Millennial moments

Just curious if anybody else here has had a "millennial moment"...

Ok, I'm not trying to insult millennials, but as a group, I notice the ones that tend to have low end entry level jobs, not all of them, but enough that it stands out over time...

I went to Walmart and at the deli counter, asked for 12 oz of pepper cheese and the 20 something girl at the counter weighed out 2 slices of cheese which came out to .13 pounds of cheese.

My last millennial moment before that came a few months earlier when I went to a fast food joint and order $5.69 meal. I didn't have a 5 dollar bill and didn't want a bunch of one dollar bills in my wallet so I gave the cashier a $10 and a $1, so that I'd get a a five dollar bill and change back. She entered the transaction for $6, instead of $11, so the register showed $ 0.31, and she became confused. She said she didn't learn counting in school. I had to tell her to give me a five dollar bill back.

Just curious if anybody else has had a "millennial moment".

It's not an everyday thing, but clearly there's enough of them that many older people have a low brow opinion of millenials.

Of course in 20 to 25 years, the millennials will saying the same stuff about the Z generation....
😉

@caesar49bc said
Just curious if anybody else here has had a "millennial moment"...

Ok, I'm not trying to insult millennials, but as a group, I notice the ones that tend to have low end entry level jobs, not all of them, but enough that it stands out over time...

I went to Walmart and at the deli counter, asked for 12 oz of pepper cheese and the 20 something girl at the counter weigh ...[text shortened]... course in 20 to 25 years, the millennials will saying the same stuff about the Z generation....
😉

@caesar49bc said
It's not an everyday thing, but clearly there's enough of them that many older people have a low brow opinion of millenials.

My last millennial moment before that came a few months earlier when I went to a fast food joint and order $5.69 meal. I didn't have a 5 dollar bill and didn't want a bunch of one dollar bills in my wallet so I gave the cashier a $10 and a $1, so that I'd get a a five dollar bill and change back. She entered the transaction for $6, instead of $11, so the register showed $ 0.31, and she became con ...[text shortened]... She said she didn't learn counting in school. I had to tell her to give me a five dollar bill back.

@divegeester

When I told a couple of older folks in the neighborhood, after I'd started this thread, they chuckled and said my generation was just as bad. One said the older you get, the more you complain... about EVERYTHING.
I wondered if he was exaggerating.

@caesar49bc said
@divegeester

When I told a couple of older folks in the neighborhood, after I'd started this thread, they chuckled and said my generation was just as bad. One said the older you get, the more you complain... about EVERYTHING.
I wondered if he was exaggerating.

@Caesar49BC

I have an observation, for what it's worth. In my day, as a youth, I rode my bike to visit a friend who lived several miles away. We'd play chess or cycle together. It was a regular thing after school. Sometimes we'd plan days in advance to meet somewhere or go camping in the woods.

Nowadays, kids are constantly making and changing plans in real-time with smart-phone apps. They'll be chatting away (virtually, you understand, even when they're sitting right next to each other) in trams and buses and arranging in micro-seconds who's going to be waiting for them at which bus stop, then they'll all bail out two stops sooner because someone else they adore more is transferring to a different bus, and so on. It seems all so ephemeral to me.

One of those guys I played chess with in high school (this was 1970s) is still one of my best friends. I wonder whether the millennial generation will have any of the same friends two years from now.

@caesar49bc said
Just curious if anybody else here has had a "millennial moment"...

Ok, I'm not trying to insult millennials, but as a group, I notice the ones that tend to have low end entry level jobs, not all of them, but enough that it stands out over time...

I went to Walmart and at the deli counter, asked for 12 oz of pepper cheese and the 20 something girl at the counter weigh ...[text shortened]... course in 20 to 25 years, the millennials will saying the same stuff about the Z generation....
😉

@moonbus said
@Caesar49BC

I have an observation, for what it's worth. In my day, as a youth, I rode my bike to visit a friend who lived several miles away. We'd play chess or cycle together. It was a regular thing after school. Sometimes we'd plan days in advance to meet somewhere or go camping in the woods.

Nowadays, kids are constantly making and changing plans in real-time with sm ...[text shortened]... ds. I wonder whether the millennial generation will have any of the same friends two years from now.

@moonbus said
@Caesar49BC

I have an observation, for what it's worth. In my day, as a youth, I rode my bike to visit a friend who lived several miles away. We'd play chess or cycle together. It was a regular thing after school. Sometimes we'd plan days in advance to meet somewhere or go camping in the woods.

Nowadays, kids are constantly making and changing plans in real-time with sm ...[text shortened]... ds. I wonder whether the millennial generation will have any of the same friends two years from now.

@handyandy said
I have a low brow opinion of arrogant snobs who have a low brow opinion of millennials.