Elderly people assume teenagers are yobs

Yes, I think the Elderly should be carefull. But I am not a 'chav' or a 'gangsta' I don't talk or dress like one, yet I still get OAP's saying things under their breath, they never smile back, never say thank-you if I give a seat away or hold a door open and I don't think they do this to the real 'chavs' Or 'gangstas' and it's because they're scared of them (and so am I) which proves they say it to teenagers like me because they can, they get off on power!

Which is the more likely, someone who was young and an oik becoming elderly and respectable? Or someone who was young and an oik becoming elderly and an oik?

I don't believe anyone just becomes respectable or responsible by virtue of becoming elderly. Instead as you grow up you just get physically bigger and then you shrink back and wrinkle up like a prune. When someone is no longer big enough to be the bully, he/she has to dream up other ways of being mean. When many of you become elderly you WILL become like this, just think of your average Boss for starters.

I think you old people should get a life and stop being miserable!!!

I completely agree with you just becasue a minority of young people do stupid things, we all get the blame its really unfair that we should get the discrimination that other people encouraged.

Daniel, I think it could be one of a number of things: 1.) The clothing you wear, you MAY wear tracksuits or not (I hope not, they are a waste of material) 2.) The elderly people assume all teenagers are 'yobs' and 'chavs' or 3.) They care for no-one but themselves as they think we do. So don't take it to heart unless you are a 'chav' which I doubt it becuase you appear educated, and if your not, simply ignore them and get on with your life.

oh i've been called some great things including "inconsiderately placed youth" I'm 16 I go to college, and as I sometimes don't start until Mid day I get the bus to the train station. I've been asked by one older gentleman "What I think I am doing out of School" presumably because I'm Young and not in school clothing, I am bunking off. I've been assaulted by an elderly woman with a walking stick, imagine if it was the other way round, I'd (quite rightly) have been prosecuted, nothing happened to her.

when I get on the bus during the day (there are a lot of older people where I live and all get the same bus) I get lots of disapproving looks and they whisper about me I know because they aren't as quiet as they think they are! about how I should be in school, but I'm going to college to study computer Science, Business, Maths and Physics.

I've been called "an ASBO Teen" "Worthless Idiot" "yob" "threatening yob" "chav" by older people, yet I've never done anything wrong to any older person. of course I'm not saying all older people are like this, that would be wrong. yet Im just labeled that way.

I'm Fed up with it to be honest and It has to be stopped, or older people need to be issued with foam padded walking sticks or something.

Anon, You are absolutly correct, I receive the same treatment. Merry Christmas and a prosporus new year :) to all!

What really annoys me is kids in high schools who behave awfully and get away with it while us good natured keen learner kids sit there waiting to actually do some work and learn!!! These disruptive children are a waste of space they don't have the right to learn, they've wasted their chances of a good scholarship or career! I get no attention from my teachers at school, no praise when I've done a good piece of work, I'm invisible, where as the horrible disruptive ones get all the limelight! I think that's totally unfair and wrong!

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With an attitude like yours I doubt you if you will ever become an OAP you are obviously some type of mutant, incase your not sure what a mutant is,its someone created without parents,you obviously have none,if you have,its the total lack of respect you have that gives rise to the feelings of OAPs towards the present generation. As it happens Im not an OAP but I have respect for the two that brought me into the world.

Well I am not elderly and I am sick to the back teeth with "yoof" as well. Sick of the non-smiling faces; sick of the arrogant swaggers; sick of the "I know my rights" - but to Hell with any responsibilities attitudes; sick of being scowled at, elbowed past; sick of intimidating behaviour in my neighbourhood; of chewing gum splatters all over the street - or seeing it swilled round a slack jawed (scowling) mouth; sick of my children coming home from school covered in the gunge some oik thought it jolly to turf around the bus; sick of them not being able to get peace in class for the totally out of control, heavily rewarded, completely un-punished oiks.

If young people today, or people who have shaved heads or whatever "I am quite like a teenager and I know what it's like" class you come into are sick of the attitude of elder people, instead of attacking THOSE people, stand up and be counted for and speak out againt the teenage scum. If you want everybody else to treat you as though you are a valid member of society, get off your backside and do something FOR society - instead of moaning against others. For I tell you what, I look around me at these swaggering oiks, the ones who are going to hold the power in the country in another generation and I am terrified as to what my life is going to be like when I am drawing a pension myself.

Reality Bites, I totally agree with you. I'm 15 and still in school and in no way a 'chav' I also do detest them. The problem lies with the parents and the children, the parents need disciplin and do not receive it, schools attempt to 'dish-out' punishments but as you can imagine there is only so much they can do, during school hours of course (6 hours). We need extra Police officers AND special departments to tackle Anti-Social Behabour EFFECTIVELY, there probably will never be enough Police officers to do the things we need, so the disciplin and punishment to start at an early age and to continue until they are mature teenagers young adults. We also need to ABOLISH idiotic infullential television programmes stating it's cool to walk around and be 'G-Unit' or some type of obnoxious, idiotic, detestable and anti-sociable 'Chav'! As I said I still go to school and I see and hear things like; "A you commin' out on friday and get pi**ed? it's gonna' be wicked init'?" I am normally in stitches at this point laughing at the lack of enunciation and prenunciation in their voices, and strangly they all seem to 'put on' a 'scouse' accent. However, we really need to do something about these 'Chavs' as everyone knows, they either need to be locked up in an English Language room for the rest of their lives or locked up in one of Her Majesty's Prisons!

Pensioners have all day to go food shopping but they insist on doing it either on a saturday or around 6 o clock when everybody who works has to go. They also insist on taking bus journeys into city centres at rush hour and then delight in taking 4 hours to step onto a bus that they have just run for and hit several people in the face to get to. Then they think they should get a seat, some of them are in better shape than me.