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Originally Posted by nonightowl
I'd do this, but it'd only be in person because there's no way I'd be aware of it otherwise. Like if it's in a meeting for example. But if it's over the phone or online (you can't tell someone's tone on there though), I'd be oblivious.
I agree. I like how you acknowledge everyone's posts and quote them too. I feel heard on your threads.
And I'm with Discomb on this, as I'm even older than she is and I wouldn't talk down to people---younger or older than me. Because I've experienced it myself, I wouldn't do it to others. I've had people much older than me have the nerve to say stuff like "You're too young for back pain" when they don't know me at all. It's supposed to be a compliment but it isn't. It's condescending and presumptuous. So I'd never say to a younger person their back can't be bothering them. It's so invalidating and I've been on the receiving end of that crap. And grew up hearing it too.
Co-workers are your co-workers, not your subordinates unless you're a boss.  And even then respect should be given. Unfortunately not all bosses are like that.
I do feel there's generation gaps, in that someone much younger can't really know what it's like to be my age....and vice versa. And this continues, generation after generation. I think each can learn from the other, but I don't get that kind of vibe out there. Younger people shouldn't assume we can't use technology, and older people shouldn't expect younger people to know how to use it. Actually I hate the words "should/shouldn't" but don't know what else to use here. Maybe I'll say it isn't right to think older people are not tech-savvy. I know enough to get by, and I've used computer since the 80's even though they were big as refrigerators then.
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I agree, coworkers should respect each other no matter how much of an age gap there is and it goes both ways too. Older people tend to see younger people as stupid and vise versa, also it doesn't help that both sides seem to forget that times change and the way things go in life change too. I've been given advice from people who are way older to do something that at one point may have been okay to do but now there would be serious consequences, in a similar way younger people forget that older people may be more knowledgeable about things than they realize. I feel like I'm in the middle, I'm not old enough to be considered elderly but I'm not so young that I can't see the perspective from both sides.