Millennials

The next generation. Yeah, we and future generations are screwed.

We live in a society that is ruled by technology. Kids have cell phones by the age of five, if they don't have cell phones they have Ipads or tablets. they vegetate on them for hours after school, they chat with friends or watch youtube or Tik Toc for hours.

Weh I was a kid after school it was homework, then outside until supper time, you explored the world in your mind, you played in the dirt and down by the creek, you discovered bugs, and ants, you watched them and learned how they live, and what they do to survive, you learned how they function in life. Down by the creek you found frogs and tadpoles, you learned how they live and survive, you discovered worlds you had no idea existed and how they function and what their purpose in this world was. In the dirt, you found earthworms and different types of worms. You discovered all things in the world, we had TV shows like Planet Earth where they showed animals from other countries and how they lived and survived, you learned about the food chain, and how they were a part of it, We had the Electric Company and Sesame Street, you learned about counting and adding, all the basic things you needed to start school, you went in knowing about things to help you excel in school. But nowadays the kids have no clue, that's probably why they came up with Pre School, to make the kids ready for Kindergarten. But nowadays kids don't know the basics they need for school the parents feel that this is what school is for, teachers get paid for this stuff let them do it. But if you need information on something you can bet these kids know where to find it on the net, or if they need a laugh they can pull up their Tic Tok account and find something to make you laugh.

I work at a Culver"s Restaurant, we are on the interstate and get lots of travelers especially during the holiday traveling season, I watched a family of 7 come in, two parents and five kids, Two older kids maybe 12 to 16 years of age, and 2 ids maybe 5 to 7 years of age, and one that could not be older than 2. they ordered and went to sit down, when their food was ready I took it to them, when I got to the table both parents had their phones out, the 2 older kids were on their phones, the 2 5 to 7 years old had Ipads out and the youngest had a tablet out. I went to set the food tray down but there was no room, I politely said excuse me, but the two middle-aged kids just slid their hands back just a little, which still did not give me enough room to set the tray down, they never looked up or away from the phones, finally the dad out his phone down and told them to pay attention and to move so I could set their tray down. Once they did that he went right back to his phone, then the mother put hers down and distributed the food, the right back to her phone, I watched these people eat, they never looked away from their electronics once, they reached out with their hands and grabbed a fry or their burger and ate without looking, one of the middle girls would take a fry and dip it in ketchup, she totally missed the little cup of ketchup, she took a bite and got a weird look on her face, she looked at the fry and then it the cup of ketchup, this time she watched and re-dipped the fry into the ketchup, this time actually getting ketchup on it, and then right back to her tablet. It amazed me that this family was so into their electronics, they looked like robots, never taking their eyes off their phones or tablets, they would take a bite and then chew it then another bite and chew, never once looking at what they were eating. Once they were down they did not pick up their garbage and put it on the tray and then dump it in the garbage cans we had, they left it right there on the table. they walked to the door, the parents had put their phones away but the kids still had their electronics out and watching them, once at the door, the dad said okay kids out your tablets up, we are leaving and you will not be able to watch them because of no internet, all three of the little ones instantly threw a fit, "why can't we stay I want to finish my story or show, one said why can't we have phones like so and so (assuming they met their older siblings) so we can still watch things", Finally dad got mad and yelled let's go. he seemed to be pissed that they threw a fit. All I could think was, don't get mad at them you did this to yourself when you gave them tablets. I see it all the time at work. 10-year-olds have Cell phones or tablets so they can video chat with their friends, but then the parents get mad when they don't listen, well hey stupid, that's what you get when you give a child something they should not have until they are a young adult. S5top your bitching because they don't listen or know anything because it's your fault for giving them it!

Millennials- when I grew up if you wanted to be a winner you had to practice at what you wanted to be a winner at, Baseball example-- When we played we use to do what they called cadence, we would chatter at the batter, when the pitcher was about to throw the ball we would chatter, "Hey batter, batter, batter, batter" right up until the ball got the plate, then we would yell swing as loud as we could, hoping to distract the batter and make him miss, if we were up to bat and the pitcher threw a bad pitch we would chatter "we want a pitcher, not a belly itcher" the same was if one of our teammates ht a fly ball into the outfield, we would yell "miss it" just as the ball got there hoping it would distract him and he would miss catching it.

But nowadays you can't do that, it is considered bad sportsmanship, unsportsmanlike conduct, it may offend someone, and now everyone gets a trophy for participating, in little league baseball or softball for all young kids, they don't keep score, they don't have a winner or loser, everyone is a winner, everyone gets a trophy, everyone is good. Umm no, that is wrong, one team wins, one team loses period, if we lost a game the coach would take us aside and talk to us, we would ask if we liked losing or being losers when we said no then he would ask how we change it and become winners, the correct answer was always, then try harder, practice more and become better, the more you practice, the better you get, then you become better then they are and you win. a simple solution to a simple problem. e have to stop teaching our kids that everybody wins, they come out into the world after turning 18 and think that they are already winners and the world owes them everything, they should not have to work hard to get what they want, that because they are winners and the world will give it to them. They can't handle criticism. or even constructive criticism because they have never had criticism before, they don't know what is or how to deal with it. Or they don't even try and live in their parent's basement never having a job or even knowing what work is. A true story-- This was actually in the news, can't remember any names or don't even know where to look for the story, but there was a woman who died, when the paramedics arrived they found a forty-year-old man, it was her son, he had called the ambulance, after they assessed her and but her in a body bag they were ready to leave the man asked one of then what would happen to him? the paramedic informed him that they would take her to the more, he would most likely have to come to identify her and then she would be released so she can have a funeral. The man said no I mean what will happen to me, she looked confused and replied, I don't understand what you mean, he said who will take care of me, who will cook my food and buy me groceries? the paramedic looked at him and said she was not sure but she would find out simply to make him feel better, afterward she called human services and explained the conversation she had with the man, she said something was not right and thought maybe they should go check on him, she said she thought maybe he was mentally handicapped and would need help. They said they would check on him and get him help if he was handicapped, When human services showed up they did and evaluated him. Come to find out he was not mentally handicapped, he was simply a man who never moved out of his mother's house, he was a normal man, he graduated high school, he was capable of working and earning money, he could take care of himself and function in society. he had never done any of those things, he lived with her his whole life, he relied on her, she did the shopping, she did the cooking, the laundry, all of it, he had never done anything, he never left the basement his entire adult life. he had to be taught how to shop, how to cook, do laundry, he had to get a job snd taught how to manage money pay bills all of it, basically, he had to be taught how to be an adult and function in the world and why because he was raised to thin he was a winner and the world would provide for him and take care of him because he was already a winner.

I love this video by Micah Taylor, he explains millennials perfectly

https://youtu.be/OJAWXU91kac

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Thanks for reading

Mark