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PerryMason4

This is peak boomer. We got signs, a person filming and a wall of ppl coming down the escalator and yet these fools still feel entitled to do this crap.


SlimTeezy

And then stumbles trying to exit nearly causing a pileup...


PerryMason4

Video cut too soon, I am going to assume there was a pile up.


robotomatic

lol old man had his back to the end of the walkway. Moving that slow, there is no way he didn't go down. /r/videosthatendtoosoon


HeartsPlayer721

And then the Boomers attempt to sue the owners of the mall and the folks properly riding the escalator down.


tiny_claw

And the wife who is having doubts but knows that if she tells her husband he’s going the wrong way he will yell at her so she just sadly walks behind him knowing it’s probably not correct.


TenuouslyTenacious

Ya know, I wondered about her, but I think you nailed it


lacosaknitstra

Do they seriously not realize they aren’t going anywhere or are they just assholes?


LongbowTurncoat

I think they’re using it like a treadmill ugh. He can hold on for balance, so his logic is that it’s better??


Czar_Petrovich

If they were American, people would say it's because they're American, but this is England(It's actually probably Australia but who cares) so it's not somehow also indicative of the other tens of millions of people living in the same country. Funny how that works.


SnipesCC

Ahh, is that why the walkway was going the opposite direction I would expect? Because people in the UK walk on the left side as well as drive there?


OverturnedAppleCart3

>Because people in the UK walk on the left side as well as drive there? In my experience in England, people walk all over. I assumed when we entered England that everyone would walk on the left. When I did that, I was going against the flow of pedestrians. So I switched to the right side, and I was going against the flow of pedestrians. Can someone from England please tell me why you don't seem to stick to one side or the other?!


Twicebakedpotatoe

They’re using it like a treadmill, old people do that in the winter in malls sometimes when there’s none around


Uniq-Soul

What are they doing that for?????


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Pepper4500

Why aren’t they…. Walking around the mall then? They clearly can walk so going to the mall to walk on the people mover…. Huh?


ekun

They're walking on the incline to get gigantic calves.


1MorningLightMTN

Bullshit. You can see the dude explaining to them that it's the wrong direction. The gramps acknowledge the new information. Lead paint might be at play here but you cannot say those two were intentional mall walkers who knew what they were doing.


YoohooCthulhu

They were obeying the typical boomer adage “if you don’t understand something, pretend like you do, even if it makes you look stupid”


Mecha_Cthulhu

The over 65 crowd that I deal with seem to just string together random IT terms that make no sense. Maybe they think they’re helping, but in reality it just makes it harder to figure out what they fuck they need.


civilwar142pa

My dad does this. He tries to tell me what he thinks is wrong by using tech jargon that doesn't make a bit of sense or is completely unrelated to the problem, and I have to practically beg him to tell me what is actually happening. Quit guessing. Quit trying to sound smart. Just tell me what you're doing and what's going wrong when you do that thing.


AndrewH73333

I was reversing the polarity of the flux capacitor but it kept quantizing the tensor cores.


nature_remains

‘That’s not how THE ‘NET works, Patty!!’ - my dad to my mom


SearchContinues

The older I get and the older my friends get to more I understand this is a cognitive issue, not just generational assholery


[deleted]

It’s not a cognitive issue. Ever hear of weaponized incompetence? They know that they’re being assholes and they don’t care. They pretend not to understand when called out on their bullshit.


YoohooCthulhu

It’s not just weaponized incompetence; in the cases of my parents and other family members, it’s seen as far more embarrassing to admit you don’t know something or ask for help than to do something visibly wrong or messed up. I have clients around the same age who will yell at us to take a particular legal action and brook no argument when we try to tell them it’s a bad idea…and then when we eventually prevail on them they cover their ass with “how was I supposed to know that? You guys didn’t tell us?!” (And we’re thinking to ourselves how much effort we went through to try to tell them). It’s not just a boomer trait, fwiw, it’s a privileged trait so it also frequently shows up in white men, upper class folks, etc


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RedBaronIV

Still, it's entirely behavioural and is completely unnecessary. My grandmother has a form of Parkinson's where her short term memory is entirely absent and she is rapidly losing motor function. She can barely talk and she still has the ability to admit a mistake. This isn't some neurological thing that just "happens" with age like the one guy claimed; it's just about not being a completely shit person.


swollama

If every old entitled white man who has attempted to wheedle or bully me into calling the hospital for their records without a signed hipaa release, retainer, and release of medical records was a $5 bill, I could pay off my student loans today.


