OT - Employers can't get help

Discussion in 'The Bench' started by John Codman, Oct 5, 2019.

  1. John Stevens

    John Stevens Well-Known Member

    I'd take that bet. My son born in '96 graduated high school, achevied Eagle scout, has worked 3-jobs at one time, recived a degree in criminal justice & is currently living/working in Austin Texas. My daughter born in '97 graduated high school, had a job her senior year of high school & all thru college, received a degree in teaching and is currently in her first year teaching this year. Neither of my kids smoke or have any drug issues. Ask anyone that knows us in the "Buick world" what they think of our kids. Don't blame vaccines, its parenting or the lack of.
     
  2. scubasteve455

    scubasteve455 Well-Known Member

  3. scubasteve455

    scubasteve455 Well-Known Member

    Yes John Well said. Congratulation. Good Parent.Good kids love that.
     
  4. scubasteve455

    scubasteve455 Well-Known Member

    I’m a Great Dad. But not Great parent. My kids 12 - 32 age span. I’ve had tough times. But they made it this far. And now they tell me i’m the best Dad. But that don’t mean Best Parent.
     
  5. 436'd Skylark

    436'd Skylark Sweet Fancy Moses!!!!!

    This is not a generational issue. It's always been this way. Most folks don't develop a strong work ethic until they grow up some, settle down and learn how the world works. All you old guys remember yourself as the cream of the crop but forget how many times you showed up to work with a headache from the night before in your 20s.
     
  6. BUICKRAT

    BUICKRAT Got any treats?

    Speak for yourself, Joe. I may have had a hangover, but still made it to work on time. Todays young folk wont even show up for work if they have a headache, nor will they call in. Just no show. I never said I was the cream of the crop, but if we didn't do our job we were fired, screamed at etc. FWIW, I started working at 12 years old, 2 paper routes, raked the neighbors leaves and mowed lawns etc, as did all of my friends. Signed up at the town library for summer yard work. A snow day was a cash cow for us, we would go around the neighborhood knocking on doors and shoveling driveways. I don't see any of todays youth doing those thing. My work ethic was developed by the time I was 13 years old, and by 18 had my own apartment, job, car, and didn't rely on my folks for support.

    Yes, it is generational.
     
  7. 436'd Skylark

    436'd Skylark Sweet Fancy Moses!!!!!

    Right. I bet you were working full speed when hungover too...:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

    Yeah I did all that same stuff to. You dont see me wearing it as a badge honor.
     
  8. BUICKRAT

    BUICKRAT Got any treats?

    Maybe not for the first half hour or so, but by then my bosses would sweat it out of me, by 9am, full speed, by 3pm, ready to party all night again.

    If you did all the same stuff, and this young generation does not, how is it not generational?

    Also, do not put words in my mouth. I don't wear it as a badge, I am simply pointing out the difference between the youth of today and the youth of the past. I would love it if some kids came around my neighborhood to rake leaves and mow lawns and such, but they are all too busy sitting indoors on their phones or gameboys, not learning how to be productive members of society.
    Peace.
     
  9. John Codman

    John Codman Platinum Level Contributor

    The older generations are always disappointed in the younger generation. Each successive generation has different goals, aspirations, likes, and dislikes then their elders. My father disapproved of the music that I listened to (Rock and Roll) that when I was ten, he sat me down and delivered a lecture on the evils of Rock and Roll music in general and Elvis Presley in particular; he said that Rock and Roll would be the end of America. I think he really believed what he was saying. If he could have read my mind during all this he would have had a stroke. I'm not a Bill Gates, but overall I think that I turned out OK, and I still like early Rock and Roll music.and America is still here.
     
  10. BUICKRAT

    BUICKRAT Got any treats?

    John, you are right, America is still here, and I love rock and roll as much as anyone else, but, in hindsight, I realise that rock music is nowhere near as mentally stimulating as Handel or Bach. Yes, America is still here, but is becoming a shell of its former self. Fewer and fewer kids enlist in the service, fewer and fewer have a desire to succeed, and each generation gets lazier. Try finding someone to work in the trades. For every one that enters the trades, 42 retire (from a study done 10 years ago). Trade schools are having a hard time enrolling enough students to fill classes. The last asset student I hired (through the work-study program)was one of 50 or so in his class, only 3 of them made it to graduation, and of those three, only one is working that trade(automotive technology). The other two made it halfway through the first winter, and quit to work the parts counter at advance auto parts. A good dealer tech can make 70k+ a year, but it's hard work, and not many want to do it.
     
  11. John Codman

    John Codman Platinum Level Contributor

    I have loads of records - Rock and Roll, a little country, big band, folk rock. but the very first LP that I ever purchased was LaGazza Ladra by Rossini. I still have it.
     
  12. 68Rivi_In_Cali

    68Rivi_In_Cali Well-Known Member


    Exactly my thoughts. Times change, different issues will arise and will be overcome using different methods. Times just change wether we like it or not. Hell I'm sure I'm going to be shaking my cane and fist at the next generation.
     

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