If you want to be seriously patronised try being over 60 AND a wheelchair-user. Example: I was about to cross a street in town when a car sped round the corner. A younger woman waiting next to me flung her arm across me to restrain me (not necessary as I'd already stopped). I didn't resent it too much as if (like me) you've had children,you almost do that on 'automatic pilot'. She then turned to me and said, as though speaking to a small child, 'It's safe to cross now'. I said, rather tartly and sarcastically , 'I know. I can see it is'. No reaction at all!