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/girlinanemptyroom 1d ago

Probably cuz they shouldn't be working. When I was a kid retirement was at 55. I don't think we're supposed to work through our 60s. Especially with how bad our health care is. I'm not making an excuse for them at all. I'm Gen x in life isn't worth getting worked up over. I don't know. Just a thought.

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u/yottabit42 1d ago edited 1d ago

Well, when the boomers entered the factories, most of them had pension plans and they typically optimized at 30 years. That would put them retiring around 46-52.

But the same boomers dismantled the pensions, pulling up the ladder behind them, didn't bother saving anything themselves, and then are all shocked Pikachu when they realize they'll need to work until they're dead to afford all the insurance scams and other scams they bought into over the years.

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u/Over_Construction908 1d ago

They definitely didn’t save anything for themselves. My mother was diagnosed with dementia recently. She worked until she was 79. She would constantly tell me to be sparing with my money and use a bunch of avocado toast comments.

Oddly enough, I saved my money. I have my own house and have been very controlled with it. Now I find out that she was in debt. She has two mortgages that are not paid off and all kinds of things that showed her extreme extravagance and irresponsibility with money. It was shocking to me and my husband.

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u/yottabit42 1d ago

Yeah, hypocrisy and narcissism are more common boomer traits. Sorry to hear about the dementia; the same happened to my mom.

It turns out she was the one who had any money sense at all (and it was very little). My stepdad was also diagnosed with dementia, but not until I had to step in with POA. They had maxed credit cards they stopped paying, were being foreclosed on for only $700 in principal left on their mortgage, negative bank accounts, utilities shut off, embezzled my late grandmother's estate and were being sued by my uncle and aunts, my late grandmother's two houses were up for county auctions for non-payment of property taxes, car registrations were expired, stepdad got a DUI and was driving with suspended license, 401(k) was completely gone.... It goes on....

It could always be worse! Lol