OAP ageist TV

That's alright Glammanana. I'm Mrs Meldrew !

I loved the Grumpy series it should be brought back,I have the good fortune to have my own grumpy old man by the name of Mr Glamma.

Oh yes Shysal loved the Grumpy series!

I was hoping it would be like the old Grumpy old Man/Woman series which I enjoyed, but I was not at all amused apart from the Alexa responses. I have removed it from my list to be recorded. And yes, I can work my digital recorder!

I agree with you, glamma. I prefer to have a nice, friendly greeting at the checkout which I find at both our Waitrose and Aldi. Aldi doesn't have self checkouts...yet. I didn't see that programme or I would have chucked my 'smart' phone at my 'smart' TV.

glammanana I totally agree re the self service tills- I also wait in a queue because I do not want to see the till staff out of a job.

One local supermarket has one person behind a till and the remainder are self service whereas the other when required has every till covered. They still look after their customers.

Our co-OP had an update too. The self service tills do not take cards, or occasionally they take cards but not cash. They do not take the voucher for the Times and there are often more broken that working.

So, no-one uses them!

Well I am going to don my tin hat and duck behind the sofa and say I thought it very funny and not at all ageist but something quite a lot of older people think of the way things are going to be in the future.
As for self service tills I never ever use them not because I am not confident in using them but I am putting someone out of a job,I would rather wait 10mins to be served by someone and give them working hours than to use those tills.(am now behind the sofa)

They were so stupid, even having been told how to address Alexa, they did not do it properly so really no wonder they were offered a recipe for Mexican Stew instead of scones.

I asked my Alexa for a recipe to see if it worked and no problem - I had a choice of 500! That lot could come here for basic lessons and I am a technophobe!

I find there’s a awful lot of ageism about. I’m 73 and well up on technology thank you very much , I’m lucky to
be fit and well and am very active both physically and mentally

That programme would have made me so cross!

Our local Co-op has just had a makeover, including installation of self-service tills. I went in there yesterday, early evening. A queue of younger generation-ists waiting at the only manned checkout. And who was the only person using the self-serve? Yep! A little slightly hunchbacked grey haired old lady (me). Managing fine too.

These people don't live in the real world !

I watched it, and wasn't surprised at their gormlessness because for most of their lives they haven't had to think or do anything for themselves anyway so it came as no surprise to me. They're not " ordinary " OAP's are they ?

I thought the same!