People Can Be Cruel to Older Adults — As I Learned First Hand

As I was backing out of my parking space at Whole Foods, a big man in a black SUV yelled out his window at me, “Stupid (F**k) — it’s people like you who’ve got to go!” He was impatient, waiting for me to back out and going postal over a parking space. Why was he so angry at a mild-mannered 79-year-old Clark Kent like me? And what did he mean by “people like me?” White people? Older people? I assumed he meant older people because I was backing out slowly, and I do look old. I was shocked and hurt. And his “It’s people like you who’ve got to go” comment was downright threatening. <a href="https://medium.com/crows-feet/people-can-be-cruel-to-older-adults-as-i-learned-first-hand-40f6a17cca27">Click Here</a>