In the last 4 weeks I’ve worked with several people over 60 and I don’t like what I saw: slow giving report or describing a problem, fixation on trivialities about a client’s appearance or something funny he did instead of getting directly to the point and doing our jobs, incapable of coping with new forms of communication, feeling they are your supervisor, even though they’re not, criticizing you for ‘wasting’ paper or erasers, telling you how they dislike other coworkers, even though I just met this person 2 hours ago, acting as if only their way of doing things is the right one, then they pretend to be your friend and ask questions about your personal life which I deflect as good as I can.
I don’t like working with people like this, it’s very draining and I don’t want to become this kind of person.
How do I make sure not to become this kind of person?
I feel age has little to do with it. I‘ve seen these traits in people from all ages.
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Don’t get old. I’ve noticed that now that I’m approaching 50, I’m getting lazy and having a stronger “too old to stress about performance” attitude.
But there is also a generational culture thing. I’ve noticed that people 10 years older than me have some cultural attitudes that they picked up from boomers. I’m guessing that television culture and appearance of Internet had a mental influence and generations after that are bit more homogenous.
I’d also get that asperges checked at. It’ll make your life easier.
A good sense of humor helps a lot. Also, if you want to avoid getting bogged down by nonsense, it’s a good idea to develop your critical thinking skills. That depends on having good sources of information that you trust.
Keep learning, keep trying new things, keep seeking out the perspectives of others (outside of these coworkers of course).
The older people I know who aren’t stubborn and slowing down are the ones who follow the above.
Since you asked this question, you won’t. Stay away from toxic situations and people, they love being toxic, it fuels their shitty personally and you can’t win. If they push you tell them to fuck off. Also don’t start to fear new things, black people in the neighborhood, gay kids with purple hair, old age, stuff like that. It’s all in the game.
You already succeeded by noticing and asking this question. People who are old or stubborn in this way were born that way and never grew out of it.
Don’t get old.