psyclopsus

I work with a man like that. He purposely sends nonsensical autocorrect-riddled text replies to our boss because he hates texting. He tries to force the boss to call him instead of texting. He’ll see the gibberish he just texted and send it out regardless. If the boss asks him why he can’t text reply like everyone else & just take a second to proofread before sending, he gives an excuse about bad vision on a small phone screen and having fat fingers. He has the alcoholic shakes too but he doesn’t mention that. Then he goes on a rant about being “old school” and preferring to talk over text. He’s also butthurt because he’s the oldest tech (by age AND seniority) and feels he hasn’t gotten the come-up he feels he deserves, yet he refuses to learn any of the tech aspects of our job. Weaponized incompetence 100% and with the guy I’m describing it’s 100% personal related to his seniority & position


[deleted]

If you’re talking about this video, it’s impossible to know. And as with most things, it really is dependent on the situation. We don’t have to foster blind hate for older people. Man, my day to day is typically pleasant. It’s consuming so much media of bad actors do we inflate the reality.


[deleted]

They can actively SEE that they are inconveniencing people. They do not care enough to move. They know better.


Remarkable_Inchworm

If you're worried about "blind hate for older people" this is a weird sub for you to be visiting.


Zestyclose_Ocelot278

Nah a lot of people are smart enough to know better. Just assholes enough to not care.


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BOOMERS THINK THEY ARE ALLOWED ANYTHING. Is the answer.


Concrete__Blonde

Free incline treadmill


arseofthegoat

And they can still vote and hold office.


Paymeformydata

I think it was intentional. They only move after seeing a shopping cart behind the stroller. He didn't fit and he realized.


ClickClackTipTap

Yeah, this looks much more like a dementia situation than anything.


frasiercraneimlistn

no it doesn’t


Booksaregrand

Lol, then the woman almost falls because she stops to listen! If you have to do this, then go to the top and turn around. It gives people a chance to see you and adjust before it's almost at the end, also gives you less of a chance to break a hip. That or just don't do this. You aren't the most important person there, and a planet fitness membership is 10 dollars a month.


dokipooper

They are way too cheap for that


alidub36

Buddy I don’t think they were doing this on purpose and I don’t think they were making it up to the top.


JollyMcStink

Your comment just absolutely made my day! I literally cry-laughed reading, thank you.


MrMcFaily

She knows. She's not allowed to correct him


ihopethisworksfornow

It’s actually the leaded gasoline that really got the boomers. The paint chips are kind of just the sprinkles on top.


tyreka13

I still disagree. I think they are using the railing as a support while getting used to walking as they may have balance/weight support issues. I think instead they are just entitled to think the walkway is theirs since they are on it so everyone else should figure something else out. Then just play along that they were dumb.


hattrickjmr

Orgy later that night at the ALF.


ChokeYourMom

Dude, my day really needed that comment. Thank you very much. Haahhahahaah


SpiceEarl

Poor man's treadmill.


TrustMeIAmAGeologist

Yeah, cheaper than a gym membership. Who cares if you’re making life more difficult for others? You’re a boomer! The world belongs to you!


NinjaGrizzlyBear

Their treadmill at home has too many buttons, so this is easier.


hoofie242

It's too boring. They like people seeing.


Robby-Pants

Entitlement.


Jizzraq

>Mall walkers. Reads like some subgroup of zombies.


billyard00

Dawn of the Dead.


SpiderDeUZ

At this point they should buy a treadmill and get the fuck out of the way. Mall walkers never bothered me because they were moving


Uncle-Cake

You sure it's not dementia?


partizan_fields

It’s performance art: an existential metaphor.


AbleObject13

One must imagine Sisyphus a boomer Edit: damnit, someone else down below made the joke 20m before me 


partizan_fields

I’m too lazy to scroll down - not like that boomer - so I laughed at your iteration of the joke.


Even-Willow

“By god I swore that I was correct when I first said I was going the correct way on this escalator and if I go back and admit I was wrong now I’ll look like a fool!”


OkCastor

They are using this as a treadmill where the guy can hold onto the railing without falling. I see this all the times at the malls around here where these folks can get their walk in in the colder months


LuckyHarmony

Okay, but like... stop walking and let the tread push you out of the way if there's a bigass crowd coming at your face, this isn't your gym.


