Back in the early days of COVID, I was sitting at my desk with a Gen Z employee, (let’s call him Z) who was helping get the company equipped so that our office staff could work from home. At this point, we were still operating under the misapprehension that the virus was only impacting the elderly and the infirm. And so “Z” was lamenting the fact that someone in their 20s was having to endure the shelter-in-place order, when the real issue was all the “old people.” At one point he looked at me and said, “Old people should be willing to sacrifice (read: die) and make way for the younger generations. Haven’t they already lived long enough?”
Oh, I still can't get past that Z story! But as you said, he was just articulating what society pretty much thinks. Ageism is the only "ism" that is perfectly OK.
Oh, I still can't get past that Z story! But as you said, he was just articulating what society pretty much thinks. Ageism is the only "ism" that is perfectly OK.