Gen Z Workers Say Boomer Employees Are 'Tech-Shaming' Them: 'It Makes Me Feel Silly'They might be able to film and edit TikToks with ease, but don't ask them how to use a printer.

Usually, it's younger generations that have an easier time withtechnology— they grew up with it, after all.

But older tech equipment is proving the exception to the rule in offices across the U.S. SomeGen Zworkers, frustrated by cumbersome printers and fax machines, are accusing theirBoomercolleagues of being less-than-understanding — even "tech-shaming" them,The New York Postreported.

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According torecent datafrom Hewlett Packard, "One in five young office workers feel judged when experiencing tech issues" — a phenomenon that has become known as tech-shaming, per thePost.

It's worth noting that laser printers first broke the "street price barrier" (they were made available for about $1,000) whenHewlett Packardintroduced its model in 1990, perMIT— nearly a decade beforeGen Zers were born.

"Whenever I can't get the printer at my job to work my older colleagues laugh at me in good fun. It makes me feel silly," Megan Whittaker, a 29-year-old social worker from Brooklyn, told thePost.

OtherGen Zworkers reported similar stories to the outlet: feeling bewildered by scanners and fax machines while their older co-workers have no problem navigating them.

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"My friends and I joke that printers are [run] by Boomers — if it was up to us, everything would be a lot different with a much better interface," Randall Wade, a 26-year-old IT worker from Alabama, told thePost.