Early onset curmudgeon syndrome

[dmccarty]

Guys I'm I the early stages of early onset curmudgeon syndrome as a friend put it yesterday. I've noticed the last year or so I'm getting more grumpy as time goes on. Wether dealing with employees or vendors and people in general especially younger people and BSers.
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My BS tolerance seems to have gone down for some reason. So far I have not chewed someone's fanny over the issue but I wonder if I might start. Now, I have chewed someone out when I was in my 20's and I think I learned some patience since then but I don't seem to tolerate BS anymore. Maybe I have figured out there is a time for patience and a time to say what needs to be said... :confused3:

By the way, did you seriously pass on a V8 Jeep with the fabled Rough Country lift?

:laughing::laughing::laughing:

Later,
Dan

 

[Taylortractornut]

It was tough Dan

 

[dieselcrawler]

As Garth Brooks sang, 'I'm much too young to feel this d@mn old'... or act it...

I'm quite tolerant, but like lots of you, have no use for the BS anymore... and more likely to say something about it now.

 

[PJSprog]

Me and many of my friends have just turned 50 this year. However, some of my friends (my best friend in particular) have for many years been calling me a grumpy old man. EOCS? ... I like it! :laughing:

 

[hawkeye08]

We went camping this last weekend, older couple in next site had a nice dog, barked at everything, they seldom tried to stop it. Off leash often. We went to the lake (walked, not far) and when we came back, there was a pile of dog poo on grass where their dog frequented, they had a large party going on, so I quietly said to the wife, could you do me a favor and pick up the dog poo your dog left before someone steps in it? She started giving me all sorts of attitude, I was ready to do some educating, but the husband stepped in and said, I'll clean it up, no problem, I have the technology. He immediately went to it and took care of it. As he went to the dumpster to get rid of it, the wife started in again, some nerve, assuming it was our dog and so on... I was on the other side of my trailer by then and responded with "BS" loud enough for the whole party to hear. That ended it. She knew that her dog did that mess and was too lazy to clean it up, her husband was ready and interesting point, knew exactly where it was without having it pointed out...

Kids were cutting through our campsite, explained to them to go around next time, one tried to come through again, wife set them straight. We not getting grumpy, we're getting tired of folks disrespect and laziness when it impacts us.

Neighbor on other side ran the black tank cleanout the whole weekend, with the black tank valve open. Saturday night, the black tank plugged up and while they were working on it, the whole place stunk like open sewer. They did not speak much english so I did not try to educate them, just kept our trailer closed up and ran air conditioning all night to keep us cool. For those that don't know, even when connected to sewer, you keep the black tank valve shut until 2/3 or more full, then dump, then close valve again. If you leave it open, eventually (usually sooner than later), it will plug up because the liquid drains faster and leaves the solids behind. When you let it fill up some first, then it dumps fine.

I tell my daughters that the key is to determine if you are dealing with ignorance or stupid. Ignorance can be cured by education in some cases, but stupid is just stupid.

 

[k0ua]

I tell my daughters that the key is to determine if you are dealing with ignorance or stupid. Ignorance can be cured by education in some cases, but stupid is just stupid.

Very true words there.:thumbsup: I have helped a lot of ignorant people in my life, but I have never cured a stupid one. And only the ignorant that want help can be helped.

 

[Citydude]

The way I've got it figured, I've lived 3/4 of my life. The last quarter of my life, I'm trying be tolerant and non judgmental however the people who aren't considerate of others, really irritates me. So, I banned myself from Walmart. That ain't no place for old men.....

 

[TripleR]

I tell my daughters that the key is to determine if you are dealing with ignorance or stupid. Ignorance can be cured by education in some cases, but stupid is just stupid.

Stupid is an unavoidable condition, ignorance is a choice.

 

[PhysAssist]

What I'm trying to figure out is why you all keep referring to it as early onset curmudgeon-hood, ain't a one of you [nor myself] all that young as far as I can tell, so maybe it's just the appropriate time for us to no longer "suffer fools gladly".

 

[newbury]

What I'm trying to figure out is why you all keep referring to it as early onset curmudgeon-hood, ain't a one of you [nor myself] all that young as far as I can tell, so maybe it's just the appropriate time for us to no longer "suffer fools gladly".

Taylor is not that old.

But I've had EOCS for over 40 years, since my mid 20's. Especially with car sales people. Last month I went to check out the "fit" of a Ford Transit Connect. Sales person tried to chat me up. I told him just get a key to a transit connect and let me sit in it. Luckily he shut up before I walked.

I don't care to waste my hearing listening to chattering fools.

/edit - I guess I now have Advanced Curmudgeon Syndrome. Last guy that came to my door trying to sell "home repair" service I just said "Don't need any" and firmly shut the door in his face.