Your opinion is wanted

[prairieviper]

I'd like your opinion of today's Service work, and service workers. unacceptable.Chubbo

Sometimes I get good or excellent service and sometimes less than satisfactory or downright poor service. I think the difference in today's world is a lack of standards.

In the good old days (in lieu of a better term) for some of us, work ethics were part of our upbringing as was good manners, cleanliness, good grooming habits and a whole host of other virtues. For some not fortunate enough to learn these things at home, mandatory or voluntary, military service was there to help.

 

[hsguy]

I think a big part of the problem is the "No child left behind" and "Everybody gets a trophy" generation is now in the work force.
Add social media where all their peers are complaining about how much they hate their job and everybody needs to be paid more and have to work less.
They are the "entitled" generation and think they shouldn't need to put any effort into having a good life. Its just supposed to be handed to them.
Finally, sad to say, but most of them are as dumb as a box of rocks thanks to our liberal education system.
Basically, you've got a lot of 20-30 year old kids who never learned how to be grown ups.

No disrespect intended but I vigorously disagree with the above. I have two daughters, one an industrial designer and the other a healthcare record computer analyst with an MBA and neither are "dumb as rocks" despite the deficiency of a public education. I have a daughter-in-law who is a forensic electrical engineer and at the top of her field despite the horror of a public education. My Granddaughter, an A grade college student despite the deficiency of a public school education is currently in Australia completing a summer internship. All of them have worked hard and none felt entitled. They are all strong independent persons and never expected a handout from anyone but earned their success. My youngest daughter did receive "participation trophies" but attended a private university on academic and athletic scholarships both for undergraduate and advanced degrees and graduated Cum Laude in a rigorous course of study. I have to admit I get tired of the broad brush often demonstrated here.

I am in my 70's and still live in a community with all ages, my worst nightmare is a senior community! I enjoy talking particularly with the young generation as they give me hope for the future of this country. People of my generation not quite so much. I don't want to hear about the "good old days" and how we are going to Hell in a hand basket, quite sad if that is their life and perspective.

 

[Rustyt1953]

I am in my 70's and still live in a community with all ages, my worst nightmare is a senior community! I enjoy talking particularly with the young generation as they give me hope for the future of this country. People of my generation not quite so much. I don't want to hear about the "good old days" and how we are going to Hell in a hand basket, quite sad if that is their life and perspective.

Succinctly put.

The longer I live the less I want to hang out with my own age group.

 

[BLACKHAWKNJ]

I recall an article in the Business Section of the New York Times years on the decline of selling as an occupation, the article dealt with the disappearance of
sales people in retail. A letter from a reader pointed out that salespeople no longer received commissions-were basically just cashiers, hence had no incentive to really know about their merchandise, then there's the attitude of the "suits" trying to rely solely on part-tijmers to keep labor costs down.