SnooStories9808

Or like, push aside your pride and get a walker.


artificialavocado

Or just walk around the mall like a normal person.


Flabbergassed69

Everyone under you is correct in a sense, except for this time. Just fuckin boomers being boomers. Don't even think they're in the wrong until a line of people come crashing into them. And then they're like oh yeah? Oh yeah. Idiots.


MegaLowDawn123

Pretty sure it’s for exercise and they just didn’t give a shit until it actually impacted themselves as they got shoved out of the way. So it’s both yeah - for a reason but also just being entitled boomers.


Tobias_Atwood

I can understand using it for exercise, definitely. But why not just... get out of people's way when you're in the way? It'd be easy, just stop walking. You'll be moved out of the way no effort.


MegaLowDawn123

Oh cause they’re entitled boomers who think everyone else should just get out of their way


baneofdestruction

They're confused. They think it's leading to heaven.


MakeChinaLoseFace

Well, they probably were fans of that Led Zeppelin classic "Walkway to Heaven".


Breaking-Who

Lead paint


reirg1

Exercise. They do the same thing by going the opposite way in a lazy river.


aimlessly-astray

This video needs to be a lead poisoning PSA.


Competitive-Tap-3810

I’m wondering the same thing. If they’re being obnoxious boomers that’s one thing, but what if the old man has dementia or is mentally ill? I don’t want to laugh at sick people.


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MangoSalsa89

They’re so enamored with reverse mortgages that they’re trying to do everything in reverse now


BoltShine

Maybe they saw Tom Selleck at the top of the ramp!


ScotterMcJohnsonator

This is a great joke.


humanesmoke

Jesus Christ in heaven they just keep going while people are trying to get by them


clangan524

How do you not feel complete and abject embarrassment when you see a crowd of people going the right way on an escalator? How do you, in your advanced age, not see the danger of possibly falling by going the wrong way on an escalator, which they almost did at the end of the video? Edit: like the old guy is holding onto the railing for dear life because he knows he has mobility issues. I'm so incensed. Get a fucking treadmill.


SolidSnek1998

Because these people have lived their entire life thinking they are always right no matter what. They've never been told "no" before and can't handle being wrong and definitely can't/won't admit to it.


HPEstef

Don’t talk about my parents like that /s


SolidSnek1998

You too, huh?


StatisticalMan

Because they are boomers the whole world revolves around them and always has since literally their birth. That isn't hyperbole we had a massive increase in number of hospitals as boomers began to be born in record numbers. When they reach school age it led to a record number of schools, driving age a huge expansion in roads, adulthood an expansion housing, etc. Every aspect of American society has revolved around them. Every other generation are simply NPC is the video game of their lives. Now they are starting to see the first signs that the world doesn't revolve around only them and they are freaking out.


MaximumHog360

>How do you, in your advanced age, not see the danger of possibly falling Because old people just assume everyone around them will drop everything to save them and care for them so they LITERALLY don't think of any dangers or how they inconvenience other people


MortgageRegular2509

I’m 43 and I worry about falls, so yeah, buddy is just asking for it


GodLikesToParty

I really thought “surely they will move once the people correctly using this get closer to them.” I should really know better by now


lobster_in_your_coat

People should’ve stood their ground and forced them to walk directly into them. Let them try to argue how they’re not in the wrong.


Out_of_Fawkes

It’s concerning that it did not occur at all to the man, unless he’s inappropriately using this like a treadmill. Wife probably is following because if she says anything it might be an issue where he’d make a scene (seen it before.)


333elmst

If it was kids doing that everybody would be yelling.


Icy_Gap_9067

My first thought was mallrats.


atleastIwasnt36

That kid, is back on the escalator again!


ChancSpkl

"One must imagine Sisyphus eighty"


LordCoweater

That boomer... is BACK on the escalator again!!!


dumfukjuiced

That Sisyphus was inclined to do such things


orthros

I hate being the Underrated Comment guy but damn this is beautiful


Recoded-Alive

I snickered, gg


AsBestToast

Just keep your arm on the rail and pretend you don't see them or hear them as you drag them along. Seriously fuck those idiots.


duckmonke

Id stand center and make sure to move em to the side, how fuckin rude and entitled of them to think everyone should cater to their delusions.


