approached
Most definitely! Yesterday I was at a cosmetics store and not one sales person approached me. They only talk to young people. It's like I'm invisible.
Adjective
too small or unimportant to be considered
insignificant
Back when I was working, my male colleagues sometimes viewed me as irrelevant. Now that I'm retired a lot more people act like I'm insignificant.
treated
Wow, that's awful.... I never thought older people were treated that badly. I know our society is focused on acting and looking young... but still!
ageism
It's ageism -- happens a lot in the workplace. Hiring or tying benefits to someone's age instead of skill is just not acceptable in my humble (haha) opinion!
discrimination
Do you think communicating with managers and politicians makes any difference? We've gotta find a way to stop discrimination against older people and... you know what, really young people too :(((