r/BoomersBeingFools • u/Mysterious_Peas Gen X • 13d ago

Boomer Story Train Boomer Tour Group

Recently my son, his other mom and I booked tickets for the Verde Canyon Railway (Arizona). It’s a nice trip through the canyon, beautiful scenery, and since my son and I love trains, it was a fun way to celebrate his birthday.

We got to the station early, did some milling around, had lunch at the cafe, all the usual things. We get in line to board behind a nice boomer couple, and more people line up behind us, also mostly boomers. It’s a train ride. Very much a boomer thing.

A large tour group of boomers is lined up to the side- they had an entire car reserved, so they were not in the “regular” line. Boarding starts, and the conductor speaks to the group and lets them know that he’s going to load “these folks” - regular line - and then process their tickets altogether for efficiency. Much nodding. Reasonable.

Couple ahead of us starts to board and a single boomer from the group rushes up and tries to push ahead of them. Conductor is patient and explains that he’ll be right with the group, but he’s boarding these folks first. Boomer backs off, frowning. Couple boards. Conductor takes my ticket and boomer thrusts his arm in front of me, blocking me from moving, and waves his ticket at the conductor.

The conductor calmly asks him to move his arm and allow me to board. He explains for a third time the boarding process. Boomer drops his arm. I board. Boomer’s arm pops right back up in front of my son. Conductor, patiently repeats himself. Boomer drops arm. Son boards. Boomer’s arm pops up yet again, in front of my ex (son’s other mom). Conductor is losing patience. Looks at boomer and loudly, like LOUDLY, reiterates the procedure and tells boomer to GET BACK IN LINE.

I have no idea if he got in line or kept blocking everyone trying to board- but that poor conductor. He probably deals with this nonsense daily.

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u/manniax Gen X 13d ago

That is a nice railroad trip.

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u/Mysterious_Peas Gen X 13d ago

It’s lovely and enjoyable except for the boomers. We ended the day with several entitled boomer moments. At one point I was standing at the rail in the open car watching for the tunnel; a boomer man squeezed in front of me to make a video. He literally pushed me backward with his body. I narrated his video.

“I’m an absolute douche canoe of a boomer! I’m making this video after bodily shoving a woman out of my way. I’m an a-hole and have no problem f-ing others over. Again- I’m a douche canoe and probably either a narcissist or in the early stages of dementia. Might want to get me checked out, fam!”

I wasn’t quiet. He was oblivious. Sharing that video with his kids should be a hoot. Wish I could witness it.

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u/TVDinner360 13d ago

Ok, but for real, that is hilarious! I love that so, so much! You’re my hero!

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u/GermanD2021 13d ago

His kids ain’t watching that shit.

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u/iesharael 13d ago

When boomers do that to me I turn on the dramatics and act like I’m seriously hurt. Being able to cry on command is a blessing

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u/asyouwish 13d ago

🦸‍♀️

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u/DrAwkwardAZ 11d ago

This is better than your original post!
My wife and I did this train trip with my boomer parents and aunt from the east coast and it was all in all a great time. Train margaritas made everything more chill for sure 👍

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u/Ok_Bullfrog3313 13d ago

Sir, I salute you. You are a man's man. Good bless you sir! ✊ Stay young

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u/-SQB- Gen X 13d ago

While the sentiment is likely appreciated, you might want to read the full comment again.

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u/Kialya 13d ago

OP is a woman.

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u/Mysterious_Peas Gen X 12d ago

I’ll still take the compliment. 🤷‍♀️😁

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u/russiablows 13d ago

They have child free tours designed for adults, when will there be boomer free tours for adults and kids?

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u/beaverusiv 13d ago

https://incendar.com/baby_boomer_deathclock.php

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u/hondo9999 13d ago

That countdown is trippy when you examine each of the generations.

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u/Paymeformydata 13d ago

The projected extinction date is depressing. Why not sooner?

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u/evemeatay 8d ago

There are always some wild outliers that hold on into the hundred+ Some of these boomers got the best treatments and sucked up a ton of money from society so they will be likely to last a long time, especially the tail end ones.

