Subj : young people
To   : Accession
From : MRO
Date : Sat Oct 25 2025 13:17:13

  Re: young people
  By: Accession to MRO on Sat Oct 25 2025 07:11 am


 > Moreso than not, yes. However, there's a few I've come across that
 > are trainable, willing and excited to learn, etc.

there's some real driven hard working young people but they are in the
minority.

 > While true, when we were that age there were plenty of those guys,
 > too. When I became an apprentice, there were a hundred or more
 > others. Sitting in class with them all you could tell which ones were
 > going to make it and which ones wouldn't. I'd bet out of the 100
 > apprentices I was a part of back in the mid 00's, maybe 10 of them
 > are still in the trade.


i think it's worse now. i think we are in the hurt feelings era and we are
dealing with people who were never corrected for anything since they were a
child.   it used to be if you acted weird or did something wrong people cared
enough to correct you/stop being stupid.  now people are silent and shake
their head and the idiot continues being an idiot.

 >  > guy who takes 10 min bathroom breaks once an hour and the bathroom is
 >  > nearby.

 > I currently have a guy doing this, but he's in his 30s. Even the
 > crane operator has asked "what the fuck is up with this guy?" I'm
 > tempted to ask him if he has IBS, but don't want to hurt his
 > feelings. :)

he's got fuck around on the phone syndrome most likely.

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