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  Who came up with the rule that old people are always right? If you are not yet considered an adult, it is against the rules to argue with an adult.
Especially a senior citizen. They are right and that's that. Well, I call bullshit. If you're wrong, you're wrong. Walker or no walker. I was 17 when I learned this rule the hard way.
My girlfriend had dragged me to a family dinner. I was sitting next to her, talking to her grandmother when the senior citizen made a statement that I was sure to be incorrect. Thinking nothing of it, I politely corrected her.  The old hag gave me the stink-eye or in grandma terms, the how-could-you face. A second later I received a serious pinch from my girlfriend under the table. You know the pinch. It's the same pinch your mother gave you a thousand times when you were a kid.
Ms. Always-Right attempted to save face by restating her comment but it was plain as day the bitch was dead wrong. I finally let it go but after that, her grandma couldn't stand me. Part of me knew it wasn't kosher to correct her but is it the right thing to just let this poor old woman remain ignorant? Or should I enlighten her? It's bullshit. All I did was correct the old bat. What I want to know is are there age limitations to this thing? How old do you have to be before you're always right, and how old before you can argue with an old person on even footing? It seems pretty silly to me. Young people are just as much entitled to be right as old folks. What's real scary is that this whole blind-eye-to-the -truth, always-right attitude seems to carry out onto the street. These old fuckers can't drive and don't give a shit who they hit but that's another blog altogether ... |
Marshall Brown
