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Originally Posted by DAVES
In terms of people we tend to blame others. There is that song,Why can't they be like we were. Reality I was not at all perfect. Millennials and fault. Good or bad it is our fault WE BROUGHT THEM INTO THE WORLD and they were born innocent.
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I remember a talk that my parents had with each one of us when we reached an age where we'd be looking for work (summer work, about age 14 or so). It went something like this: "No matter who you work for, remember that you agreed to work for the wage that they are paying, and no matter what that wage is, you do the best job you're capable of". Wisdom born of the depression, I think, but still; one of the most valuable pieces of parental advice that I've ever received, and one that has served me well throughout life.
Today it seems that there are many folks, in my experience mainly under (say) 35, who flat-out refuse to work at a job that they consider beneath them. If they have alternatives to that particular type of work that do not take advantage of others, then I have no problem with it. But many of them don't. One young guy that I know personally, a law school graduate age about 24, flatly refuses to do any job that he considers menial, preferring instead to live with (and sponge off) his grandparents. It has been that way for three years so far. He lives in a town that has numerous job openings in the $12-$15 per hour range, but he won't even consider them. So grandma and grandpa support, feed--and of course--enable him. Unconscionable. But even more unconscionable are those young folks who use Joe Taxpayer as a substitute for enabling grandparents. I know several who think nothing of sitting at home and collecting either extended unemployment or welfare benefits to finance their indolent life style. I cannot help but think that had that been anyone of my age group, the parental advice that would have been dispensed would have been "don't let the door hit you in the a__ on your way out!"
I don't disagree about whose fault it is, but that is irrelevant at this time. Figuring out the causes of this problem doesn't fix it. The best thing we as a society could do at this point is to force the issue: if you're able to work, then work. No job is too menial if the alternative is taking advantage of others--be those "others" friends, family, or Joe Taxpayer.
Unfortunately, our society doesn't seem to have the will for that.