Today, I was leaving the grocery store when an old woman started yelling at me for not holding the door open for her. She accused me of being "everything wrong with the younger generation". It was an automatic door. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, a woman yelled at me for holding a door open for her. FML
Today, I was at a store when I saw a cute girl from my school. Trying to act cool, I went to hold the door for her. Too bad it was an automatic door. FML
Today, I was accused of shop-lifting by an old lady in a supermarket. Having proven myself innocent, I tried to storm off to show my displeasure at the situation. In my haste to make a dramatic exit, I tried to go out of the entrance and walked straight into the automatic door. FML
Today, I saw an elderly woman struggling to reach the top shelf in my local grocery store, so I went over and asked if she needed help. She then accused me of flirting with her and had me escorted from the property. FML
Today, while out in public, my stepmom turned and screamed at me for a good while for “walking through a door before an elder.” People stared. FML
Today, I held the door open for a woman and her kids on my way out of the bank. She started accusing me of patronizing her, and when I just let go of the door in protest, she deliberately leaned in so it hit her in the face. I felt the glares from the entire bank as she pretended to cry. FML
Today, I held a door open for a sweet old lady with a walker. After she went through the door, she turned and said, "That's not how you're gonna get into my pants, son." FML
Today, I was trying to be polite by holding the door for an elderly lady in a shop. What I didn’t realise was that the doors were automatic. I ended up standing there awkwardly for a good 5 seconds, holding onto thin air, while she just smiled and walked by. A bloke behind me said, “The doors don’t need your help, mate.” FML
Today, I went to an over-crowded grocery store. As I reached the front of a long line, I noticed that a cart had been abandoned in everybody's way. Trying to be helpful, I moved it to the side. An enormous woman then shoved me and yelled at me for "pushing her property around." FML
Today, I was grocery shopping, when an elderly lady walked up to me and tripped over her own feet. I caught her by the arm, at which point she shrieked at me for "groping" her. She ended up smirking as security threw me out of the store. FML
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Top comments
jipster 11
Some old people are just assholes.
emilyjgraham 34
Some people just look for excuses to shout and rant at something. I'm sure of it were a normal door you would have held it open for her! I swear people all over the place just want to use "Well, back in my day..." Keep doing what you're doing OP! :)
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Comments (106)
HunterMark 14
Cranky old people? Ignore politely.
Retrokitty 9
I work in a grocery store. I could tell you a million stories about rude old people. In general though I also find them to be a lot nicer than the younger generation. They thank you like you saved their life when you show them where the sugar is.
JME0058 8
I work in a nursing home. I bet I could top your stories lol. But of course I also have a lot of stories about sweet old people.
Cupcake040 17
I work in a retail store that has a self serve checkout and i find commonly that older people don't even want to make an attempt on trying to understand whats going on. They commonly just walk straight to my face and demand i scan their products without even waiting for a machine to be free or trying to serve themself, although this doesn't imply to all older people but a good solid percentage does this.
justtheotherguy 12
Back in your days ... You did not even have computers.. No programming, no technology, no electronic systems so.... no donuts for ya
tranced_ 45
but you can't complain that old woman is on her way to the doors of hell..
Tyyeezyjr 13
She's not about that auto door life
Jjimen1654 9
Nah, shes wrong, all the time.
shinikageWolf 15
Clearly you are supposed to hold open the automated sliding doors like an idiot so she can yell at you for being an idiot.
AngryD 9
I hate it when stupid people don't mind their own ******* business
johnpaisley 6
I doubt she held doors for people when she was young especially an automatic door that ageist
monnanon 14
i seriously have not noticed a decline in manners. little kids still seem to be really polite as are some older kids and so on right up through the age groups. as i said before there is people who will always be nasty and that is evident from all the nasty older people we encounter.