old people make me grumpy

It's not that I hate old people. In fact, I'm not exactly a virile young thing myself anymore. I'm positive that to many young teenie-boppers out there, I'm way old... In fact, I think old folks are great and that we should spend more time listening to them because, on the whole, they have a lot of valuable life experience and a lot of wisdom to share.

But then, you run across that one in the bunch, the one annoying old person who just wants to make you fucking scream. I'm guessing that they were annoying when they were young. I'd even bet money, that if you were annoying when you were a young person, then you're most certainly going to be an annoying old person, perhaps even more so...

I just don't get it. I mean, I understand that as we get old, that our brains slow down, our senses don't seem to work quite the same way they used to. It's not these people who piss me off. It's the annoying one's that haven't figured that out yet. I mean, if you're getting on in years, don't you think you should go thru life under the assumption that maybe you're senses are giving you misleading, if not false information? How old do you need to get before you fucking figure this out? OLD PEOPLE LISTEN UP HERE, go into situations with the assumption that maybe, just maybe you're wrong. Your senses are lying to you, and, I dunno, ask a question instead of assuming you're right. Most likely the worst thing that will happen is that a nice, sweet young person will set you on the right path, whatever that path is, and you won't seem like such a fucking idiot.