Craig Garber

why do you think like an old person?

A couple of experiences happened to me over the last day or so, that caused me to think out loud, “How can this be?”

What’s funny is, I remember as a kid hearing older people making comments like “How can this be?” and this was an immediate red flag to me that said, “Wow, this person’s out of touch!”

First, yesterday evening we all went to the movies.  Anne and I figured it would be a nice thing to do with the kids, to close the summer out, since school starts tomorrow morning.

We took my daughter (she’s 9 years old) to see G-Force, the movie about talking hamster spies, and my two sons (who are 19 and 17) went to see Inglorious Basterds.  (That G-Force was a really cute movie, by the way.)  I was astounded though, because it cost $53 dollars for all of us – and we live in a small town just outside of Tampa!

I’d imagine this would have cost me another $20 bucks if I still lived in New York City.

Now fortunately for us, having the money to spend wasn’t a problem.  But I was completely floored.  Throw in another $15 bucks for snacks (and that’s conservative), and you have a $70 night!  I just sat there and thought, “How the hell can the common man afford this?”  And this one that surely means I’m growing old: “How can young people afford to take their kids to the movies with these prices?”

Then, this morning, when I checked my e-mail, I realized the amount of spam I get outnumbers the amount of non-spam e-mail I get, by roughly 6 to 1!  That’s kind of ridiculous, isn’t it?

And even though I have a halfway decent spam filter and 90% of the spam gets dumped in there, you still have to go through it in case something gets put in there that shouldn’t be in there, right?

So you still wind up wasting time.  Again, I thought to myself, “How can this be?”  There’s just GOT to be a better way.

When I mentioned this to my kids, they did give me a little empathy, but they sort of intimated this was “par for the course.”  Is this another “Old man’s problem?”

Is this something I should take more in stride that this is just “the way things are today?”

I don’t know, should I?  What are your thoughts on this?

Do you think I’m out of touch?  Let me know your thoughts on these experiences, because I know you’ve had them, by posting your comments here on my blog at http://blog.kingofcopy.com

Now go sell something, Craig Garber

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4 responses to “why do you think like an old person?”

  1. Carole Avatar
    Carole

    Oh my gosh, I was rolling! Yes, the same things happen to me. I was talking with my sister about how great it is that we don’t drink anymore because it’s so expensive. We pondered how kids can afford to go out partying these days. (Maybe it’s a good thing that they can’t afford to do what we used to do, right?) My daughter has been “dating” a guy for 10 months, and I can count on one hand the number of times that they’ve actually gone out on what we would consider a date.

    Maybe we’ll see a resurgance in hobbies, pot luck dinners, progressive dinners and other entertainment that doesn’t cost so much. We could lead the way. See, old people know a few things.

  2. Karl Murphy Avatar
    Karl Murphy

    Craig…so take aways from your foray into the retail world.
    Fact: Movies are filled…growing in a recession.
    Why? “It’s the Experience stupid”….no matter how big your TV is, it ain’t a theater with 500 people, stadium seating, Dolby surround sound, etc….the people watching alone is worth one tix to me..plus, movie people don’t want to wait for the video. They want the event of going out on opening weekend.

    Marketing take away…people have money to spend and they are spending it on stuff they want and experiences they want.

  3. Tim Lindsay Avatar
    Tim Lindsay

    hi Craig, had my 40th birthday yesterday, so I qualify now to answer… I think its because as kids we think life is endless and we are happy to tolerate endless amounts of meaninglessness invading our lives, but as we get older we value our time more and become less tolerant of crap filling our spaces.. just my 2 cents
    🙂

  4. Gary Avatar
    Gary

    Just a quick comment. You are not out-of-touch MUCH!
    Knowing the possibility is way more than half the battle.
    Things change so much more quickly nowadays, that going into ANY sort of normal business today almost dictates that you obtain the input of a twenty-something, if not a wet-behind-the-ears teenager.
    Not having any kids or family myself, I have to be even more wary than you, given your close proximity to youth. Best!

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