GYPSYs

[Ruffy]

I thought the unicorns were a nice touch

Why Generation Y Yuppies Are Unhappy | Wait But Why (http://waitbutwhy.com/2013/09/why-generation-y-yuppies-are-unhappy.html)

[Sea Six]

That...



was awesome.

[Kerrmudgeon]

That should be handed out in every school in the nation. It's about time kids stopped listening to their deluded parent who think THEIR kid is superior to everyone else's. :thumbs:

[Rob]

That should be handed out in every school in the nation. It's about time kids stopped listening to their deluded parent who think THEIR kid is superior to everyone else's. :thumbs:

:iagree: that was a good read

[Jeff '79]

I just e-mailed that to the stupid 29 yr old blonde chick at work.
She needs a dose of that.

That...

Was awesome

[Hoog]

That's a lot about the sense of entitlement, and not much about who gave them the sense of entitlement.

[sanchez]

The boomers have no room to bitch about anything. The run everything now and have raised gen Y. The current state of affairs is their doing.

[DAB]

I mostly had dirt and weeds for a long time.

I may not be the richest guy in the room, but I bet I'm the happiest. :dance:

[mike100]

I just had a related conversation with my neighbor about this-

Young people these days haven't had as much exposure to a shit job or a part-time gig after work during their school years so can't appreciate a regular job until they've had a bad one.

That, and grown adults competition into the kinds of work teenagers used to handle.

[Datawiz]

:hurray:

[Ruffy]

This turned into my life story but...

I was one of these people when I entered the real world after college. I did work shit jobs before graduating. Two weeks after graduation, I found myself in a cube farm in the DC Metro area working as a "data analyst" which was basically nothing more than glorified data entry. My job was not fulfilling as I was lead to believe a job should and it paid what I considered to be a shitty wage. I started looking for a new job within 6 months.

After 2 years and 1500-2000 resumé submissions, I packed up and took a supervisory job at a poultry slaughter plant in Arkansas since they were the only ones who would hire someone with no real experience. I performed very well there but grew impatient. After 1.5 years there, I also thought that I was entitled to bigger and better things.

I took a job in the Pacific Northwest as a department head at 26. The position was open because people who were really qualified knew better than to take it. I never questioned why they would hire a supervisor with only 1.5 years experience to run/build a department.

The company was in serious trouble. The owner was as crooked as a dog's hind leg and my position in the company would potentially leave me on the hook for the company's legal issues. I walked out of that job after 11 Months. A few years later, a bankruptcy court judge kicked the owner out and appointed a trustee to salvage what they could. At the time they filed for bankruptcy, they owed somewhere between $100 and $500 million.

That's the first time I ever really got an understanding of the real world. Shakespeare wrote "Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown." In order to translate that to the masses, Biggie Smalls said "Mo Money Mo Problems."

After that experience, I took a sizable cut in pay and went back to learn all the things I thought I knew.

These days, my career goals are pretty modest. I work my damnedest to demonstrate my value to my company in hopes that I could hold onto this job until I retire in 35 years or so. That may be an unrealistic goal given that job security is a thing of the past but it certainly keeps things in perspective.

[Burro (He/Haw)]

That's a lot about the sense of entitlement, and not much about who gave them the sense of entitlement.
Hush yo mouth! Don't piss on the parade here!

:cert:

[CP]

Didn't they mean to talk about Gen X?

[Sea Six]

Didn't they mean to talk about Gen X?

No.

I'm generation x and I share absolutely none of the characteristics described in the OP.

[Hoog]

Not all gen y'ers are as described either. Jesus man, it isn't all about you...

[99 pewtercoupe]

I just e-mailed that to the stupid 29 yr old blonde chick at work.
She needs a dose of that.

That...

Was awesome

Will be waiting to hear about your Monday AM call from the HR depatment about how you "harrrassed" her. :lol:

[DAB]

some might look at me and say i was lucky.

those same people didn't see me drag my butt to an office for 8 years doing a boring job, nor traveling for 8 years, rising at 4am, not getting home until midnight (and paid for 8 hours).....

in general, jobs suck, otherwise, they wouldn't have to pay you to do them.

[Sea Six]

As long as you're young, and you've got your health, what would you want with a job?

:dunno:

[Datawiz]

No.

I'm generation x and I share absolutely none of the characteristics described in the OP.

