there are always exceptions, you might have been willing to give a chance to the late 40s worker, but that does not mean everybody does.<p>It would be like saying &quot;gender discrimination probably does exist, but I am willing to bet it&#x27;s because the person does not fit within the broculture that they are not hired&quot;<p>If you have never experience discrimination you have been very lucky, but it does not mean it does not exist, and all the many articles about it would not have been written if it was not something that&#x27;s going on.