I've lost my ever loving freaking mind!

maybe you just didn't "connect." Did you talk about the Jonas Brothers at all? Should have said something like, "I was like listening to the Jonas Brothers and OMG! I just love them, like they're like soooo hawt!"

You'd be working today.

I hate the pseudo-psychological questionnaires more than the interviews. I can talk the talk, but those 100 question forms that ask the same question 3 different times drive me nuts.

"Do you consider taking home pens from the office stealing from work?"

Who the hell cares?

Pagey's_Girl said:

All those quarters I sunk into that Ms Pac-Man game in the lounge really paid off.

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Now that's what I call a good education!

Jcomp said:

I hate the pseudo-psychological questionnaires more than the interviews. I can talk the talk, but those 100 question forms that ask the same question 3 different times drive me nuts.

"Do you consider taking home pens from the office stealing from work?"

Who the hell cares?

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The correct answer is: "I'm stealing this pen right now!"

(smirk)

AmusingMuse said:

OMG, this is so true. The "kids" today, think they have all the answers and because we're older, we have outlived our ability to think without farting, speak without drooling and couldn't possibly know that 4 + 4 isn't 9. All our good ideas had to come off the back of a geritol container and any new ideas, we surely stole from them.

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4+4 is 9, for sufficiently large values of 4. </smartarse youngster>

Clair Dickson said:

Hey! (Wait, am I still a kid since I'm 27? I still feel like an awkward teenager half the time, does that count?)

I think the problem with many (not all!) young people is that they are convinced of their own greatness. Deluded really. They think they are computer wizards because they IM, but they can't insert a picture into Word. They think they're a hot commodity in the job market, but don't realize it's because they can be paid in peanuts.

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27 is most definitely still young. (Can you guess how old I am? )

My problem in the job world is the opposite of what you describe here - I'm actually worth a lot more than I give myself credit for. Or so people tell me.

Clair's got quite a bit of it down, I believe. I went to college with a bunch of these kids (I'm a ripe old 26).

I remember one group project we had to do and at the time I was married and working 3rds as much as I could. The other members of the group would come up to me and tell me what time the group was meeting at on Saturday or Sunday. Mind you it was always some time of day that made it impossible to get any sleep as a third shifter who had worked the night before and had to work that night. They'd never even ask what time was good for me. They just told me. So, they got the proper response of, "I'll try to make it."

Then they got all mad because I "wasn't" doing my share of the work. They recruited me to that group for one purpose, and they all loved what I did to our presentation to make it function in a very cool way, so in the end all their complaining to the professor was for naught.

Or the group that where I did all the work, tried to get them to meet for months, got a little help on the presentation, and we got a nice, solid B. I was pleased because it's hard to do that kind of analysis on a case study by yourself, but one guy was mad about it. He thought we should have gotten a better grade. Shoulda done some of the work.

Of course, the recruiter for the temp agency was interesting. Not only did she dress like a teenager still, and was really weird. She didn't seem to know how to answer when I asked what to wear to the interview for the position. I miss my temp job, though.

hey, that girl was a disrespectful biotch, and she'll get her comeuppance, but most of us early 20 somethings are struggling too. We don't know what we want to do in life, the adult world is very different from the cocoon of college. It's all new and scary to us. At least the older generation has had decades to figure out what they're doing. I'm sorry that this chick pissed you off, but I don't think she's representative of my generation. For the record, I didn't know who the Jonas Brothers were until last month, and I tried really hard in College to learn something I hate, and now it'll probably take 10 years to get back on the right track again.

Feiss, I don't think we're saying you all are the same. What I've discovered is there are two sets of thinking out there with your generation. Those who were raised by solid parental influences in their lives and those who virtually raised themselves.

Most, and not all of those who were raised by parents actively involved with their lives, who were taught the meaning of right and wrong and whose parents worked hard on developing well-rounded individuals are not part of this group referred to in this post. Unfortunately they suffer for the wrongs of the others their age in the other group.

