Yet another reason to despise the millennial generation

Greetings, DXP people.

This is yet another reason why those of us who work for an honest living despise millenials with a passion.

Read on, and see for yourself:

An “anonymous millennial” (the intern) had written to an advice blogger complaining about his company’s dress code, saying it was “overly strict.” But he wasn’t going to say/do anything “until his sense of injustice was triggered”:

“I noticed one of the workers always wore flat shoes that were made from a fabric other than leather, or running shoes, even though both of these things were contrary to the dress code.

I spoke with my manager about being allowed some leeway under the dress code and was told this was not possible, despite the other person being allowed to do it. I soon found out that many of the other interns felt the same way, and the ones who asked their managers about it were told the same thing as me.”

The intern decided his best course of action was to create a petition requesting a relaxation of the dress code. “It was mostly about the footwear, but we also incorporated a request that we not have to wear suits and/or blazers in favor of a more casual, but still professional dress code,” he wrote. Most of the other interns signed it.

Once the petition was presented to the bosses, the interns were promptly let go. As in terminated.

The intern was aghast:

The proposal was written professionally like examples I have learned about in school, and our arguments were thought out and well-reasoned. We weren’t even given a chance to discuss it.

I have never had a job before (I’ve always focused on school) and I was hoping to gain some experience before I graduate next year. I feel my dismissal was unfair and would like to ask them to reconsider but I’m not sure the best way to go about it. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Ahh … “learned about in school.” “Never had a job before.” Dare I say “‘Nuff said”?

(The employee who wore the more casual shoes happened to be a Veteran who had lost a leg, and as such was permitted to wear whatever footwear “was most comfortable.”)

Source:

http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/28028/

Lol

Who gives a fuck about this ISOLATED incident. All millennials don't think that way you cunt. Stop being so bitter and croak already. People like you are only heard over the Internet. It's no wonder why. Did I already ask who gives a fuck..! ?

entitled asshats have always existed. you just hear about the millennial ones more because they're the first generation that uses the internet as a main way to vent.

the Gen X variant would just call up their friend at home and bitch there, and the Boomer variant would do it while hanging out at a diner or a saloon or whatnot.

unlike those mediums of whining, everything on the internet is immortalized.

Whoever got butt-hurt by the truth of this story can KMA.

Millenials need to understand a few things in life.

1.) You don't create an "us versus them" mentality in the workplace. That is the sure-fire path to termination.

2.) When your boss tells you "tough rocks" over your push to change the dress code, you just deal with it. Don't fight with your boss, stupid.

3.) When you see a combat-wounded-amputee VETERAN wearing a pair of shoes that is different from yours, you get the fuck over it. Fucking millennials thinking they are on the same level as a combat wounded Veteran. Idiots.

Posted by Finbuff
Old news - this was all over talk radio last week. It's the "entitled" generation. Mommy and daddy gave them everything, so they expect the same thing out of the work force. Hello - REALITY check!!

I still cannot believe they thought that rallying together against the boss's decision would accomplish anything. Talk about delusions of fucking grandeur.

I would have fired them all as well.

Posted by champranger

Posted by AnOdeToNoOne
Greetings, DXP people.

This is yet another reason why those of us who work for an honest living despise millenials with a passion.

Read on, and see for yourself:

An “anonymous millennial” (the intern) had written to an advice blogger complaining about his company’s dress code, saying it was “overly strict.” But he wasn’t going to say/do anything “until his sense of injustice was triggered”:

“I noticed one of the workers always wore flat shoes that were made from a fabric other than leather, or running shoes, even though both of these things were contrary to the dress code.

I spoke with my manager about being allowed some leeway under the dress code and was told this was not possible, despite the other person being allowed to do it. I soon found out that many of the other interns felt the same way, and the ones who asked their managers about it were told the same thing as me.”

The intern decided his best course of action was to create a petition requesting a relaxation of the dress code. “It was mostly about the footwear, but we also incorporated a request that we not have to wear suits and/or blazers in favor of a more casual, but still professional dress code,” he wrote. Most of the other interns signed it.

Once the petition was presented to the bosses, the interns were promptly let go. As in terminated.

The intern was aghast:

The proposal was written professionally like examples I have learned about in school, and our arguments were thought out and well-reasoned. We weren’t even given a chance to discuss it.