Me too. 100% agree. :yesnod:

That being said, I still believe a large % of our generation are still slackers. Just not entitled slackers.

[Sea Six]

in general, jobs suck, otherwise, they wouldn't have to pay you to do them.

Law enforcement sucks, but I did six years without ever taking a single paycheck.

[Burro (He/Haw)]

That being said, I still believe a large % of our generation are still slackers. Just not entitled slackers.
What is your generation? I'm at the tail end of the boomers. We were generally considered to be the '46-'64 birth year people.

[Datawiz]

What is your generation? I'm at the tail end of the boomers. We were generally considered to be the '46-'64 birth year people.

My wife is in the same generation as you. She was born in '62. I was born in '68.

[Jeff '79]

Will be waiting to hear about your Monday AM call from the HR depatment about how you "harrrassed" her. :lol:

I didn't direct it at her per se', I just told her to read it, and that there would be a test on it on Monday.

[Bill]

I didn't direct it at her per se', I just told her to read it, and that there would be a test on it on Monday.

Unless you sent it out as a mass e-mail blast to all your coworkers, then yeah, you did direct it at her, and if she gets her panties wadded over it, you will most probably be speaking with the nice lady in HR at some point.

I miss the days when harassing coworkers was considered a graded sport, not a no tolerance no-no. *sigh*

[Jeff '79]

Unless you sent it out as a mass e-mail blast to all your coworkers, then yeah, you did direct it at her, and if she gets her panties wadded over it, you will most probably be speaking with the nice lady in HR at some point.

I miss the days when harassing coworkers was considered a graded sport, not a no tolerance no-no. *sigh*

I think that we have enough e-mails saved from each other that HR would be a non- event . A non-happening, anyway.
She sends stuff that could be construed as grounds for firing, but you don't see me running down there narcing on her.
This is nothing as far as I'm concerned. She's not too stupid to not know what it means though:D

[Jeff '79]

Unless you sent it out as a mass e-mail blast to all your coworkers, then yeah, you did direct it at her, and if she gets her panties wadded over it, you will most probably be speaking with the nice lady in HR at some point.

I miss the days when harassing coworkers was considered a graded sport, not a no tolerance no-no. *sigh*

If this chop didn't send me to the chopping block, then I don't think that a sane article like that one will.

[99 pewtercoupe]

I hear you and understand. I used to have a crazy, smart, fun young woman that reported to me who you could say anything to her and she would throw it back with the best of them. I really enjoyed having her in my department.
Problem is, all she has to do is change her mind about what is fun. If she does, the deck is stacked against you regardless of what she may have said previously. The onus is on you. Even if you are cleared, there will be a stigma attached to it. I was lucky in that she left for another job. She still sends me some pretty outrageous texts but at least she doesn't work for the company anymore so there is no boss/employee relationship to worry about.

All I'm saying is that as long as she stays cool with it, you're good.

[Jeff '79]

I hear you and understand. I used to have a crazy, smart, fun young woman that reported to me who you could say anything to her and she would throw it back with the best of them. I really enjoyed having her in my department.
Problem is, all she has to do is change her mind about what is fun. If she does, the deck is stacked against you regardless of what she may have said previously. The onus is on you. Even if you are cleared, there will be a stigma attached to it. I was lucky in that she left for another job. She still sends me some pretty outrageous texts but at least she doesn't work for the company anymore so there is no boss/employee relationship to worry about.

All I'm saying is that as long as she stays cool with it, you're good.

Ya, I certainly hear what you're saying, and I sure do have a line that I don't cross.
I figure that if I have a computer full of emails that she has initiated, then that's proof enough that that's the type of relationship that we have cultivated. I'm her equal, not her boss btw.
But ya, I hear you loud and clear..
I'll now erase that pic...:D

[Bill]

Ya, I certainly hear what you're saying, and I sure do have a line that I don't cross.
I figure that if I have a computer full of emails that she has initiated, then that's proof enough that that's the type of relationship that we have cultivated. I'm her equal, not her boss btw.
But ya, I hear you loud and clear..
I'll now erase that pic...:D

You are familiar with PM? I think you know what to do.

:dance:





Edit: OK, I just now stopped laughing! Thanks, got it.

[Jeff '79]

You are familiar with PM? I think you know what to do.

:dance:





Edit: OK, I just now stopped laughing! Thanks, got it.

Wait, that was the wrong one...