Generation Wuss and related crap
01-13-2017, 04:52 PM
#722
The flexibility section just translates to "if my employer always expects me to be connected via my phone for email, texts, and calls you can bet your *** I expect some time to take care of personal **** during "normal" work hours which no longer exist."
The smart technology piece about using social media at work on both a personal and business level was weird. I see boomers browsing facebook and Instagram at work Just as much as millennials. The only difference as far as technology is concerned is that millennials can pick up new systems much quicker than boomers.
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01-14-2017, 06:45 PM
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maybe the play spin the bottle like in school?
Oklahoma mother furious after she says her son was forced to kiss child during game at daycare | KFOR.com
Oklahoma mother furious after she says her son was forced to kiss child during game at daycare | KFOR.com
A mother is speaking out after she claims her son was forced to kiss another child following a game of 'spin the bottle' at his daycare.
A few months ago, Dominique Green said an inappropriate incident happened at her son’s daycare.
"I'm standing up for these children, because somebody needs to,” Green said.
Green said her friend sent her a video that was posted to the social media app 'Snapchat' by an employee at the Little Angels Daycare.
"She told me 'You know, I don't know if you're going to like this video. You know, it's really bad,'” Green said.
In the clip, you see the kids playing a game that appears to be 'spin the bottle.'
The caption reads “The girl is playing spin the bottle.”
Seconds later, Green’s 4-year-old son is seen kissing a young boy and the caption indicates they were being forced.
However, it’s unclear by whom.
Green said she immediately called the owner of the daycare.
"She said 'Well, I looked at it, and I don't see anything wrong.' So, from then on, she said I blew it out of proportion by calling the daycare,” Green said.
The incident was reported to the Department of Human Services.
DHS officials said, after the investigation, they substantiated the complaint as inappropriate/discipline.
According to DHS, one of the employees who was present at the time no longer works there and the other underwent some type of training.
A few months ago, Dominique Green said an inappropriate incident happened at her son’s daycare.
"I'm standing up for these children, because somebody needs to,” Green said.
Green said her friend sent her a video that was posted to the social media app 'Snapchat' by an employee at the Little Angels Daycare.
"She told me 'You know, I don't know if you're going to like this video. You know, it's really bad,'” Green said.
In the clip, you see the kids playing a game that appears to be 'spin the bottle.'
The caption reads “The girl is playing spin the bottle.”
Seconds later, Green’s 4-year-old son is seen kissing a young boy and the caption indicates they were being forced.
However, it’s unclear by whom.
Green said she immediately called the owner of the daycare.
"She said 'Well, I looked at it, and I don't see anything wrong.' So, from then on, she said I blew it out of proportion by calling the daycare,” Green said.
The incident was reported to the Department of Human Services.
DHS officials said, after the investigation, they substantiated the complaint as inappropriate/discipline.
According to DHS, one of the employees who was present at the time no longer works there and the other underwent some type of training.
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01-22-2017, 01:14 AM
#730
I don't really see this stuff in the real world. Perhaps it just isn't happening in Pennsylvania yet.
I was born in 1992, and have 2 boys. One is 7, and the other is 11 months. My biggest concern is the head snapping pace with which my oldest is coming home from school with questions about **** I was not prepared for him to learn about, like rape and racism. It was not discussed at school when I went, and it's not like it was all that long ago. Where is all that coming from? I didn't even know what these things were until much later, because it didn't exist. How come it's supposedly such an epidemic now?
Anyway, I suppose I am a part of what is now called the millennials, which was news to me. I was told I was Y or something in school. I haven't met people that behave this super self-entitled way in real life. We did in school I suppose, but it washed away rapidly when you had to actually make a living. It happened very quickly for myself- I was having a child and I had barely begun 10th grade, which I never finished. I've been endlessly told by older generations that I fucked up and ruined my life. I endlessly dealt with surprise that I was still with my sons mother, and actually raising my son! We taught him to read, and basic math well before school. He has sincerely commented that he is bored in school because he already knows the stuff they're teaching, like the alphabet for f's sake. I got a decent job and bought us a home; We had a surprise second child just as I had saved enough money to send my sons mother to college, which is all the more surprising because we used protection (you don't need to learn that lesson twice.)
I try very hard to keep that story short, because I say it only to point out that I'm not uncommon. I don't believe I'm an outlier- A lot of the people I went to school with are doing basically the same kind of stuff; Working, starting families, buying their first home. None of us really mention politics, other than occasional outrage when the Pentagon loses 125 BILLION ******* DOLLARS and it just slips by while mentally ill people are homeless and without aid that would be fixed many times over with just a fraction of that amount. My sons mother is in her second semester now (we're together, but we aren't married, and girlfriend sounds weird at this point 10 years in) and has heard basically no mention of this safe zone bullshit. I think they still keep their heads down because of the whole Sandusky thing.
I feel those are just very vocal jackasses with more access to an audience then previous generations have had. I've met way more close minded people that were twice my age than those that were close to my age. However, I don't travel that much, so I don't know first hand what's going on in the rest of the country. I'm at work, or I'm working on one of my cars- I don't hang out on social media and expose myself to that nonsense.