I have never had a job before (I’ve always focused on school) and I was hoping to gain some experience before I graduate next year. I feel my dismissal was unfair and would like to ask them to reconsider but I’m not sure the best way to go about it. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Ahh … “learned about in school.” “Never had a job before.” Dare I say “‘Nuff said”?

(The employee who wore the more casual shoes happened to be a Veteran who had lost a leg, and as such was permitted to wear whatever footwear “was most comfortable.”)

Source:

http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/28028/

If I was in that intern's shoes, I would ask the boss why an exception was made for that employee and determine whether or not this exception was fair. I don't need special treatment. I just want fair treatment in any place I work at.

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Yo, "that employee" you referenced is a combat Veteran who lose a limb while in the line of duty. Probably decorated also.

The Veteran and the average dumbshit millennial college kid are two very different people, so you idiots need to learn how to show some respect and understand that not everyone is on the same low level of inexperience as you are.

lose = lost

I believe the problem is that the millennials in the original article (the ones who were rightfully fired) were of the opinion that their low-level and almost meaningless existence in life is on the same level as a decorated combat Veteran who has already shown what honor and sacrifice are all about.

What pisses me off in all of this is knowing that there are literally millions of idiots in this generation who believe that their total lack of experience in this world is on the same level as someone who has literally been through hell and lived to tell about it.

Total lack of respect to think like that, which is why those of us who work for an honest living tend to despise most millennials.

Posted by champranger
If I was a respected employee, then the least the employers could do is help me understand why things are the way they are at the company, no?

That part about the divide between the Veteran and the rightfully fired millennials is unclear.

.....But what was made clear is the fact that the boss told the kids to shut up and follow the dress code.

The fact that they banded together and tried to overshadow a company policy with some kind of signed document AFTER the boss told them no just speaks to arrogance and stupidity.

Why would a group of kids be so arrogant as to think their signed documentation should be followed by management?

Posted by fugu2
entitled asshats have always existed. you just hear about the millennial ones more because they're the first generation that uses the internet as a main way to vent.

the Gen X variant would just call up their friend at home and bitch there, and the Boomer variant would do it while hanging out at a diner or a saloon or whatnot.

unlike those mediums of whining, everything on the internet is immortalized.

Saloon?

Do you even know what era the boomers lived in??



OP- lol at the "I feel" shit in that entry. I am so sick of hearing this used. It's a pussified way of saying "I think" because using such "strong" language is a bad thing.

I fucking hate "I feel." Irritates me to no end when I hear silly bitches use it in place of "I think" or "in my opinion."

I don't like millenials but this thread is a bit dumb

I've seen grown ass people of all ages do shit like this.

It's NOT a generational thing. Its a STUPID thing. And the average American is stupid as fuck.

Hopefully this band of assholes learned a valuable lesson about workplace etiquette. Also about how to deal with a shitty job during a shitty job market.

Posted by Quantum
I've seen grown ass people of all ages do shit like this.

It's NOT a generational thing. Its a STUPID thing. And the average American is stupid as fuck.

Hopefully this band of assholes learned a valuable lesson about workplace etiquette. Also about how to deal with a shitty job during a shitty job market.

This.

Also I'm just gonna say Confirmation bias to every negative example posted about millennials.

Honestly, I'm too busy working to be up the ass of a generation so damn much, so WHY is another thread rehashing the same old shit here again?

If you're that passionate about how awful millennials are, then do something to change the ones near you.

Posted by rockyroadicecream

Posted by fugu2
entitled asshats have always existed. you just hear about the millennial ones more because they're the first generation that uses the internet as a main way to vent.

the Gen X variant would just call up their friend at home and bitch there, and the Boomer variant would do it while hanging out at a diner or a saloon or whatnot.

unlike those mediums of whining, everything on the internet is immortalized.

Saloon?

Do you even know what era the boomers lived in??



OP- lol at the "I feel" shit in that entry. I am so sick of hearing this used. It's a pussified way of saying "I think" because using such "strong" language is a bad thing.

I fucking hate "I feel." Irritates me to no end when I hear silly bitches use it in place of "I think" or "in my opinion."

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lol I know, I know. I mean bars. But in-person is what I mean.

though I still think that's the crux of the issue. Millennials generally don't socialize in-person or via phone as much as previous generations did at their age. Everyone just runs to the Internet, social media, or text, where gripes are recorded for others to potentially witness later on.

That said, it's appalling that adults are whining to their boss about dress code requirements. I hate it too, but part of being an adult is doing annoying shit you don't like.

