Boomers have their own ways of seeing things, and some of their opinions and preferences can easily be seen as outdated. However, there are a lot of things that Boomers say and do that many other people can agree with. Boomers often have more in common with other generations than we know.
QR Menus
More and more restaurants aren’t giving you a menu at all. They instead have a QR code that you scan with your phone, and this shows you the menu. Why do we need to do this? What if we’re trying to keep our phones put away while enjoying a meal?
No Filming Us in Public
Boomers don’t want to be filmed while they’re out in public and splashed across YouTube. Other generations can sympathize with this issue. No one wants to be filmed without their consent, even if it is perfectly legal.
Not Talking to a Machine
How many times have you called a business for help and ended up talking to a machine? Boomers want to speak to a real person to explain their problem, and most people heartily agree.
Uneven Movie and TV Volume
You can barely hear the dialogue in a movie or show, so you turn it way up to listen to it. Then, it gets extremely loud, and you’re scrambling to turn it back down. Why do creators do this to us?
We Don’t Need Touchscreens for Everything in Cars
We’ve all lived with knobs and buttons for a long time, and they were just fine. Why change them to touch screens? To work one, you’ll have to take your eyes off the road and threaten your safety.
Not Every Store Should Have an App
There’s nothing more annoying than being ready to buy something at the store and finding out you need an app to get the offered price. No one wants to look through 200 apps every time they buy something.
Two-Factor Authentication Is Annoying
Have you ever wanted to go to a site and then close the tab because you remembered they wanted two-factor authentication? It’s a hassle to deal with for just about everyone.
People Talking on Speaker
If you’re at home or in your vehicle, talking on the speaker may be necessary for convenience and safety. However, when you see people doing it in public, you’d be forgiven for believing that person has a screw loose.
Only Having Self Check-Out Open
When you’re in public, you can expect to interact with people. This isn’t the case when the only check-outs that are open in a store are the self-check-out type. Many people prefer human interaction.
Not Everything Needs Bluetooth
From meat thermometers to tabletop mirrors, today’s manufacturers are putting Bluetooth in just about everything. We don’t need for simple things to become much more complicated for no real reason.
Kids Are Too Into Social Media
Kids are spending so much time obsessing over social media that they’re missing their childhoods. They need to be having experiences rather than clicking all day on TikTok.
People Should Use Headphones More Often
When you see someone out and about while playing media at full volume, it’s obvious that more headphones are needed by the public. Why wouldn’t people use them? Is there a headphone shortage?
Things Should Be Made to Last
In the Boomers’ heyday, products were built well so that they’d last a long time. Today, cheap materials and poor engineering are the norm so you have to buy items again and again.
People Have Become Too Sensitive
A large part of our culture is now dedicated to dealing with people who are much too sensitive. Boomers grew up being told that while sticks and stones could break their bones, words would never hurt them.
People Should Interact in Person
Texting, emailing, and even video chatting can help people keep in touch with each other, but human interaction in the real world is also needed. When you don’t meet with someone in person, you never fully get their vibe.
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Following are some notable examples.
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