Age roll call

[Jay Pritchard]

Out of curiosity, I'm 49 years old. How old are you?

 

[Proud Prepper]

Older than 20 younger than 80.

 

[jimLE]

younger then the big bang theory. and older then dirt..

 

[lonewolf]

old enough to know better, young enough not to care.

 

[DrHenley]

Old as dirt.

You don't even have to ask, BTW. Just click on my avatar...

 

[Jay Pritchard]

Ok, time for a little explanation.

I work with a bunch of melenals. Aka. Cry baby, helicopter parented, helmeted, pansies. That call in sick, for A HANGOVER!!!! That don't want a job where they might get dirty, or break q sweat. Who believe man buns are cool, men's rompers are in. And give guys with beards a bad name.

I didn't want to make anyone mad!!

 

[DrHenley]

What do you expect when the universities give them "safe spaces" where they can feel all cuddly and not have to face the cold hard realities of the world until they graduate?

BTW, I have two millennial kids. But they weren't pampered...

 

[Mountain trapper]

Ok. I'll go first. I'm 61. Never been pampered, except when I paid for it, and certainly not "privileged".

 

[Petoski]

Ok, time for a little explanation.

I work with a bunch of melenals. Aka. Cry baby, helicopter parented, helmeted, pansies. That call in sick, for A HANGOVER!!!! That don't want a job where they might get dirty, or break q sweat. Who believe man buns are cool, men's rompers are in. And give guys with beards a bad name.

I didn't want to make anyone mad!!

"man buns" haa. That made choke on my cup of tea.

 

[Maverick]

I'll be 66 this summer. Wife turned 50 not long ago and she has a lot of millennial's come through her lab at the university, she has such kind words. I had a little nameplate engraved with 'Leave your pampers outside' to put on her desk, she laughed and said no so it sets on her desk at home as a paper weight

 

[Petoski]

I'll be 66 this summer. Wife turned 50 not long ago and she has a lot of millennial's come through her lab at the university, she has such kind words. I had a little nameplate engraved with 'Leave your pampers outside' to put on her desk, she laughed and said no so it sets on her desk at home as a paper weight

Probably best she leaves it at home. It'll only make the millennials cry.

 

[tmttactical]

Late, very late 60ies. Old enough to be very dangerous. Raised my sons with work ethics. They know what the real world is and how to deal with it, no safe spaces for them. Glad I am retired, I could not deal with the cry babies. I started my retirement paper work when HR told me I should find a way to motivate my employees. I told HR, I figured the pay check was the motivator. Keeping or advancing in my career was always my motivation.

 

[Jay Pritchard]

"man buns" haa. That made choke on my cup of tea.

I have multiple pocket knives, or multi tools I rotate and carry on a daily basis I have to restrain myself from cutting them off.

 

[Jay Pritchard]

Probably best she leaves it at home. It'll only make the millennials cry.

No, it will offend one then they will have to go to their safe place!!

 

[jontte]

53,but still able to take part in some nice activities with my reserve buddies.

 

[tmttactical]

In my day a "Man Bun" was some guy with a good looking tush.

 

[DrPrepper1]

I understand your frustration. I work with them too. One girl is pregnant. She called out sick for Braxton Hicks contractions ( there is no pain involved with this).
Another one has a set of twins that she doesn’t know who the father is. She is constantly on her cell phone. She has had 3 men take a paternity test. The third time was a charm. Last week, she asked to borrow a coworkers credit card (coworker is age age 52) so she could pay her student loan and said she would give her the money to pay her credit card . I thought the older coworker was going to lose her religion
Let’s just say the answer was an instant, NO!
Another one drove across state line to meet a man she met on line (she paid for a hotel) and was upset that her broke things off with her shortly afterwards. They all eat out for lunch every day. They complain they are broke. They complain of student loans... yet they all have their hair and nails done. The same girl that met the man at a hotel across state lines drives a car that smokes from lack of power steering fluid and something else... so she rented a car to go on the trip. She tried to get a new car loan, but was denied. She was told she needed a bigger down payment. The next week, she spent $200 on her hair. Of course you can’t say anything about leaving your pampers outside I like that one. So I just stand there in silence and blink.. I am sure they think I am the idiot.

