Saturday, June 28, 2014

The Maynard Generation, not the millenium generation.

I  am an older person with  some strong old fashioned ethics. But do not conclude that I  am out of the loop. I  am fairly good with  computers and I  check out the latest trends.  And there a old fashioned ethics that  worth knowing and living to.  Shunning these ethics is not productive for yourself and society. And what  are these ethics that  I  am talking about? Hard work, manners, and being self reliant are the three standards that I  think  are being ignored by  the latest generation to enter the work world.

A few months ago I  read an article that  kids are taking their parents with  them to  job interviews. If I  was an employer I  would never hire a person that  brought their mom or dad to a job interview. I  would want a one on one conversation with  the person that I  might hire.  And since I  am not hiring their mom or dad, they  shouldn't be there. It tells m that  this person can't handle situations on their own. If I  had a large corporation to  run with  a major presentation to  be delivered by  the millennial , do I  tell  then to make sure that  the  bring their mom with, because we can't miss this opportunity?

Manners seams to  be dying away  at a quicker pace. Because of the limited social interactions that  this new generation has due to  cellphones and twitter,  millennials are social stunted. At work  for me, the younger employees barely say  anything at break  and lunch  time. they  just sit and stare at their smart phone.  And their posts are so  grammatically challenged , you would think  that  a 5th grader wrote them. The art of conversation  has vanished, being replaced with  "loll's" and "ROFL's".  With  such limited mentality, these people don't know social  graces like please and thank yous. opening the door for someone is now mostly done by  the older people only.  There are some exceptions, but  there aren't many.

I  was told at work  that  the 'rules' have changed. That  we have to  be nicer and more sensitive towards the younger generation. They  can't handle  the negativity that  we are accustomed to. I  am so  against this principal. Now the younger people that  have little or no  work  ethic have been given ore control over the work environment. Worse yet , we can't tell them to  get to  work. So  people like myself that have worked  a certain job for over 10 years have to bend over backwards to  accommodate the younger less experienced person. They  can actually start dictating how the work area will  run because they  can now run to a manager and say  that someone like me was 'mean'.

And this new generation doesn't have a work ethic  to save their life.  Recently I have a 20 year old kid last one day  working with me, and I  did  a majority of the work.  Many  25 and younger kids  haven't lasted more than a month at my  work. How  can you say  that  you gave a job an honest attempt if you  only went to work  twice?  And these kids are our future leaders? well I  feel  a great deal of doom over head.  Many kids were handed everything they  wanted without having to earn it. So  they  have become dependent  on the others giving in to  them. These young adults  get upset when they are cut off from  their parents  bank  account.  Work is something they  just can't handle. They  want the paycheck  but not the work it takes to  earn it.  There are many  that  believe that  they  should be managers when they  can't do  the work  of an entry level employee.

So  why  call  these young adults with  little to offer society the Maynard Generation instead of the millennium Generation? Because there is a TV character that  these people act like.  And not the Tow truck  named Maynard from Cars.  Because that  character was 'Get R Done" , and that  would require an effort.  In the early  1960's there was a program called "The Many  Loves of Dobie Gillis" or just "Dobie Gillis".  Well Dobie was a high school student and he had his best buddy... Maynard G. Krebbs.  Maynard was a Slacker that  was afraid of work. Every time he heard the word work he would  freak out.   Maynard lacked social skills, manners, and a work ethic, much like this new generation does today.  He is the clip from YouTube the shows you what I  mean..  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqzpQPDSr2s


This is the first generation that  has  failed to  show  potential  and desire to make this country a better place. This generation will  be in and out of the work environment faster that many of us older workers and we will have to  support their  failures.  This why  we must improve our schools, schools have declined in putting out quality people. This must change our we will  become the least modern industrial nation on the planet.

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