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Old people are a detriment to society – If you have to ask yourself how old that might be you're part of the problem

There's truly no place left within modern day society that hasn't seen torment due to the existence of the old. Driving (especially on freeways) becomes unsafer, lines at the supermarkets become slower. They terrorize anyone who works in customer service- even when they're nice, simply by the sheer slugness they exhibit. There is a conversation to be had about how backwards most of their thought processes and beliefs are, as in I would never trust a single old person to vote for any of my rights. However this specific post is beyond that, I simply want to highlight how detestable they are on a day to day basis. They do not know how to use basic modern technology even though every single one of them was around for the literal start of it. Then they decide to add insult to their own injury, and somehow make it someone else's fault that they couldn't insert their chipLESS card into the chip reader. There isn't a day that goes by where a dinosaur has to merge onto the freeway going at what I can only classify as a walking speed. I understand that being old sucks and they're all very upset about that, but there comes a point where one truly has to look in the mirror and acknowledge that they're better off not participating in day to day society if they cannot do so correctly and efficiently. Get on the learning curve of life or get off altogether.

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Unnecessary Laughter Is Annoying – If You're An Uncomfortable Person Just Say So

There shouldn't be any need for you to fill silence in conversation with unnecessary laughter just because you feel it'd be awkward otherwise. Secondarily, there's no reason for you to excuse whatever atrocity came out of your mouth by following it with a worse laugh. Stand by what you say, stand by your silence, or don't begin the conversation in the first place. Clearly you didn't know what you were going to say.

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Retail Therapy Is Between You And The Clothes – Leave The Poor Mininum Wage Worker Out Of It

I cannot fathom ever divulging anything to a retail worker that didn't immediately concern the transaction. Every word that comes out of a customer's mouth should only have to do with the services they are being provided. No one on the other side of the counter is ever going to care about how your day is going, why you are buying a particular item, or any other detail you'd think of sharing. It's gotten to the point where (almost) every time I'm next in line I overhear the customer telling what I assume to be their life story; as if someone who is being paid state minimum wage would ever care about anything in regards to the customer. Please dear god, for the sake of the employee and the rest of other people's time, shut up, make your transaction, and carry on with the rest of your sad life. It's really not anyone else's responsibility to carry the weight of your failing marriage, or other disappointments you may have in life that have decided to bother you whilst in line at Ralph's. Get a friend to talk to, or at the very least go to a therapist at least their paycheck includes having to listen to your jargon. (You are performing modern day torture by asking the employee in front of you how their day is going, spoiler here: they're paid to say "Great how about yours?" No one cares.)