Absolutely HMC! I don't think anyone said otherwise..... doesn't make it any less irritating for those who are forced to shop at those times.

I suppose so.....

Were you impressed that I could spell prerogative? (actually, I did have to spell check it in microsoft word)

I know plenty of busy old people.

I actually thought you'd added an extra R, but did a check and realised...... I'm thick!

Why shop at lunch time? If it's an old person it can often take them most of the morning to get ready to go out ie having a wash, getting dressed. How very inconsiderate of them to get old and for these daily things take so long for them to do, surely they must know that you are due to nip into the shops.

As for me and my children shopping in the middle of the day, yes I do it just to annoy busy "working" people who have just nipped to the shops, after all I could be sat at home watching Trisha but it finishes at 10 and Jenny Jones doesn't start until 1 so that's my only free slot.

If you're that bothered about it I'd suggest that you take you're lunch earlier and avoid all those people who you don't want to shop with or shop on the internet then you wouldn't have to see them atall!

Please don't assume people have all day to shop just because they are old or have a pushchair.

I used to run 3 busy guesthouses when my first baby was in a pushchair and I had to look after her at the same time.

It really p**d me off hearing people tut in the queue behind me in the bank. They probably had more time to waste than I if the truth had been known.

I don't think there is anything wrong with it at all! I just think that if I could choose to shop at quieter times then I would. That goes for ANYONE! Not talking about the elderly, SAHM, etc etc...

I'm a working Mum and I go on Sunday morning as its incredibly quiet then..... It seriously reduces trolly rage! I think I would still go on a Sunday morning even if I wasn't working.