Tick Tock, Boomer

Thank you, Mike R., Scottsdale, AZ and Valerie Lee T., Wilsonville, OR for your reviews of Pinnacle Peak in Scottsdale, AZ. 

Okay, you guys, sorry your dinner wasn’t satisfactory but this is the Yelp page for a hike. I see this happen from time to time, but I truly don’t understand how this happens. Though I have experienced it firsthand as my father used to have Facebook. 

We were once chatting on Facebook Messenger when the conversation stopped, and I got a notification about a comment on a photo I’d posted in 2009. It said something along the lines of “I’m heading to the market now, I’ll call you tomorrow. Nice chatting with you. Love, D.” This (and possibly the signing off of messages that are clearly from him) is what I believe to be a generational issue. 

To be a little helpful rather than just critical, here are a couple of things you could have looked for to make sure you were in the right place: 

There are 181 total reviews on this page; maybe check out a few of the 179 that aren’t either of yours. Or perhaps, scroll through any of the photos shared by other reviewers. If all else fails, maybe the heading of the page itself, “Pinnacle Peak,” the subheadings directly underneath, “Hiking, Parks,” on top of (again) photos of this hike might have tipped you off. 

As a millennial, the use of computers and the internet started in late elementary school/early middle school, which I realize is probably significantly earlier in my life than it was for you. But I also know my place, and this is why I, not a member of Gen Z, do not use TikTok. That app is confusing as all heck, so I don’t even bother opening it. Easy peasy. I don’t even know what I’m missing, and the world is not missing out on whatever I'd have to say on there.

It guess this wouldn’t bother me so much if the people (you, Mike R. and Valerie Lee T.) responsible for these misguided posts weren’t the same demographic whose majority has now voted twice for a President who is trying to strip me and my future children of all of our rights, none of which they will be alive to witness or stand trial for. So, sorry that I ask that they take a little more time to “get with the program.” 

As the kids say, “Okay, Boomer.” 

One out of five stars. 

See you next Tuesday.