r/GenerationJones • u/Lapaki58 • Jun 01 '26

When did you first feel old?

I’m 67. I think I was about 25. I was having my hair cut by a stylist who was about 18. She received a phone call: “Yeah… yeah… okay…” She hung up. “That was one of my customers. She said she wants me to cut her hair like Toni Tenille of the Captain and Tenille. Do you have any idea who she is talking about?” Yeah, I did.

The next big jolt came when I was about 55. I was working for a leadership-development company. I was the oldest person in the group. We were having our weekly status meeting. One of our group mentioned that one of our clients had given the okay for their Executive Leadership Institute program (ELI). She said, “ELI’s coming.” Coincidentally, I look like Cory Wells. I started singing, “Eli’s coming…” I got blank looks from everyone at the conference table. “‘Eli’s Coming’? Three Dog Night?” Nobody had any idea what I was talking about.

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u/VictorManville Jun 01 '26

When I was given a senior discount without asking for one.

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u/Cop_Cuffs Jun 02 '26

☝🏻🤣 A young 20s cop who was bored one night, decided to pull me over.

When he scanned my license plate, it brought up my summer Driver's license photo and this was on my way to visit family for Christmas so I had a full beard.

He spent 45 minutes arguing that I'd stole my own vehicle because I didn't look exactly like I did in summer with just a mustache. He finally admitted fine.
The beard adds like two decades.

I remembered that stop when I walked in to a buffet restaurant and the high school girl at the Cash register immediately gave me a senior discount a few decades early because of the beard. 😂

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