Having two partners, as well as an office manager, who are in their 30’s, I find myself being the target of a lot of slings and arrows concerning my preferences and procedures. So, in response, I have come up with a list of things that I can do that most millennials can’t.
Drive a car with a manual transmission (either a stick on the floor or on the column)
Roll down a car window (you mean it takes effort?)
Use a phone book (why are some pages yellow and others white?)
Change the needle on a turntable (what does it do?)
Read a map (what does the “N” at the top mean?)
Write a check – correctly (what’s a check?)
Keep my own score when bowling
Carry on an actual verbal conversation with someone (you mean no fingers?)
Tell time on an actual clock (what’s that thing that keeps going around?)
Take pictures with an actual camera (how do you take a selfie with this thing?)
In addition, I prefer to read my newspapers, magazines and books in paper form. I prefer to order my pizza by phone. I want my boarding pass in my hand not in my cell phone. I would rather write checks for my bills than have them on auto pay. I prefer cash over plastic.
On the other hand, I do shop on Amazon. I am on Facebook, but I don’t tweet (that’s for birds). I text. I Skype. I blog. I make my plane, hotel and car reservations online. I do use Google Search and Google Maps. I check the stock market reports on my phone. I listen to Pandora (Classic Rock of the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s). I talk to Siri and Alexa. I even watch Netflix (gasp). I haven’t used a real camera in years.
What I am, and what people my age are, is a bridge between the past and present. We have had to adapt during this time of rapidly changing technology in order to survive. We carry skills that are very rarely if ever needed anymore (writing in cursive as an example). But we have also acquired skills that keep us in the present game.
I hope all of you know that this was meant to be a little tongue in cheek fun. I’m excited about what the future looks like but I’m also excited about all the things I can still do, even if they are obsolete!
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