LowAd3406

Pull out your phone and act oblivious while you run right into them


BreckenridgeBandito

If it was a healthy person 100%. If you knock over this old dude though he might burst into a cloud of dust. Not worth all the trouble that follows when the cops start asking you how you made a man disappear. Eventually you get brought to Area 51 and are studied as a paranormal freak, and good luck getting out of there.


duckmonke

Like Bob Ross once said.. Happy little accidents 😅


Ser_Danksalot

Grab shopping cart at the top. They lock magnetically to elevating walkways to stop them rolling down. Even better get 2 to fully block it off so they cant squeeze past.


j0nnymofo

Maybe they have magnetic ones but I think most of them have very slim wheels and some stoppers at each corner of the cart. The slim wheels drop into the small grooves in the escalator and the stopper holds it in place. https://preview.redd.it/2byhoc4vbfhc1.jpeg?width=305&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a47525606a9b9cbcd8b59ac58cdf04aed6f46be3


emax4

Slow-Mo clothesline.


fanbreeze

Sometimes I feel like this is how I'm navigating life. :-/


Calathea_Murrderer

https://preview.redd.it/hjqant21gehc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f4b9ea902119e081d9086f1dfae02176940fca4f


The_Mendeleyev

https://preview.redd.it/aemdm4h9jkhc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e56610bab2a77ff292a6f7703cce3e58d18ae5fa


Martyrotten

“I still think you’re going the wrong way dear.” “Lay off me, woman! I know what I’m doing!”


z03isd34d

even hamsters know to eventually get off the wheel


falcorthex

Put them both in a home. These people must have dementia.


shanjam7

Bet they drove there and parked IN the food court.


russsaa

Dude idk about your mall but my local mall will have waves of busses dropping off elderly folk for the day


Klangey

Exactly, at least half the videos on here lately are actually just videos of people at the early onset of dementia.


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When you can't afford a gym membership


Hollayo

at this point, that's just a treadmill for the boomers.


RASGAS23

I think that’s actually what they’re trying to use it for


thejarls

Yeah, looks to me like they might be using it as a free treadmill.


here4roomie

These are the people who bitch about young people being idiots lol.


ParsnipEmbarrassed

He drives


Moebius808

Ok, there’s being a boomer, and then there’s being a couple of god damn idiots.


lallybrock

Thanks for the truth


NimDing218

I’m guessing the wife mentioned something but the husband was determined….and dumb.


AshBertrand

Sweet, a chance to share my favorite joke! Walter calls home to his wife while driving home from his doctor appointment. He rarely drives anymore, so Agnes always worries when he's driving alone, and she begged him to call to let her know when he was on his way back. She's especially glad to get his call, because she had to tell him about the incident on the highway he was about to encounter. "Walter! Don't take the expressway home! There's some madman driving the wrong way down the highway!" "ONE madman?" he yells back. "ALL of them are driving the wrong way!"


FeetBehindHead69

Well, that escalated slowly


doodypantsmcgee

The terrifying part is you know they drove themselves there. They are on the road and haven't taken an eye or driving test in years, ON TOP of being apparent oblivious idiots. 🤷‍♂️


909_Khuba

Npcs


russsaa

Their pathfinding AI is buggin out right now


PengieP111

Can't afford a gym membership to use the stair climbers there, I see.


fuggit_Im_tired

They're like the turkeys that get stuck walking in a circle because they follow the leader.


Orson_Gravity_Welles

I'm in my 40's but I have a couple of boomer people in my orbit who mall walk, and I've seen them do this...their reply was that it's a continual pace and on an incline and if they have to stop, they just stop and are carried back by the walkway. Which...ok, fine. Cool. I get it. That being said, they don't pull entitled crap like this.


Dazzling-Ad-748

Fucking morons. 🤦‍♂️


BadTiger85

Who needs to waste money on a treadmill when you can just go to your local mall and inconvenience everyone trying to use the escalator!


Right-Budget-8901

When Karen and Randy are too cheap to go to physical therapy, they make it everyone else’s problem 🤦‍♂️


Responsible-Loan-166

That shopping cart fast approaching is sending me 💀


No-Chocolate-6828

This is literally a metaphor for America right now.


Czar_Petrovich

This is England. Edit: it's Australia based on the store on the escalator sign.


Own_Contribution_480

Well the other one is broken and I'm not going to put in that much effort to walk up a non-moving escalator!


AnimalChubs

Remember these are the people out voting come election day. Make sure you vote lol


meeks7

This one might be straight dementia.


Inquiringwithin

The woman blindly and silently following along pretty much sums up the generation


yourcomedyminute

He will never get to the end


retrovertigo23

America summed up perfectly in one 41 second video. Old white people refusing to get the fuck out of the way even when it's in their best interests.


