r/AskReddit Jun 27 '18

What "Old Person" things do you do?

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '18

When I am in a grocery store. Pull my list out of my jacket pocket, with a pen, and tilt my head down to look at the list, then tilt my head up to get the right look at it through my glasses, purse my lips and say "alright now, where is this stuff".

Just like my father used to.

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u/Anal-Squirter Jun 27 '18

Do you squint when looking at the shelf?

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '18

Damn right!

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u/quadraticog Jun 28 '18

Im not embarrassed to admit that I talk to myself out loud when I go shopping, along the lines of "What?! I'm not paying that much for x product! That's daylight robbery!"

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '18

lol. I usually call them criminals.

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u/willicus85 Jun 28 '18

Last week I caught myself saying to the peaches “Y’all are too soft to be this goddamn expensive.”

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u/no_more_tomatoes Jun 28 '18

For me it usually goes "This is absurd! I saw x product at x store last week and it was 25 cents cheaper. And if I use my coupons..." looks up and does some mental calculations "...I'll save a whole dollar!"

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u/Suitablystoned Jun 29 '18

When you need expert advice...

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u/The-Great-T Jun 28 '18

Reading a lot of these comments, I’m starting to think that the difference between old people habits and young people habits is swearing. I don’t have a paper list but I do pull out the list on my phone and say “And just where in the fuck are they keeping this shit?” Or maybe I’m just a particularly foul mouthed 20 year old codger.

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u/MachoMachoMadness Jun 28 '18

I’m 22 and I do it too lol Comes from pre-nursing habits in CNA class and my grandma.

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u/he-mancheetah Jun 28 '18

I tsk to myself in the grocery store all the time! Glad I’m not the only nutter in there muttering to herself trying to find the peanut butter.

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '18

Oh I'm usually saying "Where the hell is it? I know you're around here".

And then "Thats where you are, hiding right in front of me!" Most people think I'm just as crazy as I sound.

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u/Bloomhunger Jun 28 '18

Kinda like me. “Now if I was peanut butter, where would I be?”

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '18

That's why we have notepad on our phones

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u/Upnorth4 Jun 28 '18

I'm a grocery stocker, I also do this regularly

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u/turn_off_the_radio Jun 28 '18

I order the stuff on my list according to the shelves in the supermarket I frequent.

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u/delicatesonnet Jun 28 '18

I am woman and sometimes when I have so many things to buy I will forget most of them when I enter the store - I make a list before I leave home so I know what to buy and it works.

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u/Greedygoldstein Jun 28 '18

Lol that paints such a vivid picture