Do you take more crap from your job the older you get?

Question

I think the answer is a resounding yes.
When you are young, being dumped on is a new thing, you are
supported by your folks, and the money isn't probably that great.
More so, you have no family to support.
As we get older, not only do we get more accustomed to putting
up with crap, but we progressively take on more responsibility.
Even if we are single, we have a rent or mortgage payment.
groceries, car payments, and insurance all add up.
Suddenly, we can't say "I QUIT" with the same relish as an
under-25 angry young chick or guy that still has that looseness
of life that lets them get away with it.
Suddenly, the 23-year-old sullen barista at Starbucks is 35,
with a family, a job she must keep to support the family, and,
if a single mother, must keep for her family to stay out of the
Salvation army thrift store and the shelter.
Suddenly, the 22-year-old "dude" at Jiffy Lube who quit in a huff
has three kids, and has to eat major s h i t from his union steward.

At our place, we have older folks in the mail room who are like saints, in that they get dumped on constantly.
Its a running game, as everyone knows
they have no choice in their 50's but put up with it till retirement and vesting of benefits.
I almost have to weep seeing poor Pete
pushing his mail cart down the hall, like an old rag man during the depression......

I work in the LOOP in downtown chicago,
and pass hundred of people each day.
It's so fuuny to make your own little case
study, and see how people of different ages carry themselves.
Almost to a fault, the good looking younger
people strut like gods, the 35+'s are a little
more humble, and the 50+'s-ers are just shuffling along with a drudging step, as
if its so painful to spend your 10,555th
morning walking to work anticipating the crap you will be getting again and again.

Funny thing is, in 20-40 years, the cocky
"godlike" folks with be old, with the same
forlorn shuffle steps, walking to work for the 10,555th time.
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Time and age have a way of catching up with all of us, when we aren't watching.

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Answer 1

Wait to you get to over 50, over 60, people younger than you might see you in their way, may see you weak, may think because you don't get too excited over a lot of miscellanous bull that you have seen 5000 times before that you 'don't get it'.
When you are older maybe you get a little more tired putting in some 12 hour days. Well, even if you are older, you have to hang tough....the older you get, the tougher. Here is something that I think a lot of times, especially when some woman in their 40's is strumping around, which is, in ten years you will be in your fifties and a washed up old hag, lets see how cocky you will be acting then, ha ha ha.

Answer 2

I would say YES. It's not just about your actual age but how long you've been on the job. It's about job security. If you're 21/22 and still living at home it doesn't count so much. If you lose your job for "mouthing off"Mom and dad can carry you until you get a new one. When you're on your own or have a family to support you cannot take those chances. Also in today's environment, where the old, good paying jobs are scarce, you think twice before sacrificing the one you have.

Answer 3

And it also appears that management doesn't really give a half a crap about any of it, as long as the job gets done

Answer 4

LMAO thats true

Answer 5

well put

Answer 6

so true..