I'm finding a lot of older people to be really rude just lately.
Last week, I pulled into the only carpark left, beside which was a car where the occupants were sitting with all the doors open (It's summer where I am, and very hot). I wound down my window and politely asked the lady sitting in the passenger seat, if she'd mind closing her door so I could open mine. She muttered something, then threw her McDonald's drink out the door! Thankfully I managed to get my window up in time. Then everyone in the car started laughing and I felt unsafe, so I drove off. Disgusting. The lady in question looked to be late 50s/early 60s.
Recently I was teaching my friend to ride a bike. She's really embarrassed about the fact she never learned when she was younger, so I was being really patient with her, and praising her every step along the way (she almost got there). An older man came over and started waving his arms around, stuttering - I thought there'd been an accident somewhere at first - and took over! We'd never seen him before. He grabbed the handles off my friend, almost sending her flying, and proceeded to stand over the bike and mansplain it all to her. I'm sure he was trying to be helpful but it was rude and when I asked him to stop he just kept talking. My friend is now refusing to get back on the bike.
Last week, I pulled into the only carpark left, beside which was a car where the occupants were sitting with all the doors open (It's summer where I am, and very hot). I wound down my window and politely asked the lady sitting in the passenger seat, if she'd mind closing her door so I could open mine. She muttered something, then threw her McDonald's drink out the door! Thankfully I managed to get my window up in time. Then everyone in the car started laughing and I felt unsafe, so I drove off. Disgusting. The lady in question looked to be late 50s/early 60s.
Recently I was teaching my friend to ride a bike. She's really embarrassed about the fact she never learned when she was younger, so I was being really patient with her, and praising her every step along the way (she almost got there). An older man came over and started waving his arms around, stuttering - I thought there'd been an accident somewhere at first - and took over! We'd never seen him before. He grabbed the handles off my friend, almost sending her flying, and proceeded to stand over the bike and mansplain it all to her. I'm sure he was trying to be helpful but it was rude and when I asked him to stop he just kept talking. My friend is now refusing to get back on the bike.