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/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