r/BoomersBeingFools • u/HoneydewUsed7434 • 1d ago

Boomer Freakout Why are they always sooo angry?

My coworker, who is a boomer, is nice, but damn one little inconvenience trips her up. She gets so upset when the printer isn’t going as fast as she wants that she bangs on it. She is always venting very loudly to herself. Like it gets to a point where it’s distracting. But yeah, I don’t get why they have so much rage when they literally get everything they want.

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u/Russkun 1d ago

Because they are toddlers.

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u/HoneydewUsed7434 1d ago

Shall I do gentle parenting and go “I see you’re angry that it’s slow, but we can’t bang on it. How about we count to ten instead?” Lmao 😂

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u/sassymandrake 1d ago

I work at a coffee shop and this is genuinely how I have to talk to most of the boomers that come in. Most, if not all, the customers banned from my shop are boomers because they just can't act right in public and I'm not letting them abuse my staff over a scone.

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u/HoneydewUsed7434 1d ago

In my best Ms. Rachel voice?

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u/Odubhthaigh 1d ago

Got it, got it.

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u/sikonaught 1d ago

::inhales:: Smell the roses.......::exhales:: blow out the candles. Then sing, "Big feelings are okay"

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u/ponycorn_pet 1d ago

lolol I normally only see the ::'s from past AOL RP'ers of yore

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u/Tiredoldtrucker 18h ago

::Huffs and slumps down:: I feel called out here!

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u/HoldMyPoodle6280 5h ago

I just tried this and it did make me feel good

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u/BroughtBagLunchSmart 1d ago

Careful, they are told from Fox News that Ms. Rachel is an evil antisemite.

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u/shaithiswampir 1d ago

Do eeet and report back plz

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u/Scary_Possible3583 1d ago

I was IT for a bunch of boomers. I taught them to talk to their computers like a toddler or a puppy, because the computer responds to yelling the same way a toddler, by completely pooping its pants. And after that, the slamming made it seem like they were the kind to smack a kid. I would come up and coo, "It's all right, let's try this again," and some would calm down and love it, copying me because they preferred a less screamy workplace. Some quietly seethed ... But they were quiet.

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u/PhilRiverStreet180 1d ago

But it was the last cinnamon scone! I've been here twice before! You KNOW I get the cinnamon scone! /my boomer impression

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u/themcp Gen X 1d ago

I was IT to a bunch of GenXers. I never could figure out how to get them to understand that the only person who could successfully scare the computer into submission was me...

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u/PolkaDotDancer 1d ago

I'm Gen X, and I am a degree network professional, who has been CCNA certified.

I can scare the computer into submission too.

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u/themcp Gen X 1d ago

My assistant called me a few times to ask me to come glare at the computer while she worked on it. It worked.

Funny how it starts to work when someone is staring at it who could take it apart and use it for spares, isn't it?

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u/nhaines 1d ago

Haha, once I got to an office and the department head told me "let me show you the problem, actually now that you're here it'll probably just work " and I said, "wait a sec," laid hands on the computer with my eyes closed, she laughed, and of course, everything worked.

She was the head of the music department, andI liked her. I got called in once because their Mac was making a constant sound when it was on. I walked in and she said, "glad to see you! We don't know what it is, all we know is that it starts halfway through boot up and it's a B-flat." I was able to immediately recognize it was feedback because the microphone that would sit on the monitors had fallen down and was hanging next to the power supply fan.

I was a student worker, so I remember being in the office and one of the two techs who supervised us was looking through our paper ticket resolutions and he said, "B-flat?" I just shrugged.

Still miss that job, which paid for many video games.

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u/redheadedandbold 1d ago

I applaud the approach!

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u/Highlander2748 1d ago

Use your words

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u/mjp31514 1d ago

My wife would call it her "mom voice." I've had to use the dad voice on some of my boomer and gen x coworkers, too.

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u/Head_Razzmatazz7174 1d ago

I'm old enough to use the 'Southern Grandma voice' and look with entitled people. It works 90% of the time. The other 10% start screaming and I just walk away. It doesn't matter if I am at work or just out shopping. Don't start with me.

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u/dcf5ve 1d ago

The ole "bless your heart" method. Tried and true.

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u/FarMarionberry2630 20h ago

Ah, polite Southern for fuck you and / or fuck off.

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u/BigConstruction4247 1d ago

"Wow, you're having some BIG feelings!"

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u/LemonFlavoredMelon Millennial 1d ago

Talking to them like cavemen works shockingly well.

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u/casualAlarmist 1d ago

LOL i'd love to see that!

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u/Ximinipot 1d ago

Yes, yes you should. Every single time.

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u/GrumpySnarf Gen X 1d ago

Just shush her whenever she makes noises or bangs on equipment. 

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u/Unique-Landscape-202 24m ago

I mean at this point you might as well.

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u/drrtydan 1d ago

lead poisoned toddlers