I've never analyzed why, they just are. But they have a lot to answer for
They've allowed the current batch of 20-somethings to develop into ignorant man-childs (and woman-childs, see below) ignorant yet brimming with unfounded self-esteem.
I know these 20-somethings are not the children of the Gen-Xers, those tend to be younger, 0-to-15ish.
And I know it is not anything the Gen-Xers actively did. Gen-X was just muddling through, trying to figure out how to advance in their chosen gigs, all the while having to deal with the blob - o - boomers squashing down from above and stifling opportunities for rapid advancement.
And to their credit the Gen-Xers didn't just start killing off the boomers.
But, whether actively encouraging or passively allowing, they tolerated stuff like this on their watch.
HT up front: Inc. Magazine, July 15, 2019
....MORE (it gets worse)In office space near a client, a young woman was meeting with her boss. She was (by my estimation) in her late 20s.— Carol Blymire (@CarolBlymire) July 12, 2019They had been speaking in low tones, but their volume got louder toward the end of the conversation because the young woman was getting agitated about a particular edit.— Carol Blymire (@CarolBlymire) July 12, 2019The young woman kept saying, “I don’t know why you corrected that because I spell it with the P in it.” The boss said (calmly), “But that’s not how the word is spelled. There is no P in hamster.”— Carol Blymire (@CarolBlymire) July 12, 2019The young woman insists she doesn’t need to look it up because it’s FINE to spell it with a P because that’s HOW SHE WANTED TO SPELL IT.— Carol Blymire (@CarolBlymire) July 12, 2019Boss says, “I know edits can be difficult to go over sometimes, especially when you’re working on new kinds of things as you grow in your career, but it’s a necessary process and makes us all better at what we do.”— Carol Blymire (@CarolBlymire) July 12, 2019
