“Oh, So Sorry Boomer”: Karen Gets Busted After Deleting All Files After Getting Fired
Baby boomers, or those born between 1946 and 1964, lack computer literacy compared to younger generations. This can impact their daily lives, particularly in the workplace where technology is increasingly integrated into job functions.
However, the lady Reddit user PM_Georgia_Okeefe had worked with was not only unaware of her, let’s call them ‘occupational shortcomings’, but also acted like a jerk and created a hostile environment. This became very apparent when one of her projects was transferred to the Redditor. Instead of cooperating, she acted out of spite and tried to sabotage their work as much as she could.
But in the end, it was PM_Georgia_Okeefe who had the last laugh — the lady was laid off, and they even helped her dig her own grave and lose her severance pay in the process. Continue scrolling to read the Redditor’s post which appeared in the community ‘Petty Revenge‘ and describes how it all went down.
This worker was glad to see one of their colleagues laid off as she made office life unbearable
Image credits: Lazy_Bear (not the actual photo)
And even managed to get revenge on her
Image credits: friends_stock (not the actual photo)
Image credits: PM_Georgia_Okeefe
PM_Georgia_Okeefe’s former colleague and many other Baby Boomers want to work. With more people getting older than ever before, their life expectancies are also extending dramatically — with medical advancements, the number of American men projected to live into their 90s has doubled since 1965. So we can definitely understand the lady’s frustration when she’s noticing that her younger colleagues are more in tune with the current job market and what it demands.
And it’s not that Baby Boomers don’t have anything else to do. They feel the pressure. A recent survey from the Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies estimates that their median retirement savings totals $202,000. That might sound like a lot of cash at first, but the number produces just $8,080 a year, or $673 a month for those who do reach 90.
Add in mass financial illiteracy and the problems compound. On average, 37% of Boomers believe they will need long-term care in retirement, while in reality, it might be closer to 70%. There’s a big misunderstanding of healthcare costs. One that’s rising too.
According to Gallup, 41% of Americans expect to work beyond 65, up from 13.5% in 1995. (Keep in mind that these numbers were collected just before COVID-19 unemployment took a hit at savings.) Desperate for income for survival, Baby Boomers are now a growing segment of the U.S. workforce, and for them to keep up, digital literacy in the workplace is required.
More than half of employees over 50 have been laid off in what’s being referred to as an “involuntary or forced retirement,” while few organizations are actually helping older employees transition from full-time to part-time. And for those fortunate enough to be employed, 3 out of 5 older workers experience ageism on the job. For these and other reasons, the number of age-based discrimination cases filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission by people over 65 have doubled between 1990 and 2017.
Of course, these problems don’t give them the right to take their frustration out on others. But we will get old one day too. And something tells me we won’t like to fight for survival either.
As the story went viral, some people were unhappy that its author placed so much emphasis on the lady’s age
But most were glad that justice was served
Others even shared similar experiences of their own
Why is ageism okay on Bored Panda? I was born in 1963 and run my own on line retail business. " Boomers don't know tech" is as inaccurate and damaging as "Gen Z could afford a home if they didn't drink Starbucks." People are individuals.
Totally agree. We’re well beyond the point where age determines technical acumen. I’ve worked with plenty of well educated Gen Z folks who can barely use basic Microsoft Office products.
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I agree with the statement about people born between 75-85 (although I would extend that to late 80's) being better with tech than others. It was that perfect time where everything first came out and we had to figure out how to use it. I'm surprised by how non-tech savvy a lot of teens and young adults are now.
Don't mess with the kids who grew up with DOS, Windows 3.1, Windows 95, dial-up modems, and non plug-and-play components. We had to learn computers the hard way and we have a bunch of dead overclocked CPUs to prove it. Those are the guys and gals who can look at a piece of software and just figure it out because if you could figure out the UI for WordPerfect and debug the IRQ assignments for your Soundblaster and video card so you can launch Star Wars Dark Forces you can do anything.
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No and it is because wholesome content doesn't get clicks. Hate to say it but that is media now a days even the news. If it is not tragic it gets buried, if it is not controversial it gets buried. Sad state that we have here.
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So tired of this "boomers are clueless" bullshít. I've been building and setting up computers since before most of the BP staff were even alive.