Side bar- I love this part of the forum. It's a self selecting group of real sophistication compared to people just screaming at each other I've come up against elsewhere. The discussion on minimum wage was what I was reading about an hour before my second son was born- I came back this morning to read the parts I didn't get to when he selfishly interrupted my reading with being born.
Kids these days.
I was born in 1992, and have 2 boys. One is 7, and the other is 11 months. My biggest concern is the head snapping pace with which my oldest is coming home from school with questions about **** I was not prepared for him to learn about, like rape and racism. It was not discussed at school when I went, and it's not like it was all that long ago. Where is all that coming from? I didn't even know what these things were until much later, because it didn't exist. How come it's supposedly such an epidemic now?
Anyway, I suppose I am a part of what is now called the millennials, which was news to me. I was told I was Y or something in school. I haven't met people that behave this super self-entitled way in real life. We did in school I suppose, but it washed away rapidly when you had to actually make a living. It happened very quickly for myself- I was having a child and I had barely begun 10th grade, which I never finished. I've been endlessly told by older generations that I fucked up and ruined my life. I endlessly dealt with surprise that I was still with my sons mother, and actually raising my son! We taught him to read, and basic math well before school. He has sincerely commented that he is bored in school because he already knows the stuff they're teaching, like the alphabet for f's sake. I got a decent job and bought us a home; We had a surprise second child just as I had saved enough money to send my sons mother to college, which is all the more surprising because we used protection (you don't need to learn that lesson twice.)
I try very hard to keep that story short, because I say it only to point out that I'm not uncommon. I don't believe I'm an outlier- A lot of the people I went to school with are doing basically the same kind of stuff; Working, starting families, buying their first home. None of us really mention politics, other than occasional outrage when the Pentagon loses 125 BILLION ******* DOLLARS and it just slips by while mentally ill people are homeless and without aid that would be fixed many times over with just a fraction of that amount. My sons mother is in her second semester now (we're together, but we aren't married, and girlfriend sounds weird at this point 10 years in) and has heard basically no mention of this safe zone bullshit. I think they still keep their heads down because of the whole Sandusky thing.
I feel those are just very vocal jackasses with more access to an audience then previous generations have had. I've met way more close minded people that were twice my age than those that were close to my age. However, I don't travel that much, so I don't know first hand what's going on in the rest of the country. I'm at work, or I'm working on one of my cars- I don't hang out on social media and expose myself to that nonsense.
Side bar- I love this part of the forum. It's a self selecting group of real sophistication compared to people just screaming at each other I've come up against elsewhere. The discussion on minimum wage was what I was reading about an hour before my second son was born- I came back this morning to read the parts I didn't get to when he selfishly interrupted my reading with being born.
Kids these days.
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01-22-2017, 01:59 AM
#731
An odd idea to pull from children, I tutor kids in the 10-13 range often. They known **** I had no idea about when I was their age, but the positive point, or maybe just a question, could this be beneficial in teaching kids these things so there are clear boundaries for them so they can make their own decisions later on when **** gets real and they have to build their own life?
I don't know, but the things I have seen, in a multitude of different "types" of people. The general openness of kids nowadays tends to be higher, now the idea of what is open minded and what it just stupidity looking for an issue, maybe.
I don't know, but the things I have seen, in a multitude of different "types" of people. The general openness of kids nowadays tends to be higher, now the idea of what is open minded and what it just stupidity looking for an issue, maybe.
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01-22-2017, 10:37 AM
#732
Asulen, I suspect it's going to be far more rare to find the stereotypical no-work-ethic millennial in Central PA than it would be if you were in a larger metropolitan area. That same no-work-ethic millennial is the very vocal jackass that you speak of - he's outraged that the world expects him to provide for himself, because that ****'s just too damned hard compared to the decade of "real life" that he had to endure playing whatever the latest version of Call of Duty is. It's hard to stay focused for 8 solid hours when they've previously only been asked to focus for up to 2 minutes at a time during a very intense nuketown exchange. They're not close minded - nay, they're very "open minded" in the classical sense of the term, they're simply mis-exposed to the open-mindedness such that they think people who make poor life choices should be made equal to people who make good life choices - and as such, they should be able to make their own poor life choices while driving their ferraris home to their mcmansions.
Good work on your own life situation, it sounds like you're busting your *** to make your lemonade. If all of the "millennials" were like you, I suspect our group probably wouldn't have such a bad rep. It sounds like your first son is set up to make his mommy and daddy proud; I have no doubts that you'll have your second one set straight to succeed as well. Keep busting your *** to get mom through school - you certainly didn't do yourself any favors by making yourselves responsible for the life of another while you were in high school - but I promise the hard work does get easier.
Good work on your own life situation, it sounds like you're busting your *** to make your lemonade. If all of the "millennials" were like you, I suspect our group probably wouldn't have such a bad rep. It sounds like your first son is set up to make his mommy and daddy proud; I have no doubts that you'll have your second one set straight to succeed as well. Keep busting your *** to get mom through school - you certainly didn't do yourself any favors by making yourselves responsible for the life of another while you were in high school - but I promise the hard work does get easier.
