A 28 year old professional snowboarder is blaming ageism on being cut from the team. Yes, sucks to be old. Turns out at any age, ageism is as tough to prove as is trying to convince people that unicorns exist or that Oprah and Gayle are just good friends. And I should know. I’ve been trying to prove unicorns exist my entire life.
Age-ism: Pro Riders VS. Team Managers
The interview is where the elders get weeded out. It only takes that one question to which there is no good answer and voila, you let the referee off the hook. Something as simple as “What are your strengths?” "Well I happen to have no difficulty in either emptying or holding the contents of my bladder. I only need my glasses to read the fine print on my blood pressure medication and the doctors have ruled out angina but they have asked I remove the microwave just as a precautionary measure.” It’s probably also not a good thing to say you are on a maturity leave.
So it would seem ageism can strike at any age. Shirley Temple was a successful child star but couldn’t quite carry off those curls into her teens. It would be perfectly legal to leave McCaulay Culkin ‘Home Alone’ now, which might explain why he hasn’t been seen in a while. And that child actor from the Sixth Sense, the one who could see dead people, where did that kid go? Did he die?
We all eventually wander off into unemployment land which for some, consists of donning drawstring pants; feeding the neighbours cat; showering only when absolutely necessary and totally rocking on Jeopardy. I’ll take “I use to have a life before I got too old to even snowboard” Alex for 2000.
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