Those who go on about boomers not getting tech...think about when Bill Gates and Steve Jobs were born. Boomers INVENTED the tech that you use today. I'm 60 and a programmer, and way better at "tech" that most youngsters who never had to deal with DOS. Some people get tech, some don't. This story has nothing to do with tech or age - just an unprofessional person who will ruin their future career by being petty. That can be, but never should be, anyone.
Enough of this boomer s**t. I fixed the whole thing: "I perceived myself as slighted by a person (with no evidence) and hated them as a result so bagged on them a lot, they got made redundant (probably because of said bagging) and fought back in a stupid but kind of understandable way by deleting stuff because they knew it was me, so I stuck the boot in and still laugh over it 10 years later, I call them boomer karen because it temporarily covers hole in my soul, but actually I'm ageist, prejudiced, unempathetic, and still bitter if I'm honest with myself".
Yet other "boomers" invented tech and yes we still know what we are doing thanks. Some of the younger ones have no clues and think having an account on FB makes them the tech genius. No, it doesn't.
Exactly. They may know their way around a smart phone better than I do, but sit them down at an actual computer and they don't know anything beyond put the little arrow on the little picture and click it to make stuff happen.
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Me, born ‘74, my mate, born ‘62. Me, doodler of concert posters and t-shirts, him, computer science, IT geek, software developer, wrangler of all things digital, I dunno he earns ££££s building systems for companies and local government departments. I’m happy on an iPad or MacBook producing images for folk, I can do what I’d call the basics, he is a wizard who has magic at his bidding, in fact it’s witchcraft 😂. I’m 48, he’s 60. I grew up with computers in my school, he didn’t. Age is irrelevant, he’s adapted and enjoys it, I roll with the changes and I’ll hopefully keep up.
Please look up generation Jones on Wikipedia. We are not baby boomers. How come I'm the one explaining to my younger co-workers why double clicking on an HTML page inside of a zip folder doesn't load the HTML correctly? And I'm betting $50. You have no idea what I'm talking about.
Nice ageism. Good thing about young people saying c**p about old people: they eventually eat those words when they become old people too. And by the way, is Generation X being lumped in with Boomer? I thought Boomer referred to my parents generation, but it really seems to be a catch all for all old people or just everybody born in the 20th century. So be it. Boomer certainly is more catchy than whatever nightmare born out of Generation X. I just want to know if I need to stock up on Metamucil and Depends while waiting for the youth to push me out to pasture.
It’s always nice when bullies are bright down by their own actions and statement. Rare nice
Age has no bearing here. I do like the story and it's the company's fault for not having IT block access to the server before issuing those terminations. The company got what they deserved. Now they can pay a professional to come in and retrieve those deleted files because I'm betting no one on their IT team has that kind of knowledge. They're lucky she didn't delete more.
hell unless the sectors where written over with new data any free data recovery program would recover 100% of the files. unless the idiot knew how deletion works and used a secure deletion program such as file shredder that writes gibberish over the sectors as it deletes and repeats it a few times to scramble the sectors with useless 0s and 1s.
Boomer here. Me mate and their sister are in the same age cohort. Me mate and I were software engineers, and the sister oversaw computers at a major financial firm -- i.e. we're not cybernetically illiterate. Who designed and built the ubiquitous computer systems that power modern life? Why, it was ancient folk! Mostly over age thirty! Fossils! Oh, the irony! 8-) Meanwhile, I'm surprised the OP's shop didn't mandate daily data backups onto media that could not be readily erased, preferably on remote mass storage devices. They need to rethink security.
Why is ageism okay on Bored Panda? I was born in 1963 and run my own on line retail business. " Boomers don't know tech" is as inaccurate and damaging as "Gen Z could afford a home if they didn't drink Starbucks." People are individuals.
Totally agree. We’re well beyond the point where age determines technical acumen. I’ve worked with plenty of well educated Gen Z folks who can barely use basic Microsoft Office products.
Load More Replies... I agree with the statement about people born between 75-85 (although I would extend that to late 80's) being better with tech than others. It was that perfect time where everything first came out and we had to figure out how to use it. I'm surprised by how non-tech savvy a lot of teens and young adults are now.
