You Know You Are Old When

[Alan46]

I always tip the automatic car wash people..why, because I used to do that same job in the sixties!

 

[Oaktree]

Back story - We only go to movies once or twice a year, at most, and last time I went to a movie theater was to see Top Gun Maverick (couple of years ago?). Yesterday, went to see Reagan. Refreshment stand only had self-service soda machines, however, they didn't look like any soda dispenser I have seen. The machines (three of them) looked like an ice dispenser with only one discharge chute and there were no "traditional looking" soda dispensers.

After looking at them for a while, I finally figured out that they dispensed both ice AND soda. Great, now to figure out which one had Diet Coke. First machine had picture of grape Fanta and something else, second machine had a couple of other pictures. Third machine had a bunch of small bubbles with soda names in them and finally saw Diet Coke.

About the time I was figuring out how to get Diet Coke out of this thing, Wife comes back from the restroom, goes straight to the Diet Coke "bubble" and gets us our drink.

I hear ya. Maybe a year ago I was in a Cumby's and wanted to get a fountain drink. Since my last visit they'd replaced the old ones with new touchscreen ones that, at least to an over-70 guy like me were completely non-intuitive. Had to ask the teenaged clerk how to work it. Felt really stupid.

 

[WinterDeere]

Felt really stupid.

Could've been worse, if it'd been a cute young 20-something, saying "It's okay, I had to show my grandfather how to do it, also."

 

[Runner]

Could've been worse, if it'd been a cute young 20-something, saying "It's okay, I had to show my grandfather how to do it, also."

Fortunately for me, the only people around were a bunch of other "retirees".

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

... or when you get irritated every time you see a "tip jar" next to the cash register of the person who rang you up for that soda.

If I could start one popular movement in this country, it would be the elimination of all tip jars, in situation where there's no personalized service being provided. You don't get a tip for pressing the "Big Mac" and "Coke" buttons on your register, or dispensing a coffee into a paper cup and then telling me where I can go get my own cream or sugar.

In the 70s when I started a business there was a small "pub" next door. On the counter was a big tip jar labeled "Wine for the blind". "Ginger's Diner" it was called.
So many crazy and funny experiences. I was in a large very old 4 story building that was full of 100+++ years of stuff. One night I was showing a friend the building and stopped elevator on the second floor. We walked over and I said "hey...we can walk over onto the diner rooftop!". I grabbed a fishing pole on the way, diner had a skylight which was open overtop the kitchen.
Every time the cook had her back turned I lowered the fish hook down and quietly moved pots and pans around. Finally she ran out, took her apron off telling owner "I ain't workin' here no mo...this place is haunted!!!".

 

[Alan46]

Could've been worse, if it'd been a cute young 20-something, saying "It's okay, I had to show my grandfather how to do it, also."

 

[oldballs]

You know that you are old when....it takes longer to put your knee brace on.....your hernia belt on....and your AMD dark glasses on..... swallow your Rx's.....and check your vitals.......... .than it takes to do the chore.

Cheers,
Mike

 

[Jstpssng]

^^^^
I've been awake since 3 this AM, but it's because I had a second cup of coffee yesterday.

 

[WinterDeere]

when you are awake every morning at 5 am, for no reason

I thought the reason was "prostate", or needing to pee every 4 hours.

 

[John0829]

I thought the reason was "prostate", or needing to pee every 4 hours.

If I can make it every 2 hours it seems like a lifetime to me, 4 hours would be incredible. And I've had prostate surgery