 

[Jay Pritchard]

I understand your frustration. I work with them too. One girl is pregnant. She called out sick for Braxton Hicks contractions ( there is no pain involved with this).
Another one has a set of twins that she doesn’t know who the father is. She is constantly on her cell phone. She has had 3 men take a paternity test. The third time was a charm. Last week, she asked to borrow a coworkers credit card (coworker is age age 52) so she could pay her student loan and said she would give her the money to pay her credit card . I thought the older coworker was going to lose her religion
Let’s just say the answer was an instant, NO!
Another one drove across state line to meet a man she met on line (she paid for a hotel) and was upset that her broke things off with her shortly afterwards. They all eat out for lunch every day. They complain they are broke. They complain of student loans... yet they all have their hair and nails done. The same girl that met the man at a hotel across state lines drives a car that smokes from lack of power steering fluid and something else... so she rented a car to go on the trip. Of course you can’t say anything about leaving your pampers outside I like that one. So I just stand there in silence and blink.. I am sure they think I am the idiot.

We have one that likes to have family emergencies at least once a week. Cannot get to work on time to save her life. Another whom cannot find her backside with both hands, is 23 and still lives at home with mommy and daddy. Mommy works at another location, where daughter has a personality conflict with some one she steps in and raises heck. Mind you the girl is a wast of space. Then there are those still in college.......

 

[tmttactical]

I saw the writing on the wall and got out as soon as I could. I have no patience for stupid, lazy and emotional insecure.

 

[Maverick]

I’m just glad I’m somewhat sheltered from all this, the only time I deal with the young folks when I go to town at the hardware, coop, lumber mill etc.. I’ve had small issues and that’s mainly dealing money mainly change. I’ve had issues with a few working for me bucking hay that’s not understanding manual labor but almost all my education regarding these young people are from the wife, news and online crap like YouTube. I had more issues with the parents who I swear were de-educated who would have been better off if they would’ve graduated in the sixth grade than 3 years of college.

 

[Mountain trapper]

When I came back to the US to work after many years of working overseas I had to attend classes on how to manage American workers. I couldn't believe how far down hill the American worker has gone in this country. Then later I had to take classes on how to manage "millennial" employees. They were supposed to be treated special. Coming to work on time wasn't a high priority for them, they needed more personal time off. I said that I would treat everyone equally, young or old. Period. This was the beginning of the end for me. I retired early and have never been happier.
Except now with construction on the house I'm dealing with these babies again. By US standards I have a fairly decent crew now, after firing quite a few. They still don't come to work on time and almost always leave early. Construction on the house is going on 8 months now and we'll be lucky if it's finished by June.

 

[DrHenley]

In the IT departments of two different companies, I had people under me that would never have cut the mustard when I was their age. One guy would disappear for days, one time for weeks with no word. I did not have the power to hire and fire at that time and I could not believe my boss let the guy back in the building. Then later I had a guy that was so irresponsible I had to make a daily checklist of things he was supposed to do. He would check things off the list whether he did them or not. We were finding things he screwed up for years after he left. He was a "protected species" however (disability) and we had to let him hoist himself on his own petard. He quit then tried to back out of quitting... Hasta la vista, Baby!

 

[lonewolf]

time keeping was always my strong suit when I was employed, you'd have got fired if you kept keeping arriving late, shows how standards have slipped. beside if they don't work the number of hours they are paid for it amounts to fraud.

 

[banjobart]

65 and 10 months to go to SS and IRA. I work alone so I have avoided the above mentioned problems with youngsters. Our daughter is 32 and I would vote for her in a heartbeat of she ran for Prez. She's my hero.

 

[DrHenley]

Our daughter is 32 and I would vote for her in a heartbeat of she ran for Prez. She's my hero.

Same here.

 

[KateMTx]

We have one that likes to have family emergencies at least once a week. Cannot get to work on time to save her life. Another whom cannot find her backside with both hands, is 23 and still lives at home with mommy and daddy. Mommy works at another location, where daughter has a personality conflict with some one she steps in and raises heck. Mind you the girl is a wast of space. Then there are those still in college.......

I deal with those types on a daily basis. There's always something going on, always a reason why they were late - traffic, the dog, the kids, the car, a train, they forgot something - it goes on and on. Every week there's another emergency that of course just came up at the last minute. The truly terrible ones just don't show up one day and we never hear from them again.
I'm a millennial and I don't understand it. Sure, people who work deserve to get paid; they earned that money. But they don't deserve things. No one deserves things. You have to buy things with money and if you want money you have to work. It's a concept that it seems some of my millennial friends got to this age without ever being taught.
It's true the cost increase of some things has exceeded the wage increase over time, but I feel like we also just spend on a lot more things that we consider "needs" when they are really "wants." I have friends and coworkers who have bought things like apple watches and nice cars when they had only recently told me how they were getting on a budget and outlined their (actually reasonable) plan for financial stability.

 

[user 7704]

I just turned 60, but don't feel a day over 59.