Why do older people have to dislike change.

I don't dislike change one little bit. However, I'm sometimes a little overwhelmed by the speed of it all. Also not being in the commercial world can leave one feeling constantly on catch up. Mind you......retirement certainly has different compensations.

Although my job involved using a computer it wasn’t “in depth.” Since I retired I’ve become expert at using the internet and mobile phone but less good at Excel, power point etc. However I do persevere and am never afraid to ask for help. The only way is to look forward. Nice to look back sometimes and reminisce of course but change must be embraced.

It's my two sons who have made sure that I have a computer and a smart phone and shown me how to use them. I quite like keeping up with technology but could not do it without their help.

Jackiest

I like technology but find many changes take things away instead of adding useful things. Things like Windows took away the copy and paste from the right mouse menue and you had to click show more options. No easy way to put it back you have to do a registry edit.

This. I love change, but I love practical change. Sure some things simply require an adjustment period, but I find things like taking away basic functions on laptops a bit annoying. Apple has managed to make more seamless transitions, for example taking away firewire years ago on MacBooks. But some of the changes I find a bit cumbersome.

And I don't think it's just the older generation that has a problem with change. I think the older generations just struggle more to adapt. Learning new things helps me keep my spirit young as my body ages. I just prefer the types of changes that make life easier. Change is good.

I like to be shown how to do/learn new things,what i don`t like is change in general.
Example being,moving to a new area.

I like it once I ve been shown it a few times and I m always up for a try
The other thing I can’t bear and this isn’t just old, old people but it seems to favour men when they completely live in the past and you get reams of ‘ not like it used to be’ ‘better in the old days’ ‘nothing like it was’ ,’wish it was like it used to be !’
I am not a violent person but I want to smack their legs 😂😂😂
The negativity from some people is palpable

biglouis

I will embrace new technology which I think can offer me something. However I dislike change just for the sake of it. For example I am not interested in using social media as most people do. I have no "personal" presence on Farcebook, Twatter etc. I only use them for business. I am not interested in communicating via memes and emoticons.

I began using a word processor back in the 1980s when the first cheap Amstrad ones appeared. It opened up a new world to me. When I began teaching wordprocessing in an FE college in the early 1990s (to fund my Masters) I had adult students, many of whom had never touched a computer. Some of them were quite scared of the machines. The material I gathered enabled me to get funding for my Masters and go on to begin my Doctorate.

I have a very pragmatic attitude to technology. If it serves my needs, fine.

I never cease to be amazed at your incredible career history!
I’m sure you have also mentioned in previous posts being a debt collector and a dominatrix!
Oh please will you share your occupations with us?

I like technology but find many changes take things away instead of adding useful things. Things like Windows took away the copy and paste from the right mouse menue and you had to click show more options. No easy way to put it back you have to do a registry edit.

I will embrace new technology which I think can offer me something. However I dislike change just for the sake of it. For example I am not interested in using social media as most people do. I have no "personal" presence on Farcebook, Twatter etc. I only use them for business. I am not interested in communicating via memes and emoticons.

I began using a word processor back in the 1980s when the first cheap Amstrad ones appeared. It opened up a new world to me. When I began teaching wordprocessing in an FE college in the early 1990s (to fund my Masters) I had adult students, many of whom had never touched a computer. Some of them were quite scared of the machines. The material I gathered enabled me to get funding for my Masters and go on to begin my Doctorate.

I have a very pragmatic attitude to technology. If it serves my needs, fine.

I embrace new technology and like to learn new things up to a point. I have never used an Xbox or PlayStation and don’t want to.

Some people do not want to learn how to use technology and dislike change, and that is fine, why be critical of them?

Oreo

Not all the young generation are bright, just a thought.
Being open to new things, ideas and so on is a good thing tho generally.

I embrace new technology and even eventually convinced even older in-laws to embrace it. My sister in law got her first laptop, tablet and smartphone in her eighties and they opened a whole new world to her after a few early hiccups.

As for "bright young things", I tend to listen to them and then think well if they can do it I'm damn sure I can.

Not all the young generation are bright, just a thought.
Being open to new things, ideas and so on is a good thing tho generally.

I feel the same, I embrace most change and new technology.

Unfortunately many people are just quite simply scared of technology and use the “I’ve managed this long without a…” as an excuse.

I have had to use technology for work and had a bit of a panic last month when a client needed something complex, I just said yes and then paid someone £100 to tutor me, it meant I could fulfil my contract and it was a small price to pay.

Unfortunately these people are being left behind, the ticket offices closing being a great example.

We are currently watching Downton ( I know we are the only people in the UK never to have seen it before!) it is very interesting seeing how WW1, electricity and the telephone changed so much and the fear that this brought about.

I so agree with you.