Fair enough, while I still disagree with many of your points on millennials, boomers and that the blame is on one generation or another, I do agree with some of your other points 
Us humans can certainly be a crazy bunch! 
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What kinda seasoning you got on that stuff? 
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Straight up Kettle Corn…
But if I am eating butter popcorn I do sprinkle a dash of
to kick it up a notch 
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test your blood pressure before you use Lawry’s and 4 hours after it’s doing more than kickin up your popcorn a notch lol
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If ya miss the boat “teachin em young” well Ya Missed The Boat!!!
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I blame high rent prices. At a job like working in a kitchen all your pay goes to rent. Causes stress, plus people think there is always another job around the corner, plus people think that society or the government owes them something for just being here .
Dude, Lawry’s is the best for burgers, HANDS DOWN!!! So get your ground beef and mix the Lawry’s into it, then form your patties. Now sprinkle the patties with more Lawry’s (both sides) and firmly pat them. Broil until rare or medium rare, and serve with bun mustard and mayo…hands down the best burger you’ll ever try. 
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I don’t know man…
I am more of a ground beef
1 package of 
and adding
Then sprinkle patties with some 
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I was a manager and a co owner of a small company, 10 empoyees. It was horrible, i would buy breakfast and Swedish “fika” for everyone. Free lunch every friday at the cities best lunch spots. After work event every month with free food, booze and event tickets. 500$ for a gym membership, they could take 1h off paid to gym every week. I bought iPhones for everyone when a new model came out. I bought laptops to everyone that they could take home or give to a family member. Always christmas bonuses and presents. I was always positive and forgiving. But in the end, i was always to blame, always in the crosshairs from my empolyees. I was only 24-30 years old at the time and I always got the feeling that they where jealous of me for being succesful at a young age. I worked 80-100h every week, while they did their 40(as they should).
But we had one girl who was suffering from mental illness, she was always really Nice and I got a “Best boss ever” mug from her, she made me cry that time
It broke my soul caring for these people and I still to this day cant understand why they couldnt be Nice to me. It got me Wonder so often If it was something wrong with me…
I think that i was probably too nice to those old farts and they didnt Respect me enough.
At the time, i was also a cannabis caregiver for alot of people who really needed my help and they where the best and most loving people. They really kept me going for so long.
It all ended when i was busted with my grows, but i will never regret it. Now im an empoyee and the company i work at is horrible, but just got a new job and hoping for the best. They all seem fun and nerdy, just how i like it and they do alot of trips together all around the world. Next year is going to be and exciting year for sure!
If you didnt understand im a millennial btw. I know there is alot of braty, lazy millennials out there. But you can also find the most hard working people aswell. Ive never slacked and always put my best on the table. Never complained at work, always been positive and always been leading by example. Only thing ive expected from others is to show Respect and human decensy towards me.
Pz out 
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Are you hiring? 
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@Cybersmib - i’ve been paying into social security and Medicare since i was 14 years old. It’s not being “dependent on the government”, it’s an insurance policy so that when you’re old, you’ll have some kind of basic income and medical care. When you get there, you will be glad it’s available.
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that’s some wishful thinking right there…of course depending on how old you are now.
@sfzombie13 I’m pretty close to being able to collect what I’ve been paying into. Considering both programs are self-funded, I have no reason to believe it won’t be available to me, although SS could be reduced by 22% in the next decade if Congress fails to bolster the program with some small necessary changes.
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I am manager of 7 engeneers who manage each 5 building construction projects
I believe in one thing : even shit can turn gold with humans, motivation is the key
I don’t know even one person who like to have to work, everyday of his life, between 8am to 7 pm, even in his passion. But if we turn our boring job in interesting job, it’s good
Team building and good mood is why I wake up in the morning so many days and years. I like my job, but I believe team building and good mood is the key to work with motivation so many years.
Last thing in what I believe : it’s the manager who create the mood of the crew
Hope it helped
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Well said!!
And this right here!
Can’t remember which posts I was responding to…lol…but I can say that this newest generation of workers (I’m 37) is kind of fucky. Lazy as shit but wants CEO pay. A sense of entitlement and lack of responsibility and accountability.
As a matter of fact, we’re debating kicking our oldest daughter out of the house so she can stand on her own 2 feet…or at least try. I feel we’re crippling her by her not “participating” in real life. She pays her own cell phone bill, but that’s all she’s got.
Kind of high…can’t remember where I was going with this…friggin kids.
So the short answer to the question asked at the beginning of the thread is…I’m pretty baked.
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You forgot to add, Get off my lawn!
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Totally on point.
To be a great manager, one must like people, believe in their potential, provide a positive work environment and help them to succeed.
Fundamentally though, at the core, a good manager has to manage risk and opportunity by asking good questions, being a good listener and recognizing good answers when they are provided.
You’ll only get good answers if you foster an environment that is supportive vs one of blame.
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I teach high schoolers.
There are a bunch of great kids. Beautiful people who will do wonderful things in the world.
Then there are the ones who’s parents email me for the first time ever 3 days after the semester ends accusing me ignoring their kids IEP, being a racist, never contacting them and demanding their kid receive not just a passing grade, an A because their GPA is sending them to Harvard.
Work ethic is learned at home.
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For me, you’ve got that pretty much backwards. I’m 73 and I don’t feel my folks taught me shit about how to get along in this world. They were good people, they were smart, they loved me, they worked hard, etc, etc, but they just weren’t real parent material, and I believe my twin 9 year older sisters would agree. In terms of getting along in the world, my sisters fared better in the sense that they had careers (K-3 teachers), but I think that may have been more due to the times than the individuals. I think kids born during and just post-war grew up in an environment more conducive to conformity than my age folks and virtually everyone since. My sisters did as they were supposed to, I just wanted to fucking party! I never had a career or a serious ambition in my life. I got kicked out of the LA School District (120 high schools at the time) in 1967. I’m a drop out who just bounced around from job to job or thing to thing, you know, what looked interesting in the moment. I picked fruit, rafted logs and logged in the woods, washed dishes, ran a small art gallery, was a live in domestic, was a carpenter (rough and finish), then I went back to school. I worked as a private investigator while in school, got a BA in Cultural Anthropology, graduated cum laude and with distinction, and continued to bounce around, only this time with a degree. HA!
My point is, I had to learn to manage in the world on my own, pretty much. Not because my folks weren’t loving people, they just weren’t suited to parenthood/mentoring kids. Then I had kids…
My kids are, of course, adults. My son grew up with me until he was six, my daughter virtually not at all. The man my former married was a union man who didn’t work much. Before I say anything more, let me say that I did not know him well. Okay, it’s not very nice to say, but I saw him as being a lot like me in many ways, only stupid. I mean dumb as a fucking box of rocks! Good clarinet player, though.
In any event, I don’t believe my kids got a lot of ‘here’s how to get along’ training either. They grew up poor and did not like it one bit. They decided, on their own, it was not going to be for them. My son will retire from his union carpentry job in five years as a master carpenter with a good pension. My daughter is a doctor in private practice.
In my family, I’m totally the odd ball. Seems to work for me.
Boy I’m fucked up. I think I better hit that bong again.
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This comes up all the time.
“This new generation is not men because they weren’t conscripted and killed 15 people before they were 17 and have long hair!”
I will refrain from stating my full position because it will leave a foul stench in the room.
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