Too Young for That

**paelthom** · 03-25-2005, 01:21 PM

Have you ever noticed that as we get older, all those other people seem to just be too young for their jobs? I feel so weird going to a doctor or dentist that looks like a kid. LOL Right now it seems we may have to change dentist due to the hygienst leaving and there is a nice dentist that goes to my church. I'm sure he's a great dentist, but he looks like a teenager. So am I the only one who's noticed this??? Do you feel weird when the professional treating you is way young?

**homesteadmamma** · 03-25-2005, 01:24 PM

Yes especially if they are in their late 20's, early 30's I do.

**JerryG** · 02-28-2007, 03:25 PM

I was flying out of a small commuter plane in Montana last summer. There was literally wildlife off to the side of the tarmac. The co-pilot steps out from behind a curtain to give us the details of the flight and I SWEAR TO GOD, he wasn't even old enough to shave!!! Ok. Yes - I am a nervous flier but Holy @#$%% !!!!! Freaked me out big time!!! So yes - guess I'm getting older and (of course) I'm sure I'm not showing my age!!! Ha!!

**cheappearls** · 02-28-2007, 03:44 PM

Haha. You also got to think about some people looking young for their age too. I have a friend that's 22 and he barely looks 14.

**annertak** · 02-28-2007, 03:58 PM

I'm not so worried about normal people, because I don't feel my age, I think they are all my age. lol What really does freak me out, though, is the average age of professional ball players! They are so young!

**AheeK** · 02-28-2007, 08:30 PM

This is going to sound crazy, but even I, at 23, can see this. I had to go back to the University for a meeting the other day, and I walked past a bunch of first-year students that looked not a day older than 12. I just kept thinking, I didn't look like that when I started University, did I?

**dcompton** · 02-28-2007, 08:49 PM

I generally don't mind the cradle robbed professionals -- I tell myself they have the most up-to-date training. On the other hand, when I look at some of our medical students ... no way. Not if I was lying in the street writhing in pain. (Well, maybe then!)

However, I'm quite intimidated by the youngsters in the electronics stores. I know I'm computer dumb, but I really feel it then. I can almost feel them rolling their eyes.

What bothers me most, is that it is hard to remember that the college students I work with do not have years of work ethic and work experience behind them, and are often clueless about things we would just take for granted as appropriate -- or not -- for a work environment. We have a few gems right now, but that is unusual. Usually it's an uphill battle. Still, they do add some life to a sometimes very dull job!

**Marie78** · 02-28-2007, 09:19 PM

I tend to feel more comfortable if my dentist or doctor is older than me. Last year my dentist was foreign and didn't seem to be a day over 18, he had no bedside manner and was maybe good at his job (but not good enough for a freaked out person in their late 20's to sit through more of his work.) My new dentist must at least be a few years older than me and has a very calm, kind demeanor. I think that age matters in some instances, the dental assistant is my mother's age and it's so comforting. When I have a baby someday I want a seasoned medical staff on hand, not someone that looks like they were a baby not too long ago themselves

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**acidcookie** · 02-28-2007, 10:27 PM

Even though I'm only 24 and only left college 2 years ago, the students (mostly freshmen) I have as a teaching assistant all seem SO young because they are 18.

**pip** · 03-01-2007, 05:40 PM

Yup. (And, I think that I look and feel young for my age!)

**acidcookie** · 03-01-2007, 09:17 PM

Growing up people ALWAYS thought I was older. No one ever correctly guessed me age. Already being 5'5" by the time I left middle school didn't help

At 14 people thought I was graduating high school, when I left for college people thought I'd already been in college for years. At 20 I was usually thought to be 25. I think it's finally slowing down now and maybe I actually look my age.

**GMA21** · 03-02-2007, 01:40 PM

I know what you mean. I have a new dr. I she is really great at her job but she can't be more than 25yrs old.
{when I was in the hospital last year a lab tech. thought I was 20 & was :surprise: when I told her my youngest DD was 20}

**Edna_E** · 03-07-2007, 11:00 PM

I don't seem to have that problem. Mine goes the other way. It's kind of wierd to see a new doctor and think "Hmm, this one's a little old to be doing surgery..." and then realize they are YOUNGER than I am. I don't think I am too old to do anything!

**nwmissourigal** · 03-13-2007, 09:21 PM

I have noticed it. But I guess I have worked in the health care field so long that I am getting used to it. I work for heart surgeons and I the next to the oldest in the office...all the docs are younger than me...a little scarey, but I make it thru...

**Jaded** · 04-02-2007, 12:18 PM

Most of them are in their thirties, and I remember when I was in my thirties, I thought I knew everything. A couple of managers in my store are in their 20's. The youngest manager I ever had was 21. It freaked me out!

I get along really well with the younger managers, though. Well, except for my store manager...he's a jerk. I just look at him and think "I'm so glad my boys didn't grow up to be him".