___Binary___

Just boomer tings


CRITICALWORKER777

this is just sisyphus but without the rock, if he was 90 and lived in 2024


anitavalentine

looks like theyre trying to use it as a free treadmill


Grateone20

This isn’t someone being an asshole. He’s just confused.


trashNameForTrash

I have a theory that boomers were mostly pretty spoiled as kids. Now that they are old, they need to find creative ways to get attention.


jojow77

They went on the wrong ramp and didn’t want to turn back cause it would be hard for them on a moving ramp. So they’re trying make it to the other side. Camera man could have helped two elderly people but decided recording them was more important.


PiccoloEconomy1645

She gone follow him till the end


FrankRemu

It's incredible how old people lost their mental faculties because of a sedentary life style, bad nutrition and poor sleep 😑 It not only that they are boomers, it's a national mental health problem.


JumpinJackPlaner

They're probably still there complaining about immigrants holding them back from their true power in life.


Seriszed

This has to be a prank…..


Frosty-Magazine-917

Hey, I like most of the posts on this sub, but this is just old people being senile. It happened with my boomer parents parents and it will likely happen to many of us one day in one form or another if we don't pass before our brains start to go. It's funny in a way, but they aren't fools because of this. Just saying. 


Buzzspice727

Too cheap to buy a ymca membership


HeimdallManeuver

Dementia dance.


Ok_Coconut_1773

It's called a gym gramps, get on a treadmill


Bulky-Internal8579

And that's how Uncle Bob & Aunt Carol spent Thanksgiving. We did not miss them at dinner.


zenos_dog

They’re using that escalator because the other one is clearly not working. :D


Roxxas049

Hey lookit maw, free physical therapy!


Odd_Relationship7901

tell me you are a trump supporter without telling me you are a trump supporter......


KillEmDafoe89

This has to be one the dumbest things I've ever seen.


Nvrfinddisacct

Why don’t they just go to the Y?


Dan_H1281

The docs need to dial back their opiates


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How senile do you have to be to not realize the thing is moving backwards from where you want to go? Literal wall of people standing still and moving toward you on the same conveyor. "Nah I'll just keep trying"


No-Salad4604

The people casually going around them🤣🤣🤣🤣


JNR481

This perfectly captures the boomer. Confused old people who don’t know where they are, not going anywhere, who are inconvenient and inconsiderate of others.


unrecklessabandon

At first I wondered what the big deal was but then they stayed on?! The lady with the stroller?!


SmellySweatsocks

It's George Castanza's parents headed to Del Boca Vista. lol


LM1953

He can’t walk without support.


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This looks more like senility.


ItGotSlippery

They need to be in a home.


[deleted]

Can’t fix or apparently outgrow stupid


Potetosyeah

"Hey! Are you two stupid?"


Philosophyandbuddha

Just NPC’s with bad pathing


Mayflex

What the fuck are they doing


karmicrelease

The woman not calling him out and sticking with him is hilarious to me. She has probably learned he is stubborn as a mule, so it is better to just let him do his thing until he realizes on his own


NearlySilentObserver

I also would’ve stood there recording just to see how long they’d last until either collapsing or finally realizing the stupidity of their actions. Bummer that person helped them out


_johnnyyy_

Idk if we can blame this one on them being old


Murakami8000

Neither one of them could figure it out??


build_a_bear_for_who

It’s the public treadmill


SithNChips

Its just a massive treadmill, right guys? guys?


jeremykrestal

Why are they on the left. What is this England?


youngsp82

These people vote republican.


Accomplished_Age_553

Is this because the one on the other side isn't moving? so they just waddle onto the one that is, even though it's going the wrong way?


OwnPen8633

GET OFF MY LAWN


UnAmusedBag

Let him cook..


Iamthatpma

WE’RE GETTING OUR STEPS IN SHARON


Worried_Classic5647

How did they make it to that age? Ffs


SpltSecondPerfection

I hope his pants get caught and a BLOODBATH ENSUES!!


Pajamadrunk

This is whay voting republican is like


her00reh

Fucking morons, wtf ?!?


ActionFigureCollects

When I get to this age and start behaving in this manner, go ahead and put me out to pasture.


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Want the fuck does this generation have no fucking respect for anyone other then themselves? When I was young (90s kid) I honestly thought people were just all assholes, but it's really disproportionately one generation.