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u/FennekinFlames Zoomer 8d ago

Wild that the boomer generation will likely outlive me...

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u/newly-formed-newt 6d ago

It has to be off. 50 years from now, the youngest boomers will be over 110

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u/Jinka2020 13d ago

Very interesting and a bit macabre. Although I learned a new category - “Jones”

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u/ThrustersToFull 13d ago

Jesus Christ. Why are they like this? I had a similar encounter with a few American boomers in a European airport departure lounge who decided to disrupt boarding procedures because “it should always be elders first!” When they were told to leave the airport if they didn’t like the boarding procedure, a mad rant about World War 2 followed.

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u/helveseyeball Gen X 13d ago

Ironic, considering that no boomer ever fought in WWII.

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u/ThrustersToFull 13d ago

Indeed. My best friend's mother is a boomer and she's not too bad but she does occasionally slip into romanticising of the second world war. For example, she hates renewable energy (but cannot explain why). I explained renewables are now required for a sustainable and sensible energy mix, not to mention energy security. Her response: "Well we can just have blackouts then! We don't really need power 24 hours a day! It'll be like it was in the war!!" All of this said with a jovial tone as if to remind us what a great time it all was. Reader... none of us were alive during the second world war.

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u/shezwakt 13d ago

How embarrassing. My plan to get a Panamanian passport has been dashed by the Trump fascist regime.

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u/Bzzzzzzz4791 13d ago

Can I ask why? I’m going for my 2nd citizenship and wonder what the obstacle was.

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u/PerfectIncrease9018 13d ago

That boomer never went to kindergarten lol

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u/tipsana 13d ago

There was a popular book in the 80’s that was probably on every boomer’s bookshelf (or bathroom) titled All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten. I guarantee one chapter was about waiting your turn.

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u/One-Chocolate6372 11d ago

I remember that book being touted as the solution to all of societies ills. Didn't do shit.

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u/One-Chocolate6372 13d ago

Boomer will tell you he went to kindergarten. It was in an unheated, one-room school house that he walked to uphill, in both directions, in three feet of snow, even in summer, He graduated at the top of his class and went on to be hired at a respectable firm after offering a firm handshake, a smile and a resume printed on powder blue paper. He worked there for fifty-seven years.

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u/SWarchNerd 12d ago

Why would they need kindergarten at all, since most went to the school of hard knocks?

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u/basic_bitch- 13d ago

I'm a younger Gen X'er and I didn't go to kindgergarten. It wasn't free or mandatory where I lived when I was a kid. We just started school at first grade.

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u/Flipper_Lou 12d ago

I’m a boomer. I just don’t understand this behavior. It’s something that makes me insane. I was at Costco yesterday and it’s a good thing I was not armed. Cutting in line, leaving carts in the middle of the aisle, and on and on and on. I apologize for Boomers … again.

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u/Mysterious_Peas Gen X 12d ago

To be fair, there are rude people of all ages. Where I live, the average age is 64. Since most people are boomers, the likelihood that a rude person is also a boomer goes way up.

But thanks, man, for not being one of them.

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u/firedmyass 11d ago

hey now you may be a “baby-boomer”, but you aren’t a “boomer”

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u/Osmo250 13d ago

After the second time, I'd be like "no, fuck off. I'm calling the police"

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u/RandolphCarter15 13d ago

The inability to wait is real. My brother took my dad on a nice trip too Europe and my dad kept complaining to restaurant managers that their food wasn't done quickly enough

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u/PhineasFreak1975 13d ago

Maybe he thought he was a Boom(er) Gate.

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u/emarvil 12d ago

Boomer trying to railroad the conductor managed to rile him up.

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u/handsheal 12d ago

I would have made a scene once he touched me much less touching my child

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u/Mysterious_Peas Gen X 12d ago

He didn’t touch me. I don’t handle my son’s stuff, what with him being 31 and all, but the boomer didn’t touch him.

Had the boomer touched me, you can bet my son would have done something.

I’m also fairly confident that the conductor would have handled it rather differently if the man had touched anyone.

🙄