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01-24-2017, 09:17 AM
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I was pondering something just yesterday; I think that there are so many millennials who are so selfish and entitled that not only are they never going to be very good at climbing the corporate ladders and getting a leg up in the world, but through their own selfishness and entitlement, they are going to birth and educate a generation who is going to practically enter the workplace a rung above them. It will be a generation who have lived so long under their special snowflake parents that they themselves will never have had the opportunity to learn that they are special; I propose that even now, there are lots of lazy shitty millennial parents who are using their own children for their psychological gain, and unknowingly teaching them the values of independent and unsupervised high-quality hard work for little reward.
I think that lots of millennial types are going to get to the point in their careers where they realize there are only a few gen X types at the top of the company that are about to retire for the last of the gen Ys in front of them to move up to upper management freeing up space at director-level positions for them to slip into - and I think that far more than a few millennials are going to sit and watch Generation 'We' take those jobs right out from under them.
Just some ponderings.
I think that lots of millennial types are going to get to the point in their careers where they realize there are only a few gen X types at the top of the company that are about to retire for the last of the gen Ys in front of them to move up to upper management freeing up space at director-level positions for them to slip into - and I think that far more than a few millennials are going to sit and watch Generation 'We' take those jobs right out from under them.
Just some ponderings.
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01-24-2017, 09:46 AM
#734
I was pondering something just yesterday; I think that there are so many millennials who are so selfish and entitled that not only are they never going to be very good at climbing the corporate ladders and getting a leg up in the world, but through their own selfishness and entitlement, they are going to birth and educate a generation who is going to practically enter the workplace a rung above them. It will be a generation who have lived so long under their special snowflake parents that they themselves will never have had the opportunity to learn that they are special; I propose that even now, there are lots of lazy shitty millennial parents who are using their own children for their psychological gain, and unknowingly teaching them the values of independent and unsupervised high-quality hard work for little reward.
I think that lots of millennial types are going to get to the point in their careers where they realize there are only a few gen X types at the top of the company that are about to retire for the last of the gen Ys in front of them to move up to upper management freeing up space at director-level positions for them to slip into - and I think that far more than a few millennials are going to sit and watch Generation 'We' take those jobs right out from under them.
Just some ponderings.
I think that lots of millennial types are going to get to the point in their careers where they realize there are only a few gen X types at the top of the company that are about to retire for the last of the gen Ys in front of them to move up to upper management freeing up space at director-level positions for them to slip into - and I think that far more than a few millennials are going to sit and watch Generation 'We' take those jobs right out from under them.
Just some ponderings.
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01-24-2017, 10:03 AM
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As a millennial I think most of the millennial stereotypes are overblown and are only so visible due to an over abundance of shitty "news" blogs that have nothing better to write about and my generation's habit of airing out their every thought on social media. Pretty sure this generation isn't that much different than the many generations before it and the world will trudge forward in much the same fashion that it always has in the past. But that's just like....my opinion, man.
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01-24-2017, 10:05 AM
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That's like, your opinion man. You are a gentleman and a scholar and well above average of your peers from high school. Most of the millennials here on the forum are above average as well. I have encountered a little bit of partially educated snowflake-ery in my travels and while not as vocal and obnoxious as the highlights on the Internet, their views and lack of perspective are often somewhat similar.
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01-24-2017, 10:32 AM
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That's like, your opinion man. You are a gentleman and a scholar and well above average of your peers from high school. Most of the millennials here on the forum are above average as well. I have encountered a little bit of partially educated snowflake-ery in my travels and while not as vocal and obnoxious as the highlights on the Internet, their views and lack of perspective are often somewhat similar.
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01-24-2017, 11:27 AM
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That's like, your opinion man. You are a gentleman and a scholar and well above average of your peers from high school. Most of the millennials here on the forum are above average as well. I have encountered a little bit of partially educated snowflake-ery in my travels and while not as vocal and obnoxious as the highlights on the Internet, their views and lack of perspective are often somewhat similar.
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01-24-2017, 11:39 AM
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I wouldn't say I'm busting my ***; It's easy if you just try. FDR said something similar to that- just try something. I do take pride in the sentiment though, fooger. Thank you.
I took a lot of my drive from Adam Carolla. That seems strange I suppose, but there aren't many role models available in my family.
The exceptional among us will stand out in their own time. I don't believe I have what it takes to be one of them. I consider my best friend to be a part of the family I've made, and is currently living with us. I think he may be one of the exceptional members of my generation. I hope I can invite him to read the thread and contribute.
I took a lot of my drive from Adam Carolla. That seems strange I suppose, but there aren't many role models available in my family.
The exceptional among us will stand out in their own time. I don't believe I have what it takes to be one of them. I consider my best friend to be a part of the family I've made, and is currently living with us. I think he may be one of the exceptional members of my generation. I hope I can invite him to read the thread and contribute.
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