Self-proclaimed 'old coots' set up a booth at farmer's market to give free life advice
When the going gets a little rough in life, you’d always want a piece of advice from the ‘right’ people. We are talking about those who managed to weather the storm of their life and come back tenfolds stronger.
Oftentimes, we tend to seek advice from family members or friends. However, there would be times when they don’t have a say about something simply because they haven’t experienced everything yet.
Just like what most people say, experience is the best teacher, and there is nobody else in this world who have tons of experience other than elderly people.
If you badly need some piece of advice and know nobody to get it from, then you might want to visit this group of elderly people from Salt Lake City, Utah.
This circle of senior citizen friends gathers regularly and talks about life like they know it all. They also jokingly claimed that they have solved the problems of the world. So, to no surprise, they’ve decided to share their intelligence with the rest of the world by setting up a booth at a local farmers’ market where they offer live advice, free-of-charge.
“We were sitting outside, bored stiff from talking to each other, and I said, ‘You know what? I’m going to get us a booth across the street at the farmers market, where we can give advice.’” said the group’s leader, Tony Caputo.
As soon as the rest of the group agreed to the clever idea, they all set a booth up and eventually called themselves “old coots”.
At first, they expected a poor response from the public, they even admitted that putting up a booth was just a “joke.” To their surprise, people came in one by one, and soon, it became a long line of people seeking, what they all expected to get – “life advice.”
“Old Coots Giving Advice — It’s Probably Bad Advice, But It’s Free.”
I don’t know what captured the people’s interest if it was the term “Old Coots”, “advice” or the word “free.” Soon enough, their booth became one of the most-visited booths in the local market.
You can ask Tony and the rest of the group anything under the sun, from extremely personal questions down to landscaping issues. They only have one rule in their booth, ask anything but nothing about politics and religion.
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“To be truthful, I’m not sure that any of us can claim to have much wisdom,” clarified by one of the members of the “Old Coots,” John Lesnan. “But it sure has been a lot of fun. Maybe all of us coots really do have more to offer than we thought.”
They also have a Facebook page for those out of state who want to ask for some advice.
When faced with difficult questions, they always resort to their sense of humor. The jokes are there, but sometimes, they also put their heart into answering some of the questions.
Oftentimes, they give out their “bad” advice to people to lighten up the mood which I think is the best quality of their booth.
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Their popularity spread like wildfire and soon, they got featured on local news channels, held podcasts, and they even became guests on famous television shows like Good Morning America.
Sadly, after midnight on March 10, 2021, Tony passed away at the age of 72. According to her daughter-in-law, it wasn’t COVID-19 but the cause of his death may be heart-related.
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