Not letting this go unnoticed:

They did this and thought it would actually work.

So parents, family, elders, community AND their education system all collectively failed to teach them how to handle a situation like that.

OR

Taught them incorrectly.

Either way, this whole situation is sad as it is dumb.

Young people have always been stupid, until they become educated.

Life lesson #10,515

Posted by fugu2
lol I know, I know. I mean bars. But in-person is what I mean.

though I still think that's the crux of the issue. Millennials generally don't socialize in-person or via phone as much as previous generations did at their age. Everyone just runs to the Internet, social media, or text, where gripes are recorded for others to potentially witness later on.

That said, it's appalling that adults are whining to their boss about dress code requirements. I hate it too, but part of being an adult is doing annoying shit you don't like.

I understood your point. I just loled at the use of "saloons" haha. I was like how OLD do you think boomers are??

Millennials are annoying as shit- I work with them and encounter them all the time at work, but this whining bit isn't solely a Millennial thing.

...that petition shit though, that's laughable. Of course they'd do THAT. Look at all the dumb shit that gets petitioned online. No wonder they think such passive and stupid forms of "activism" would be effective in the workplace. That bs right there is very Millennial. Most people whine and complain or have issue and it stays at that. They actually thought doing such a bizarre thing would get them results. They think this works because they grew up believing that bargaining anything that they deemed unfair is "normal" because mom and dad let them do this all the time. I saw it often with kids I looked after- they're now in their late teens/early 20s.

I also think it's more rampant than before because, again, you have an entire generation of coddled shit heads as opposed to a smaller group of people who happened to have parents who did that shit. This is involving generations of these brats, all because their mommy and daddies wanted to be their bff/were too busy to parent/were too immature to parent and let their kids become sheltered and selfish twats.

But I agree that this behavior isn't new, just more common occurrence. I work with a guy in his 40s who behaves like this. Nobody at work cares for him because he's just so self absorbed and thinks everyone should cater to him because he's him.

"Boo hoo, I got a crappy shift. Someone swap me for their better shift! Oh my schedule isn't exactly what I wanted, someone cater to me and move their schedule around for me so I can have the one I want!" *headdesk* It's actually pretty fucking sad that he's 40 and behaves like this.

Posted by aquanib

Posted by Wynter
Young people have always been stupid, until they become educated.

Life lesson #10,515

Iirc it has to do with the not entirely evolved section of the brain where decisions and choices are made. In the frontal lobe. It evolves later on to full (for most lol), iirc at 20+ age.

When i first read that i was like "oh that's why i was so crazy"! 😄

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That'd be age 25.

Posted by Geminariescharmer

Posted by AnOdeToNoOne
Greetings, DXP people.

This is yet another reason why those of us who work for an honest living despise millenials with a passion.

Read on, and see for yourself:

An “anonymous millennial” (the intern) had written to an advice blogger complaining about his company’s dress code, saying it was “overly strict.” But he wasn’t going to say/do anything “until his sense of injustice was triggered”:

“I noticed one of the workers always wore flat shoes that were made from a fabric other than leather, or running shoes, even though both of these things were contrary to the dress code.

I spoke with my manager about being allowed some leeway under the dress code and was told this was not possible, despite the other person being allowed to do it. I soon found out that many of the other interns felt the same way, and the ones who asked their managers about it were told the same thing as me.”

The intern decided his best course of action was to create a petition requesting a relaxation of the dress code. “It was mostly about the footwear, but we also incorporated a request that we not have to wear suits and/or blazers in favor of a more casual, but still professional dress code,” he wrote. Most of the other interns signed it.

Once the petition was presented to the bosses, the interns were promptly let go. As in terminated.

The intern was aghast:

The proposal was written professionally like examples I have learned about in school, and our arguments were thought out and well-reasoned. We weren’t even given a chance to discuss it.

I have never had a job before (I’ve always focused on school) and I was hoping to gain some experience before I graduate next year. I feel my dismissal was unfair and would like to ask them to reconsider but I’m not sure the best way to go about it. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Ahh … “learned about in school.” “Never had a job before.” Dare I say “‘Nuff said”?

(The employee who wore the more casual shoes happened to be a Veteran who had lost a leg, and as such was permitted to wear whatever footwear “was most comfortable.”)

Source:

http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/28028/

Adapt or die dude.. this is life

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I was thinking the same thing!!!

The perks of being a mutable..

Isn't this guy a Pisces?