‘What?’: 19-year-old’s comment to 23-year-old at work unearths wild trend
A young woman is going viral for sharing the comment made to her at work that left her shocked.
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A young woman is going viral for sharing the comment made to her at work that left her saying, “What?”
US worker Francesca, 23, went viral after she shared a comment from an intern at work that left her floored.
She complained that after telling a 19-year-old intern her age, the intern replied, “You look good for your age”.
Francesca was shocked and took to social media, adding, the comment made her say, “Babe what?”
Francesca’s viral post prompted other workers to share their horrifying encounters with interns or anyone under 21 years old.
What became abundantly clear is the younger Gen Zers are turning on the older Gen Zers.
So even if you’re part of the youngest working generation you can still be made to feel old at work.
No one is safe …. And let’s not even start on how Millennials are getting treated.
“Try being 27. They act like I’m their mother’s age,” one warned.
Someone else shared that she gets told she “looks so young,” which makes her mad because she considers herself young.
“I would have called HR,” another joked.
“That is a fireable offence,” one claimed.
“Wait till you hit 29, and people tell you, ‘OMG, you don’t look 29. You look so young,” another shared.
“Imagine being 29, they act like I’m on the brink of death,” someone else echoed.
“I’m 28 they call me grandma,” someone else confessed.
A 24-year-old said she’d been made to feel “ancient” lately because of a gaggle of 19-year-old interns.
A 28-year-old man said that when he shared his age at work, his younger co-worker looked genuinely sad for him.
“I told my co-worker I was turning 28 he looked back at me and said ‘no’ with the saddest face as if I was going to die right then and there,” he said.
Someone else shared a harrowing tale of overhearing an intern describe someone as “old” when he was only 24.
“I had to walk away. These interns are something this year,” she admitted.
Someone else said the whole encounter was “low-key concerning” and not great for society.
“Why is the age that’s considered old getting younger and younger? The implications this has is potentially devastating,” they claimed.
Originally published as ‘What?’: 19-year-old’s comment to 23-year-old at work unearths wild trend
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