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As a Secondary 4 student, I find the way some old folks treat students to be highly disrespectful, condescending, and sometimes verging on outright bullying.
One recent afternoon, I was taking the bus home after school - on this particular occasion it was packed with students. An elderly man (presumably in his 60s) wanted to exit from the front. It appeared he had difficulty doing so, however instead of politely asking people to move aside, he pointed at the students (including myself) and used an extremely authoritative voice no different from commanding someone, ordering us to make way. He bellowed: "There's still so much space around, move to the back!"
Frightened, my friends and I complied. As we were doing so, he snarled at a student: "Oi you! That's right I am talking to you school girl! Move in some more!" One of the students then shot back at him: "Can you please not act so demandingly!?"
More at https://www.domainofexperts.com/2019/07/some-old-folks-acting-are-acting.html
One recent afternoon, I was taking the bus home after school - on this particular occasion it was packed with students. An elderly man (presumably in his 60s) wanted to exit from the front. It appeared he had difficulty doing so, however instead of politely asking people to move aside, he pointed at the students (including myself) and used an extremely authoritative voice no different from commanding someone, ordering us to make way. He bellowed: "There's still so much space around, move to the back!"
Frightened, my friends and I complied. As we were doing so, he snarled at a student: "Oi you! That's right I am talking to you school girl! Move in some more!" One of the students then shot back at him: "Can you please not act so demandingly!?"
More at https://www.domainofexperts.com/2019/07/some-old-folks-acting-are-acting.html
