I saw this thing on insta like a couple days ago and it made me feel SO bad but I have to get it out like it's killing me and it was just a post about like how people get older and nobody cares what they have to say anymore and I just keep thinking about this guy at work and like okay so I work at this place that does like really fancy desserts and stuff right and it's like a pop-up sometimes it's like a food truck sometimes it's like a little stand at an event and the money is like WHATEVER but it's money and I need money for my phone and like food and sometimes I get to take home leftovers if they don't sell and that’s cool and sometimes I work like 12 hours straight sometimes I work like two hours it’s whatever but yeah this old guy he's like really old like 70s probably and he teaches at the university and he came in to buy some stuff for like a department party or whatever and he was trying to talk to the younger people who work there about like his research or whatever and like he sounded kinda smart but he kept trying to like tell them stuff and he was really excited about it and like he was like trying so hard to be cool and tell them about what he was doing and he was talking about like history and old books and things and it seemed important to him but they just kept talking over him and like they only wanted to talk about the young people's research and like how they got published in some journal or whatever and like it was so SAD. And the worst part is like I was one of those people. I was just like thinking about my phone and how much money I was making per hour and like how many desserts I had to pack and like if my friend would pick me up because my shift ended later than hers so it was just easier if she drove me and I just like totally ignored him and didn't even try and listen and I just kept like doing my job and letting the other people just talk about their stuff and he just kept smiling and trying to like be a part of it and like he had to buy like a LOT of desserts and like he must have spent so much money and it made me feel like AWFUL and like I should have just listened to him for like a minute and I just didn't. And I didn't even look him in the eye when he paid and I feel like such a SHITTY person and I don't know why I’m saying this but it just won't leave my head. And I just keep thinking what if that's me when I'm old and like I'm trying to tell people about something that I think is really cool or important or whatever but nobody cares cause I'm like super old and irrelevant and they just want to talk about their own stuff and ignore me and like I don't want to be that person who ignores people but like I just did and it was so easy to just like not listen and just pretend to be busy and like he was so nice and he was trying so hard to like make friends with them and like they only cared about their own stuff and I just feel so gross about it. Like I should have said something and I just didn't. I just kept packing the desserts and thinking about my ride home.