Why do some older people think they can say whatever they want to younger people at work and get away with it?

[jongreat46]

To give you guys and ladies some insight, I work in a supermarket and there is a mixture of baby boomers and millennials and 18-year-old's. I am a guy and I am a millennial and I have this lady who is a boomer and she constantly pushes the boundary limit with me. For example, usually I am by myself helping the customers, and she gets mad whenever she has to help the customers and the latest incident is that I was helping a long line of 20 or more customers and she was told to stop her job of organizing some stuff and help me. Now she is on the same level as me, she is not a boss. She is not even a lead and she has the audacity to tell me to stop talking to the customers and tell me to move by the balls and move faster. Now, I didn't even say anything rude to her because if I did say anything back she would find it offensive and I would be in even bigger trouble for being guy and she an older woman. So I told my supervisor what happened and he talked to her but she got so mad that she refused to speak to me and did even more offensive things to me. After that I went to Human Resources because every manager has tried to deal with her and its not just with me she does this too, she does this with other people but the reason she is not mean or offensive to anyone else is because everyone else puts up with her being bossy and I and another coworker does not. Sorry, but I don't care how old she is; just because she is older does not give her the right to speak to me as if I was one of her kids. I don't care if she finds it demeaning to be equal to a 20 year old and before some of you tell me, "oh maybe she is trying to help you and guide you", For one I don't need guidance because I have been at the company for 3 years now and my supervisors don't have a problem with my work because I get top reviews from all of them and they trust me to help train new people when they hire new people.

[SecretsofKB]

I have noticed this with the older generations. I would say the majority of the bad patients or family I work with are older.

I've had younger patients or family members that are assholes, but they are mostly nice and respectful.

I think it's a sense of entitlement in the older generations. No idea why they think they are entitled to everything, but I've been yelled at because of that sense of entitlement.

[jongreat46]

I agree with you there, I think it is a sense of entitlement of her being older and a woman like both are going to shield her from consequences.

[Avicenna]

I don't know why you assume that it's because of her age rather than her personality. You will encounter people like that who are of any age.

[jongreat46]

I say both because boomers and older generations think that just because they get older that they will be excused for being rude because younger people are taught at least in my culture to "respect your elders" and in my culture they sometimes take this as a "i can say whatever I want but you better not say anything back to me "attitude.

[Guy13]

It is a struggle to deal with not well raised individuals. Good luck with that...

[jongreat46]

I agree, and there are some people who have been raised right but choose to be jerks and mean people in life and it at that point is not the fault of the parent, said person just choses to be a lonely miserable person and no one can help them.

[Guy13]

When you know they have no more power than you. "tend to yourself you old bitter b-tch is really tempting...

[jongreat46]

trust me I am tempted at times to say it but I don't because I would be in more trouble than her for age and gender discrimination.

[Guy13]

Yep, you got a point !!!

[jongreat46]

That is why I did it through the legal process of documenting the incidents and reporting them to HR as a last resort because she refuses to listen to management.

[Guy13]

You are ready for Management...

[Anonymous]

Don't take no shit from rude people like that,.

[KenzoTak]

Due to experience

[jongreat46]

can you please elaborate more so I can understand what you mean.