Older Adults Who Work With Significantly Younger People Are Sharing Their 'I'm Officially Old' Moments

'I had to explain what rickrolling is.'

"They started calling me 'Mom' and 'Mama Bear' over the walkie-talkies. I find it kind of endearing, actually.""A coworker asked me if I had any Advil. He said he figured the 'mom of the workplace' would have some. I did.""One of the young airmen I work with saw my 2004 Pontiac GTO and said, 'I love those old cars!' I thought about that for a while. 2004 is old?! I hate everything.

So I said, 'Oh, well I guess VCR is old. Everything is on DVD now.' She said, 'DVD?' I replied, 'I guess those are old, too. I guess Blu-ray is what's on disc now.' I kid you not, that confused expression never left her face. Then she said, 'Disc?' I ended up just saying, 'Never mind.'""My much younger sister works in a hotel, and she said that she once served someone famous. She said casually, 'They were in some band called Queen.

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