Generation Y

[BIG_DADDY]

SO I am having a conversation in a bar the night before a career fair with a person I took to the college to help me recruit. The guy I brought is Generation Y. After a few beers the conversation turned to the strange things some people have said in the interview process. The person with me said something that really hit home, he said "you have to understand my generation, it is very important that people look at us as being intelligent and right whether we are or not and are doing anything with our lives has nothing to do with it." The guy at the next table says "that's true" People at his table say what? HE repeats what was said and they readily agree laughing about it. I found it refreshing for a group to acknowledge something about their own generation like that. With that in mind I am at the very end of the baby boomer generation and can relate much more easily to Gen x and the one thing I would say in that same vein is it is really important that you know it really is all about us because it is.

[KC native]

Originally Posted by BIG_DADDY

And all the frustration shown in this thread is a figment of my imagination. Thanks for participating.

Yes, it's all in your head.

[Pablo]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

It's so easy now in a down moment to get on your phone and check the planet or Facebook. I find myself doing it instead of observing the world or meeting new people, and I see others doing the same thing. I don't think it's a good trend.

I was at a charity dinner the other night, one of those where a couple of hundred people buy tickets and eat a meal while there's a speaker. It was in a big mansion and the layout and acoustics didn't work well, so I could barely hear the speaker at all. It was awful because you couldn't talk to anyone else since the speaker was talking, but you couldn't hear the speaker half the time, either. I was at a table with half a dozen people and I was battling the whole time to keep from pulling out my phone and checking out Chiefsplanet.

That's the CP itch Rainman. This place will pull you in. You're checking in for no good reason, almost uncontrollably. You're fighting the urge to check in and see what clever puns have been dropped in the latest tragedy thread.

It's got you Rainman. There is no way out.

[Pablo]

Originally Posted by rambleonthruthefog

I know this answer. What is stupid things that baby boomers believe, Alex.

He's a 60 year old trapped in a 40 year old's body.

[RealSNR]

Originally Posted by Jimmya

If all the generations are the same then why are there the highest numbers in history of 20 somethings living with their parents? Just a thought.

It's probably because they're lazy and actually enjoy living with their parents at that age! AMIRITE?

[Fire Me Boy!]

Originally Posted by Cephalic Trauma

Thanks! Care to address the ideas, or point out simple grammatical mistakes?

Nah, mainly grammatical mistakes.

[Easy 6]

[RealSNR]

"When I was in my early 20s, I worked 60 hours/week at my factory job for $1.50/hour and by golly that was enough to buy a car, put a down payment on a house, and care for my two kids that I had at age 18 because society was weird about pressuring people into marrying and pooping out kids as early as ****ing possible. Why can't these gosh darn Generation Ys do the same thing? Probably because they're too busy checking their Facespaces, Mybooks, and Chiefs Planets all day!"

[Cephalic Trauma]

Originally Posted by Fire Me Boy!

Nah, mainly grammatical mistakes.

Ha, would you be interested in proofreading my posts? Because I could use it.

[ptlyon]

Originally Posted by SNR

"When I was in my early 20s, I worked 60 hours/week at my factory job for $1.50/hour and by golly that was enough to buy a car, put a down payment on a house, and care for my two kids that I had at age 18 because society was weird about pressuring people into marrying and pooping out kids as early as ****ing possible. Why can't these gosh darn Generation Ys do the same thing? Probably because they're too busy checking their Facespaces, Mybooks, and Chiefs Planets all day!"

"God dammit"

[GordonGekko]

Originally Posted by Jimmya

If all the generations are the same then why are there the highest numbers in history of 20 somethings living with their parents? Just a thought.

Because the cost of buying and running a house is rediculously overpriced. Add to that the mortgage crisis and the new loan rules where new applicants need to be able to put down 20% up front, and this is why most in my generation conitnue to live in apartments or parent's house.

The price of housing is ****ing rediculous, and in some areas a complete joke.

I think at one time in this country an auto mechanic with a stay at home wife and 2 kids could afford a home. Now? No F'n way. One parent has to be a software engineer and the other a master's degree school teacher as a baseline to live in any type of decent house in many areas of the country.

[Garcia Bronco]

Seriously....you guys don't have Generation Jones listed. It runs from roughly 1954 to 65

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_Jones

[Fire Me Boy!]

Originally Posted by Cephalic Trauma

Ha, would you be interested in proofreading my posts? Because I could use it.

Do I get to edit for content? I wouldn't abuse the privilege, I promise.

[KC native]

Originally Posted by GordonGekko

Because the cost of buying and running a house is rediculously overpriced. Add to that the mortgage crisis and the new loan rules where new applicants need to be able to put down 20% up front, and this is why most in my generation conitnue to live in apartments or parent's house.

The price of housing is ****ing rediculous, and in some areas a complete joke.

I think at one time in this country an auto mechanic with a stay at home wife and 2 kids could afford a home. Now? No F'n way. One parent has to be a software engineer and the other a master's degree school teacher as a baseline to live in any type of decent house in many areas of the country.

Y U SO SIRIUS IN A TROLL THRED?

[Demonpenz]

Barack Obama is awesome.

[GordonGekko]

Originally Posted by KC native

Y U SO SIRIUS IN A TROLL THRED?

You want to know why gas is near $4.00 a gallon? I work in oil&gas, I know, it's not due to lack of resources, with fracking we have basically solved the oil situation for at least a 100 years. It's due to the lack of refineries. We haven't built a ****ing refinery in the US for like 30 years. Another reason why my generation is taking it in the ass.