You know you're old when ....

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When the young person serving you coffee is wearing a "Narrabundah College, 2017" sweater and you tell her that you were a "Narrabundah High School, 1972".

sigh................
 
Cossie said:
When the young person serving you coffee is wearing a "Narrabundah College, 2017" sweater and you tell her that you were a "Narrabundah High School, 1972".

sigh................
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You're younger than me then! I was finishing my degree in 1972.:eek:

My take is when you realise that almost all of the artists on your car playlist are actually dead now! Jim Croce, Peter Sarsted, half the Beatles, Leonard Cohen etc etc
 
love_the_life said:
You're younger than me then! I was finishing my degree in 1972.:eek:

My take is when you realise that almost all of the artists on your car playlist are actually dead now! Jim Croce, Peter Sarsted, half the Beatles, Leonard Cohen etc etc
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You spring chicken.In 1972 I was already working as a medical registrar.
Today though the Medical Board reminded me I was old.Am going to have to undergo a full medical and cognitive testing.But it will probably take a year to bring it in.
 
drron said:
You spring chicken.In 1972 I was already working as a medical registrar.
Today though the Medical Board reminded me I was old.Am going to have to undergo a full medical and cognitive testing.But it will probably take a year to bring it in.
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In 1972 I was a baby happily playing in dust in Woomera :) But now my 400,000km/year in "lay flat if you're a midget" seats is aging me like an obscene Dr Who time machine......
 
I bought a Skybus ticket in Melbourne a little while back and the girl said it would be $16. I queried this as I thought it was $19 and she assured me it was $16. When I looked at the ticket while I was waiting to catch the bus I noticed it was a senior ticket.:eek:. Mt LtL who was on a different flight and bought a ticket the same day paid $19. Maybe he looks younger than me.:(;)
 
JohnK said:
When everyone calls you Sir! I've become that old person....
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The young (compared to me) staff at the CBA entrance, counters and teller positions appear to have been instructed to call everyone by their christian names (as soon as the name appears on their screen). As someone around John K's age I find it disrespectful for someone so much younger to not call me "Sir" or "Mr CM". What happened to "May I call you .....?" You know you are old when you think the younger generation should respect their elders.
 
CMA222 said:
The young (compared to me) staff at the CBA entrance, counters and teller positions appear to have been instructed to call everyone by their christian names (as soon as the name appears on their screen). As someone around John K's age I find it disrespectful for someone so much younger to not call me "Sir" or "Mr CM".
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I'm not a fan of Mr + Surname ... that's was my (very late) grandfather's name, .... however I am used to and do sort of like "Mr First Name" . Maybe I've been living and working in Asia for way too long, as I don't think that would go over too well at CBA or anywhere in Australia!
 
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CMA222 said:
The young (compared to me) staff at the CBA entrance, counters and teller positions appear to have been instructed to call everyone by their christian names (as soon as the name appears on their screen). As someone around John K's age I find it disrespectful for someone so much younger to not call me "Sir" or "Mr CM". What happened to "May I call you .....?" You know you are old when you think the younger generation should respect their elders.
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Any business whose rep calls me Mr RooFlyer has a much, much better chance of getting or continuing my business compared to the same type of business whose rep calls me by my first name without my invitation to do so. I always call someone unfamiliar to me as Mr or Ms or Mrs the first time, especially if they are older than me. Even if they correct me to use their first name, it puts the relationship on a good footing.
 
RooFlyer said:
Any business whose rep calls me Mr RooFlyer has a much, much better chance of getting or continuing my business compared to the same type of business whose rep calls me by my first name without my invitation to do so. I always call someone unfamiliar to me as Mr or Ms or Mrs the first time, especially if they are older than me. Even if they correct me to use their first name, it puts the relationship on a good footing.
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Reminds me of the first day of the incoming Carr government back in 1995, I was sent to help the new Minister for Education settle in. There was just Minister Aquilina and an offsider for each of us in an office destined for 30+ staff and he was very glad to see someone who might be able to explain why every computer, fax machine etc had disappeared in the 2 or 3 days since the election. I explained they were all in a basement somewhere waiting to have their disks wiped, but we would get him sorted with some nice shiny new ones in no time.

We shook hands and he asked my name which I gave him, and he said "call me John". I said "Yes Minister"!!
 
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TIL someone born in 1991 is a full grown adult. New lawyer starting at work, I thought he'd made a mistake on his paperwork with a DOB in 1991...got the calculator out to make sure he was old enough to have a job...FML
 
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You know you are old when you are in Bali for two weeks - and every day you look forward to the refreshing rainstorm in the afternoon.
Regards,
Renato
 
mrs.dr.ron said:
You know you are old when ...... you can remember the Profumo Affair

Christine Keeler, the former model at the heart of the Profumo affair that rocked British politics in the 1960s, dies aged 75

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5148841/Christine-Keeler-dies-aged-75.html#ixzz50RPWoHUN
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I was living just round the corner at Marble Arch in those days and had just started my first job in the Library of the House of Commons, so I remember it well. My landlady disapproved of my going out "wearing that red coat of yours"!
 
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