Comments on: Old People Are Ruining My Life

By: Eboli

Eboli — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 13:03:06 +0000

You will all be headed that way soon and you will then see how hurtful most of your comments are. Let everyone do what they have to and look like they want. Unless it is hurting you then why do you care. I am elderly and I need to work until the day I am dead unless I want to live on the street or eat cat food. I truly pray that none of you are ever in that position. Please do not look at elderly workers with contempt or disgust look at them and have a feeling of pride for them. Proud to be a contributing member to society. So many young ones are not. And as for what they wear to the beach or int heir own yard. Who cares ?

By: JD

JD — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 15:51:39 +0000

Bababoom: Thanks so much for sharing your story, even tho it broke my heart. There are way too many “Maimes” out there. It’s just not right. We should be taking care of our old people better than this. I know some elderly folks choose to work, but who would choose to work as a bagger at a supermarket? It sounds like Maime really touched you. Bless your kind heart.

By: Bababoom

Bababoom — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 03:32:02 +0000

Nice post.

I definitely agree with you. Seeing old people working certain jobs truly breaks my heart. I am (or was) a bagger at a grocery store for a while. There was this elderly woman named Maime, working along side me for the day (she was from a different location). She was so frail and small, and quiet. Imagine working in a place surrounded by teenagers. A group of us were talking and she was standing there. I felt so bad because people were ignoring her and she must have felt so out of place. So I struck up a conversation with her for a while. Then later on I saw that a costumer had had the nerve to ask her for help out to her car. So there was this little old lady pushing out a cart taller that her, heaped with groceries. I was busy at the moment or I might have offered to take it (but then again I didn’t want to insult her or anything). But if I were a capable customer I would have NEVER thought of asking her for help out. Finally my boss was letting people go home early and asked Maime first. She declined and I remember thinking how she probably needed that extra hour to pay bills and stuff. So then he asked me and I said sure, which felt bad for later on.

But anyway sorry for that long story, but I thought it definitely related to your post. I just hope Maime has a caring and loving family, and isnt lonely or anything. It’s amazing how I still think about her every now and again.

By: JD

JD — Thu, 27 May 2010 11:57:43 +0000

Whoa! That’s a lot of anger and bitterness for a twelve-year-old. I suggest you come back in a few years when you’ve developed a sense of humor and understand the concept of sarcasm. Thanks for the comment!

By: Greg Lawrence

Greg Lawrence — Wed, 26 May 2010 22:29:35 +0000

I honestly hope you all die (those of you who agree with them). I’m 12. YOU are selfish. They spent their entire lives working. And you are going to attack them for working now, enjoying what’s left of their life, or them just having normal human fun? You’re saying that you don’t want to help WWII veterans who worked in spite of having been killed, themselves for AMERICA? For religious FREEDOM? You can all go get your asses blown up in fucking somalia, Iraq, Afghan, whatever. But come back here, and let me laugh at you. And the old women, suffering from Alzhiemer’s? You going to insult them too? Wait ’till you grow up. You’ll know how it feels, and you’ll regret all of this. Ignorant bastards.

By: JD

JD — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 23:23:54 +0000

Jill: Why, thank you! It makes me sad, too. And sadness ruins my day. I guess I should really be blaming the government, not these poor old people.

By: Jill

Jill — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 23:03:15 +0000

I blame the economy for old people having to work. It makes me sad that after all the years they put into working and making a living, that they now have to work.

Love your blog, though!
.-= Jill´s last blog ..Not Me! Monday =-.

By: JD

JD — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:17:29 +0000

Kirk: Thank you! It’s my pleasure . . . sometimes. OK, just avoid the Jewel grocery store in Skokie, IL, on Touhy. But you can’t be too careful. Avoid all grocery stores. Just in case.

By: Kirk

Kirk — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:43:31 +0000

man i’d hate to see what you ‘witnessed’ at the grocery lane in person.. where’d you shop for your groceries that time? because i’m not going there… *sob*

truly enjoyed reading your posts! more power and keep doing things so we don’t have to…

By: JD

JD — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:52:49 +0000

foolery: Don’t be fooled. It’s all in the jaunty hat. Get yourself a jaunty hat, and you’ll be stylin’.