The other group comes from the heavily divorced sector, dysfunctional or some blended families, where bitterness in bioparents fighting, and resenting, selfishness of parents who have children but can't be bothered raising these kids is the core of the problems, and society is forced to deal with them. Or, even those who just give, give, give to their kids without teaching, pawn them off on video games, television, babysitters,toys, fast cars and expensive boarding schools so that they don't have to parent. Most kids, and again not all, from both these scenarios are usually the ones who give your generation a bad name. Oh I know, all the protests are out there and ready to fire away at this post of mine, but I said most, not all.

In my research on this subject the general phrase "we reap what we sow" plays out in incredible proportions and to be quite honest with you, I fear our future leaders and what they will be all about. And girls like this one described in the initial post... tsk, tsk, a fitting example of "indifference inexperience at the helm."

What those like myself who are aging hope, is that those few kids from the positive group will find a way of rising up against the others and stand for what they believe in and fight what they don't. And they will have their hands full in the years to come, because when they get our age, the "other" group (for lack of a better word), will be the ones they will have to struggle against.

This is just an opinion, mine, and I'm sticking to it! Gets off soap box.

P.S. I've met some really nice people in their 20s too, so I'm not entirely an ogre... ok maybe on Wednesdays. So you're safe.

Feiss said:

hey, that girl was a disrespectful biotch, and she'll get her comeuppance, but most of us early 20 somethings are struggling too. We don't know what we want to do in life, the adult world is very different from the cocoon of college. It's all new and scary to us. At least the older generation has had decades to figure out what they're doing. I'm sorry that this chick pissed you off, but I don't think she's representative of my generation. For the record, I didn't know who the Jonas Brothers were until last month, and I tried really hard in College to learn something I hate, and now it'll probably take 10 years to get back on the right track again.

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I know exactly what you're talking about - going from high school to college isn't so bad because at least you're still a student, but you graduate from college and it's like, "Okay, NOW what do I do?" Talk about culture shock. It's sort of like being given the keys to a Maserati when you turn sixteen and hearing. "Here you go, sweetie. Hope you figure it out." Some days I'm surprised that I've figured out as much of it as I have. And seriously - give me a co-worker, young or old, who's smart enough to know that they don't know everything over some jerk who thinks they're an expert in freaking everything. (The nastiest of the latter tend to be closer to my age, it seems. I've had to bite my tongue a few times to keep from saying yeah, you've been doing your job for oh sooooooo looooooooooooong now. Guess what? So have I and a lot of other people. Get over yourself already...)

Cassiopeia said:

And the first smile of the day goes to my dear friend KTC. Thank you darlin'.

Ahhh, I needed that. A good ole' Irish joke. *pauses* oh wait, you mean you weren't joking? oooooooooops...sorry

*goes to prepare the basement for Ben.

Thanks for your support. It's a relief to know that my kids aren't the only rational youngun's out there.

*laughs while taking a drink and gets water up her nose*

EXACTLY

I'm not saying that all young people are like this. I'm just so disgusted with the recruiting agencies out there. I understand that college grads are cheaper to higher, I just want them to be trained to be decent and compassionate human beings.

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Amen! And do we have a Booooya!

Cassiopeia said:

I just want them to be trained to be decent and compassionate human beings.

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That can't be done after the fact. High school, college and their employer don't do that. That was their parents job and they failed.

Richard

I've been looking for a job for 16 months and I think I've heard most of the stupid reasons for not getting an offer. I'm educated to Masters level, have been a qualified accountant for 20 years and I can't get a job in McDonalds, let alone something in my own line. As I live alone it's becoming a serious worry and my health has been seriously affected. I feel like I'm trapped in a burning building and every direction I run in is straight into the fire.
Good job writing is an escape! And the dogs, of course...

I am SO not believing what I'm reading here... I remember when we were the younguns and didn't trust anyone over 30!

Ol' Fashioned Girl said:

I am SO not believing what I'm reading here... I remember when we were the younguns and didn't trust anyone over 30!

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... and our parents thought our music would turn us all into serial-killers, our fashions looked ridiculous, and "Why are you studying science, girl? Just learn to cook and find a man to marry."

"The more things change, the more they stay the same."

Chin up, Cassie. The gods didn't want you to have what the interviewer was offering, and I'm sure it's because they have something better in mind for you.