Don't mess with the kids who grew up with DOS, Windows 3.1, Windows 95, dial-up modems, and non plug-and-play components. We had to learn computers the hard way and we have a bunch of dead overclocked CPUs to prove it. Those are the guys and gals who can look at a piece of software and just figure it out because if you could figure out the UI for WordPerfect and debug the IRQ assignments for your Soundblaster and video card so you can launch Star Wars Dark Forces you can do anything.
Load More Replies... No and it is because wholesome content doesn't get clicks. Hate to say it but that is media now a days even the news. If it is not tragic it gets buried, if it is not controversial it gets buried. Sad state that we have here.
Load More Replies... So tired of this "boomers are clueless" bullshít. I've been building and setting up computers since before most of the BP staff were even alive.
Those who go on about boomers not getting tech...think about when Bill Gates and Steve Jobs were born. Boomers INVENTED the tech that you use today. I'm 60 and a programmer, and way better at "tech" that most youngsters who never had to deal with DOS. Some people get tech, some don't. This story has nothing to do with tech or age - just an unprofessional person who will ruin their future career by being petty. That can be, but never should be, anyone.
Enough of this boomer s**t. I fixed the whole thing: "I perceived myself as slighted by a person (with no evidence) and hated them as a result so bagged on them a lot, they got made redundant (probably because of said bagging) and fought back in a stupid but kind of understandable way by deleting stuff because they knew it was me, so I stuck the boot in and still laugh over it 10 years later, I call them boomer karen because it temporarily covers hole in my soul, but actually I'm ageist, prejudiced, unempathetic, and still bitter if I'm honest with myself".
Yet other "boomers" invented tech and yes we still know what we are doing thanks. Some of the younger ones have no clues and think having an account on FB makes them the tech genius. No, it doesn't.
Exactly. They may know their way around a smart phone better than I do, but sit them down at an actual computer and they don't know anything beyond put the little arrow on the little picture and click it to make stuff happen.
Load More Replies... Me, born ‘74, my mate, born ‘62. Me, doodler of concert posters and t-shirts, him, computer science, IT geek, software developer, wrangler of all things digital, I dunno he earns ££££s building systems for companies and local government departments. I’m happy on an iPad or MacBook producing images for folk, I can do what I’d call the basics, he is a wizard who has magic at his bidding, in fact it’s witchcraft 😂. I’m 48, he’s 60. I grew up with computers in my school, he didn’t. Age is irrelevant, he’s adapted and enjoys it, I roll with the changes and I’ll hopefully keep up.
Please look up generation Jones on Wikipedia. We are not baby boomers. How come I'm the one explaining to my younger co-workers why double clicking on an HTML page inside of a zip folder doesn't load the HTML correctly? And I'm betting $50. You have no idea what I'm talking about.
Nice ageism. Good thing about young people saying c**p about old people: they eventually eat those words when they become old people too. And by the way, is Generation X being lumped in with Boomer? I thought Boomer referred to my parents generation, but it really seems to be a catch all for all old people or just everybody born in the 20th century. So be it. Boomer certainly is more catchy than whatever nightmare born out of Generation X. I just want to know if I need to stock up on Metamucil and Depends while waiting for the youth to push me out to pasture.
It’s always nice when bullies are bright down by their own actions and statement. Rare nice
Age has no bearing here. I do like the story and it's the company's fault for not having IT block access to the server before issuing those terminations. The company got what they deserved. Now they can pay a professional to come in and retrieve those deleted files because I'm betting no one on their IT team has that kind of knowledge. They're lucky she didn't delete more.
hell unless the sectors where written over with new data any free data recovery program would recover 100% of the files. unless the idiot knew how deletion works and used a secure deletion program such as file shredder that writes gibberish over the sectors as it deletes and repeats it a few times to scramble the sectors with useless 0s and 1s.
Boomer here. Me mate and their sister are in the same age cohort. Me mate and I were software engineers, and the sister oversaw computers at a major financial firm -- i.e. we're not cybernetically illiterate. Who designed and built the ubiquitous computer systems that power modern life? Why, it was ancient folk! Mostly over age thirty! Fossils! Oh, the irony! 8-) Meanwhile, I'm surprised the OP's shop didn't mandate daily data backups onto media that could not be readily erased, preferably on remote mass storage devices. They need to rethink security.
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