In the last 4 weeks I’ve worked with several people over 60 and I don’t like what I saw: slow giving report or describing a problem, fixation on trivialities about a client’s appearance or something funny he did instead of getting directly to the point and doing our jobs, incapable of coping with new forms of communication, feeling they are your supervisor, even though they’re not, criticizing you for ‘wasting’ paper or erasers, telling you how they dislike other coworkers, even though I just met this person 2 hours ago, acting as if only their way of doing things is the right one, then they pretend to be your friend and ask questions about your personal life which I deflect as good as I can.
I don’t like working with people like this, it’s very draining and I don’t want to become this kind of person.
How do I make sure not to become this kind of person?
I’m mid 40s. A guy I’ve befriended is over 70.
One of the sharpest, clearest thinkers I’ve met in my life.
Your blanket statement is wrong. This guy makes people a quarter his age seem slow in their thought processes.
I’m sure there are exceptions and I’m sure there will be more studies on this subject in the coming years. Now that technological advancement have slowed somewhat, the issue will become more apparent.