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Originally Posted by plastroncafe
I don't think exercising one's First Amendment rights, nor demanding a living wage to be a sign of generational fragility.
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On Day One. With no life or "real" work experience. They deserve the same as someone who's put time in every day for ten or more years. "Because they want it and therefore deserve it."
No, that's not how any of this works. Nor should it ever.
I've been at my current job for nearly ten years. My boss is super-strict about hiring people, as this business is highly competitive. Most kids under 25 who call for work, the first question they ask is "What can you pay me?" He doesn't call them back and throws their resumes in the trash. Because before they even talk about what experience or credentials they have, or what they can provide to our company, so we can continue operating and marketing ourselves as a high-level, Gold-standard operation, all they want to talk about, right from the start, is "What can YOU do for ME?" Right out of school, no experience in the field, but someone told them they CAN make $50,000 a year or so, thus, they feel that they deserve all that simply by showing up. And they're aghast when someone tells them to hit the bricks and try Dairy Queen instead.
It's not at all the same as the topic, BUT, it is an example of the entitlement that permeates the current crop. It's not THAT different from, "This girl didn't like me, I'm gonna shoot her." Obviously, it IS dramatically different in one sense; in another, broader sense, it's still, "I want something. The fact that I want it, means I deserve it. If I don't get it, it's someone else's fault, and they're gonna be sorry."
During my time in the wrestling business (my "other job"), one thing that was reinforced on the daily, over and over again, is "This life doesn't owe you sh*t, and this business definitely doesn't owe you sh*t. You put work in, you elevate if you deserve it. If you don't deserve it, you don't get booked. If your attitude sucks, you won't get booked. If you act like you deserve a 'spot' just for walking in the door, you don't get booked again EVER. Working, and being paid, is a privilege, NOT a right."
And that's the truth! It's always been the truth! But now, because it's "hard" and "unfair", people demand everything handed to them immediately upon graduating. Someone told them they can get a Free Ride at life. Like I said in an earlier post, when you lie to kids like that, and tell them someone's always gonna give them everything they want, you're gonna get a group of entitled, self-absorbed "kids" instead of grown-ups.
It would be nice if everyone everywhere had enough cash in their pockets to get by, yeah. I've been poor on-and-off more often than most people, it sucks. But that's life. You swim harder to reach the shore, or you drown. You don't go around demanding life preservers just because you were born.
Now, have I met and worked with kids (meaning under-25) who were hard-working go-getters, eager to put in the work and patiently climb the ladder? Absolutely! But even they'll tell you, they are the exception and not the rule.
Perhaps other people have had different experience working with and dealing with the younger crowd. But this is MY experience, and it's been consistent.
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So far, I like this BartAllen guy. That's odd, because I generally hate everyone. Just something about the logic, I'unno. He's pretty quick.
..."Fastest Man Alive"...? Hmmm... I'unno. But so far, so good.