One of my pet peeves though,is when an 18 year old clerk or waitress calls me “dear”. :-)
Oh yeah, I know what you mean.
The local radio station constantly runs ads from Elder Services (or whatever the hell they call themselves) reminding the elderly to look both ways before they cross the street and not walk out in front of buses, etc. in the most unbelievably patronizing way you could imagine. I'm surprised they don't end the segments with a rousing rendition of "Itsy, Bitsy Spider" just for all us old idiots.
They drive me crazy, crazy I tell you!!
Oh. My. God.
Are you telling me that you are supposed to look both ways before crossing the street?
Who knew?
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