The restaurant that I started working in was full of young adults & teenagers (ages between 17 -22), I was 30 years old. Later I discovered that the restaurant manager has been saying to everyone before I started that I am 24 years old.. I knew that when I started meeting coworkers and getting to know each other the subject come to age and I say how old I am they are surprised and say well “……” she said that you’re 24…
I didn’t like it, but just corrected them and moved on.. later, a new restaurant manager came to work and he was hired by the old restaurant manager (the same one I was taking about).. when we asked about who is the new manager she told us about his background and experience and said he was 24 years old…. a month and a half after he started working, a conversation led to age and turned out that he was 30 as well! And that old restaurant manager did the same with him by telling everyone that he was younger than he really is… as if ut was a shame that we 30 years old people and we need to hide that!!
I don’t know why she chose the age 24 specifically in both cases, but it sure says a lot about her and her inner self worth. Cuz I never thought that I would at all be ashamed of how old I am, I love life and I think the 30 are the times when people make big accomplishments after spending their 20 trying out stuff and figuring themselves out. I was excited for my 30 since I was in the beginning of my 20s. But people like her believe that their self worth decline over time and when they reach a certain age they’ll be filled with self hate and insecurities.