Respect the elderly!.....they say

Perhaps you could ask for the help of your barangay captain. The grumpy old man is becoming a nuisance whenever he is drunk so it's time you complain of him. His being an elderly doesn't mean you can't complain about him and it's disrespectful doing so. In addition, you could complain about his cussing at those children. Remember, we have the Bantay Bata. It's nicer doing that, than shouting at him.

"Give respect for the elders." Yeah, I've heard of this but I've also heard of this: "If you wanna be respected, then act like you should be." I've also encountered foolish elders who act like a bunch of kids and, honestly speaking, they don't look like they should be respected. I respect a lot of people, even ones that are younger than me, but those people REALLY deserve my respect. I don't care if they're old, if they don't deserve my respect then I won't.

I'm all for respecting the elderly but I also believe that if someone is inappropriate and uncouth than they don't deserve that respect. Respect is something that is earned and most elderly people HAVE earned it with the hardships and trials they have faced with their lives. I, also, find myself constantly thinking of what my parents would say if they found out I was doing something (I think they brainwash it slowly, lol) But I would try to talk to this man and explain that it truly disturbs you to hear him raise his voice to the children and that you have a business to run and can't afford to have disruptions around there.

Yes I was also rasied to respect the elderly... Then a couple years ago I learned that there comes a point were respect others they way that I want to be respected comes to play... That respect is also earned; if I was in that situation I would confront this man and explain to him that there are children that are looking up to him regardless if he wants that roll or not... and that he is teaching them to swear, drink and be rude to others... There comes a point were your voice needs to be heard too!! Regardless of age!! and on a side note.. if this man happens to get worse because you say something you may have to have a medatior or a police officer explain that behavoir is not right in public...

Respect for elderly is a must. We should learn how to deal with them properly. Maybe that old man has a problem and we can't do something about it but his relatives must make the first move. Older person needs a lot of attention, love and care. We just have to understand that their needs should be provided with care because they are the ones who took care of us when we are younger then.

It sounds like he has more issues than just being elderly. How old are his children??? I wonder what the external factors are here - what caused him to start drinking and why he feels like he can't. Maybe a gesture of kindness from you might help build a better relationship.

Dear friend, Elders are really to respected. But what if an early man come to kill us I may try to defend myself irreverent to age. May be in wars there is no age barriers or respect to enemies, but those people fight for their nations. Still in normal society I feel we have to respect elders, but those positive sides. It is know that some people become childish when they get older and older. May be we need some patience and tolerance but in other cases it may be better to say things clearly and our dislikes. But I feel some old people do know until someone guide them.

Yes that is right respect the elders what ever they are in their life. As they are older that us and this is the values that our parents teach us when we are still young until now. But if the case is like what you have told, an old who always cursing those children and did some bad things in front of them.. that was a case to case basis. I also don't like that too but we still show to the young the politeness and still the good behavior still be in the good citizen of what country i belong. We need to respect elders in the since that they are elder than us and they have more experienced in life and they are the first people that teach us the good deeds on earth. They gave their best to let the siblings of their own alive and see the world. Let them deserve our respect all those elders that are well respected..

We are always taught to respect the elders and we also teach our kids to do the same. With this scenario,it's confusing how to respect such kind of behavior. Still,we have to respect as long as they don't harm us or don't harm people. If they're drunk and noisy which is the usual annoying situation...just ignore. I also wonder why some old people are rude and behaving more immature (just few) happy weekend

I believe that the elderly deserve out respect. they have earned it. there is so much that we can learn from the elderly through their life experiences. We should honor the elderly by giving them our support and respect.

We also have one such crazy elderly neighbor who is drunk from morning 'til evening. It's none of my business, I know, but when I caught him spitting at my dogs who barked at him, I gave him a piece of his craziness. Our dogs are inside the fence and had no way of biting him, but he was so crazy he was spitting on them. That is an example of a crazy elderly you don't want to show respect to.

Because he is always drunk I am afraid that no matter how nice you are to him he will not listen. I hope for the children's sake he rectifys his ways. I suppose others are also hearing this and maybe someone one day will be prompt to tell him he doing wrong. In the meantime there really is nothing you can do but stand back and if you ever see any harm then I suppose you can the police or something like that. Unfortunately the children will perhaps grow up to be loud like him. *sad*

I think we should always respect the elderly but their are some people no matter their age or gender is that just don't deserve respect. I know and have seen some people who are just not worth any of it. You should always stand your ground when it comes to them. If the guy you are talking about becomes violent towards his children or anyone else then you should speak up. You can call the police or someone from the authority to deal with it. So yeah so even if our parents say stuff like that it's really up to you though. Have a great day.

When a man behave like this, age is not important any more... I say you should forget about respect and take action. If he isn't respectful he doesen't deserve your respect.

Back when I lived in my home country I volunteered for almost 3 years in a elderly nursing, I saw the sadness not respecting them it is. I also visited one, she started giving me cake after I asked my boyfriend to carry her grossery. She was really lonely, although she had a home. Fortunately her daughter end up having her in. One year later she didn't remember me, she was surprised that I talked to her like I knew then I pretended just being nice, it was sad but it's okay, we can't help expecting some thank you, a good deed don't have a purpose, only to God to see.