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Published March 9, 2021, 7:33 AM
Geneva Cruz
Ageism as is defined in Wikipedia as “stereotyping and/or discrimination against individuals or groups on the basis of their age.” If you are an ageist, you are an individual that shuns or discriminates people because they have aged.
I remember having met an ageist. She was a frontliner checking the records before you take the swab test at Red Cross in Mandaluyong. She asked for my code that was emailed to me so I could take the swab test.
When she saw the fonts of my phone she laughed and said: “Grabe naman sa fonts, it’s so gigantic.” I just kept quiet because I felt she was not worth the energy for me to explain that when she reaches 40 she will have to increase her font size in her phone as well. But I was hurt with her comment. I also could have called the Philippine Red Cross Chairman Richard “Dick” Gordon and filed a complaint since I am a Red Cross ambassadress but again, I did not want to spend excess energy on