ok, in the vicinity of 40 years old. Better?

Point still stands that gramps is out of touch with whom he directs his ire.

I do find it ironic that the parents of millennials (boomers) are the ones who disparage them the most. Maybe if they were home more instead of being workaholics then they would’ve known when their kids were born.

 

I know this. I'm saying the older end of Millennials will be 46 in a year's time, which is currently the average age of a Delta pilot.

Another way to say it is that we're almost at the point where Gen X and Boomers are collectively the minority of Delta pilots.

 

Good Reasons.

From the perspective of the older generations (at least the ones young enough to have to work with them, boomers and GenX), there was a fairly sharp contrast in attitudes and work ethic.

Previous generations always had some of that going on, typically reflected in dress and music, but when they got into the workplace they came round pretty quickly.

Millennials, due to having *very* significant differences in upbringing did not come around to the old ways and that created long-standing friction. Those differences (technology and some trends in the education system and child-rearing concepts) created a sharp and significant generational divide.

While the M's have obviously had to somehow adapt to adulting and earning a living, there's still some lingering friction. Maybe just bad blood?

Yes, it was the "fault" of the booomers for screwing it up, but in fairness they simply didn't know. They didn't grasp the significance of tech/internet and they thought the new education and child-rearing ideas were actually better. Not the fault of GenX, I was in my twenties and focused on beer and tail, anything to do with kids was the furthest thing from my mind.

We finally seem to be getting around to banning phones in school, and maybe at all times for kids below a certain age.

 

I didn't know Dwight Schrute worked for our Air Line

"Why tip someone for a job I'm capable of doing myself? I can deliver food, I can drive a taxi, I can and do cut my own hair. I did, however, tip my urologist. Because I am unable to pulverize my own kidney stones"

 

The explanation is much simpler than that, in my opinion. Millennials were the first generation to be picked on during the age of the internet, where criticisms could be widely seen and quickly normalized. It became a generic insult, it stuck, and now it’s routinely incorrectly used while old people complain about young(er) people.

 

Wait, you paid to have your hotel toilet fixed? Really?

 

My assumption is he had just dropped the Browns off at the Superbowl and *then* discovered said toilet wouldn't flush....the $20 is the non-verbal "bro, I am so sorry"...

 

The next generation is weak and entitled!

- Every generation ever.

 

That would make sense then. 💩

 

Most likely the cleaner just pocketed it and then called MX to come unclog the toilet...