Whats happening with youngsters

[GMES]

Firstly hello guys, it's been a while since I posted or did any staffing but work is crazy which is leaving very little time for anything else, which leads nicely into the reason for this thread.
What's happening with the young electricians of today. They either seem to want the earth and its mother or seem really uninterested, I've been trying to get someone to help us out and its bloody hard work . I've been in talks with a young spark who 7 days ago all but said he wanted to come to us and wasn't happy where he was, I know the lad and offered him an immediate start but he's proving hard work to sort a start date.
Then another lad two weeks ago rang me asking for work to essentially finish his nvq portfolio so I offered him some work immediately only for me to chase him 2 days later where he said I've got a job so no thanks.
I'm not going to paint all youngsters the same but the ones I'm encountering lately leave a lot to be desired, the first question seems to be , how much will I earn, what other perks are there, do I get a van etc etc surely the 1st question should be asking about their duties

 

[westward10]

I agree with the viewpoint, that we all look back through rose tinted specs. The only thing that isn't consisted is the things we play around with as kids, and how we grow up from there. As a young child, I was allowed out allowed out till tea time during holidays (with no mobile phone and no landline in the house) and watched The High Chaparral on BBC 2, till their signal failed at 8.pm. Then it was bed.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEOGhUBgtAQ

My mother never knew where I was. Lived near West London so a one day travel card for the tube and you could be anywhere. One trip we went over to Essex on the central line, got home she said where you been, my usual reply, just out.

 

[radiohead]

@radiohead I think there are plenty of brave young men and women who would do that if the time came.

Without a doubt you are correct, my post was disrespectful to many youngsters. But I'd also argue all day that there are far more selfish, entitled, lazy layabouts now than there was in the greatest ever time of national need.

 

[Megawatt]

Without a doubt you are correct, my post was disrespectful to many youngsters. But I'd also argue all day that there are far more selfish, entitled, lazy layabouts now than there was in the greatest ever time of national need.

Thanks guys it’s good sometimes to reminisce about the old days

 

[Midwest]

Without a doubt you are correct, my post was disrespectful to many youngsters. But I'd also argue all day that there are far more selfish, entitled, lazy layabouts now than there was in the greatest ever time of national need.

I think not. When the time comes, God forbid it never does again, think you might get a different responce.

 

[Baddegg]

@radiohead I think there are plenty of brave young men and women who would do that if the time came.

Completely agree Ruston...and let’s not forget I’m sure most of the brave young men and women in that war didn’t want to go, let’s hope we never have find out agian

 

[Megawatt]

Completely agree Ruston...and let’s not forget I’m sure most of the brave young men and women in that war didn’t want to go, let’s hope we never have find out agian

As long as Trump is president we could very well go to war in the Middle East. Since y’all are our allie y’all would be involved to

 

[ruston]

Completely agree Ruston...and let’s not forget I’m sure most of the brave young men and women in that war didn’t want to go, let’s hope we never have find out agian

Yes but many young men volunteered from other countries that were not in the war , men from the USA that said they were from Canada, many Canadians and from other countries. Men of principle.

 

[westward10]

Let's not turn this into an argument over war and who may or may not start them.

 

[ruston]

Sorry , not intending to. I was trying to show the good in people.

 

[westward10]

Sorry , not intending to. I was trying to show the good in people.

I reworded it.

 

[Megawatt]

I reworded it.

No disrespect to you Westward but I didn’t think we was arguing about anything just casual conversation. Have a great day

 

[Andy78]

To flip this up a bit, how about blaming the generation that brought up the generation being moaned about ?

 

[magnoliafan89]

Who raised this generation you're moaning about? Depending on your age it could've been you....so you dropped the ball....if not then its your children who raised this generation....so what went wrong???
Every generation likes to have a moan at the next.

At one time the elder generation looked at the Beatles and Elvis Presley as sexual bad influences to the young generation....

true I've met younger people than me who I think are bone idle but then I've also met some really lay about oldies

 

[Megawatt]

Who raised this generation you're moaning about? Depending on your age it could've been you....so you dropped the ball....if not then its your children who raised this generation....so what went wrong???
Every generation likes to have a moan at the next.

At one time the elder generation looked at the Beatles and Elvis Presley as sexual bad influences to the young generation....

true I've met younger people than me who I think are bone idle but then I've also met some really lay about oldies

We are not moaning about nothing and you are insulting us and I can say my kids turned out fantastic

 

[SparkySy]

I think it has got something to do with the generations personally, when I was growing up in the 80s it was hard for my parents to make ends meet, my dad was in engineering and my mum worked for local authorities as a librarian, they fixed things and kept hold of stuff till it would work no more, even clothes were passed down to my brother and sister. So now I have kids I don't want it to be as difficult for them as we had it so work hard just as my parents did to try and make life better for my children! And so the cycle continues, until now the kids have had it so easy they expect everything to come to them and life to be easy!
I agree with the discipline thing and respect, they have somehow got lost through the generations too!