I'm allergic to people belittling me just because of my age.

@NankerPhelge I know but that ''respect for older people'' originally came from them being wiser and having different experiences, knowing a lot etc but nowadays it's just a manner and older people abuse it too much. At least it looks like that. I was truly surprised once I started my BA studies and realized people who work there are smart and so respectful but then it hit me - that's a normal way everyone should act.

@Melpomene I don't know why people would abuse it, or even what you mean by that.

@NankerPhelge I meant on people who are asking for their privileges even if they just slightly belong to that group - such as a deep respect (I try to respect every living creature but I also believe you must show you deserve it if you want such respect or even admiration) or people who are above 40 and suddenly they think we should all stand up once they enter the bus, get mad if we don't offer them a seat (even though they are obviously in better condition) and -no, not ask us- whine how we are bad and how we will become old and feel their pain (when this happened I was sick, sitting, already spent more than 12hrs in a different city and on my way home and if I could I would stand up), I don't know the story of those people that whine but since it's pretty common in here it looks like abuse of that privilege, though I'm quite sure they would get offended if someone referred to them as ''old'' . There were also times when I asked for something like ''what if we did it this way?'' and people would be like ''you think you know better than me, huh? How old are you? Pff, I've been working this job much longer than you have lived!'' and I really admire the dedication and of course they know better but I made a suggestion - they could have just replied with a ''no'' or explained why not. Yes, I'm young and still learning but just because I'm not experienced with something it doesn't mean my ideas will 100% be bad or that I can't know better.
Basically, it's people who ask rights and respect of a person who has lived a lot, doesn't take into consideration anyone's opinion (unless they have a position - degree, job etc that will prove them ''worthy'') and their first (sometimes only) argument is age.
Maybe I'm missing something? Are we all stupid and become smart over the years? I thought we had to work on it constantly, improving ourselves as much as possible but if it only comes to that one number...I might as well wait in a cave to reach it and then go around and complain how ''kids these days have no manners whatsoever''.