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With the market drop, boomers will be forced to continue working past retirement at part-time jobs at places like Barnes & Noble, Cinnabon and Orange Julius.
Wow those are the same jobs my friends and I had to take out of high school just to make a few dollars. I guess the shoe is on the other foot. Hey boomers how does it taste?
I actually wouldn't mind working at Cinnabon, one of my favorite places. Selling the gooey goodness that puts a smile on people's faces.
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Originally Posted by Stac2007
Wow those are the same jobs my friends and I had to take out of high school just to make a few dollars. I guess the shoe is on the other foot. Hey boomers how does it taste?
I actually wouldn't mind working at Cinnabon, one of my favorite places. Selling the gooey goodness that puts a smile on people's faces.
The way things are going you will need a PhD to work there. The job markets are getting smaller and can hire any one they want. Just before I graduated college with my business degree Enterprise car rental showed up at one of the job fairs on campus. I laughed at the time because I did not spend four years and thousands of dollars to rent cars. It was always a Bundy type of job, like selling shoes. How times have changed.
The trend used to be..HS got you a job (blue/white collar) but College got you a better job.
But now almost every high school student is encouraged to go to college.
The 4 year degree is now becoming the minimum needed to get a decent job while the Masters will get you a better job.
"Wow those are the same jobs my friends and I had to take out of high school just to make a few dollars. I guess the shoe is on the other foot. Hey boomers how does it taste"
Stac2007, what the hell is your point? I can't believe you really think everyhting was handed to us "boomers" [oh, guess I am a "gen jones" child, so what? From what I see - younger folks have/had it easier than my generation with more handed to them by indulgent boomer parents than our depression era tightwad parents who taught us discipline and work ethic. I have seen more B, office politics, and brown nosing in the under 35 group than the older folks. Generational breakdown.
[quote=grannynancy;5618892]"Wow those are the same jobs my friends and I had to take out of high school just to make a few dollars. I guess the shoe is on the other foot. Hey boomers how does it taste"
Stac2007, what the hell is your point? I can't believe you really think everyhting was handed to us "boomers" [oh, guess I am a "gen jones" child, so what? From what I see - younger folks have/had it easier than my generation with more handed to them by indulgent boomer parents than our depression era tightwad parents who taught us discipline and work ethic. I have seen more B, office politics, and brown nosing in the under 35 group than the older folks. Generational breakdown.
Boomers are responsible for the job sourcing begun in the 80's while most of us were still in high school. You lived in the era of Johnson’s Great Society, but by the 80's all of those programs were gone. I have three college degrees and worked hard for every thing I own. Boomers were hippies in their 20s and Xers were struggling behind the economic eight ball. It has nothing to do with your work ethic but the opportunity the WW2 generation gave you and you spit back at them for being capitalist in the late 60's. Today my generation sees the WW2 generation as real patriots and the boomers as spoiled brats.
"Wow those are the same jobs my friends and I had to take out of high school just to make a few dollars. I guess the shoe is on the other foot. Hey boomers how does it taste"
Stac2007, what the hell is your point? I can't believe you really think everyhting was handed to us "boomers" [oh, guess I am a "gen jones" child, so what? From what I see - younger folks have/had it easier than my generation with more handed to them by indulgent boomer parents than our depression era tightwad parents who taught us discipline and work ethic. I have seen more B, office politics, and brown nosing in the under 35 group than the older folks. Generational breakdown.
I have had the pleasure of hiring several GenXers for our business in the past few years. They all sat on their hands and wanted much for little output. I watched one young man spend his way into bankrupcy and then had the nerve to ask us to help bail him out. He never once considered selling the jet ski's or cars to help himself out. You are the consumption generation with desires for a new home right out the gate that you can not afford, a new car or two in the driveway along with the boat. Your credit cards are all maxed to the hilt as well. My husband and I are boomers that made our own way, not getting a bailout from the taxpayers or our parents who were blue collar workers. We started out in dingy little apartments and saved for our first little house. We did not jump into a McMansion first.
I blame a creeping socialisim in this county and it comes with a tremendous price tag people.
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