People on X are posting some of the “old person” things that they do, and I’m sorry, but you’re probably guilty of a lot of them.
What’s that “old person” things do you do?
— Austine (@theereal_one) April 9, 2024
Here are the best ones…
1. Judging parents if their kids aren’t wearing jackets.
2. Eating Tums like candy.
3. Making loud noises when you get up or sit down.
4. Printing your boarding pass.
5. Getting annoyed when the TV is too loud.
6. Watching the local news.
7. Being cold.
8. Standing outside stores and waiting for them to open up.
9. Using a pill organizer.
10. Using the phrase “Back in my day.”
11. After lunch naps.
12. Speakerphone.
13. Starting conversations with strangers in public.
14. Watching Family Feud religiously.
15. Checking your credit report religiously.
16. Snapping your fingers when you try to remember something.
17. Leaving the plastic on things to keep them “new.”
18. Waking up super early without an alarm.
19. Watching Judge Judy every day.
20. Saying “What is the world turning into?” whenever you watch the news.
21. Actually laughing at commercials.
22. Asking younger people “How’s school?” right after seeing them.
23. Wondering why kids aren’t in school when you see them in the middle of the day.
Wonder why those kids aren’t in school when I see them in the store with their parents during the middle of the day 😂. https://t.co/LziLpD4j1G
— Taijay Blagrove (@taijay_blagrove) April 9, 2024
24. Standing in doors and looking outside at nothing.
25. Arriving super early to the airport.
Arriving at the airport 3 hours early for domestic/international trips and checking the flight itinerary every 20 minutes for changes https://t.co/VMo5r5h32Q
— Bobby, No Althoff (@JBob_15) April 9, 2024
26. Saying “How do you work this dang thing?”
27. Raising your eyebrows and judging people in public when they do weird things.
28. Writing in cursive.
29. Calling everyone by the wrong name.
30. Rubbing your legs while rocking back and forth.
31. Telling servers to “Compliment the chef.”
I tell servers to compliment the chef I do this not just at singular restaurants but also chain ones, like Denny’s https://t.co/BamYHfw5OU
— Lorenzo Cortes ✈️ (@Hoyatexas) April 9, 2024
32. Watching the Weather Channel.
I watch the weather channel and call it ‘supper’ not dinner most of the tjme the list goes on I’m completely an old man https://t.co/XIUEWgt1ca
— Kyle Butler (@iblamejorddan) April 9, 2024
33. Extremely early dinners.
dinner is stupidly early now. you ask me on a date that starts at 8pm we are getting chamomile tea https://t.co/pnWZyD4z2G
— Your Fave’s Fave 🇵🇷 (@_ItsMarisWorld_) April 9, 2024
34. Just, like, lots of sighing.
35. And lastly, sitting on the porch.
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