"Respect your elders". This is a common phrase many of us heard from our parents or grandparents. In today's culture, we do anything but. This is evident in how the elderly are treated- or should I say mistreated- in nursing homes, in our medical system, on the phone with customer service agents, and in the grocery store. We live in an ageism culture where stereotyping and discriminating against individuals or groups on the basis of their age runs rampant. The workplace is now another channel …
