The customer isn’t always right if the customer sucks.
We asked theBuzzFeed Communitywhichboomer trendsand beliefs they think should go the way of the dinosaurs.
Here are the behaviors they’d like to see go extinct:
1.
“The ‘customer is always right’ excuse, and not allowing employees to adequately defend themselves.
The customer is the CUSTOMER.
bugaboo22
2.
“The ‘workhorse’ mentality they want in employees.
My job does not need to be my life when Im getting paid a Medicare wage.
My sanity is worth more to me than my work.
Quit asking your employees to give all of their energy to their jobs.”
“How about their racism?
It’s on the surface, covered by jokes, innuendos, bad stories, etc.
If you point it out or make a run at educate them, they flip out.
It’s not that hard.
zeilerra
4.
“Being completely ignorant when it comes to technology.
I am his personal online shopper, his look-it-up person, everything.
It’s really annoying that he won’t educate himself on even the BASICS.”
witchyribbon84
5.
“Their politics that serve no one but the very wealthy.
I don’t know why they consistently vote against their own best interest out of spite.”
kmlw71
6.
It takes no time at all to send a message or call in advance.
raisedbywolves
7.
“Boomers love to slut shame younger women online.
For example, the young woman whosehomecoming dresswas a topic for judgment with boomers.”
taradactyl8
8.
“Making youngsters feel bad for not buying their own house.
jadeb4c39f7c03
9.
“Calling instead of texting (except in the case of an emergency).
Anonymous
10.
“Anything that treats alcoholism like a quirky personality trait and not a serious problem.
My parents are particularly notorious for doing this, and it’s not okay at all.”
“Whining about how millennials and Gen Z are all entitled brats because we got participation trophies.
Reap what you sow.”
emcsquared1
12.
Youre allowed to think a candidate is a piece of garbage.
You dont need to always vote red/blue if thats not the best candidate.”
panda_13
13.
“Obsessive yard work.
Mowing the lawn and picking up every blade of grass is not a personality trait.”
“When they talk about a sexual assault, they blame the victim and what the victim wore.
They say the victim asked for it by wearing revealing clothes.”
megz52
16.
17.The ‘We went through it, and so do you!’
Your advice is neither useful or helpful.
Note: Submissions have been edited for length/clarity.
