The New Generation???

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Originally Posted by JoeRedskin

If at 24 my son says to me, while living at home, "Dad I turned down a well paying job b/c I didn't think it was going anywhere". He and I would have very long talk about his rent-free status in my home. It is one thing to be supportive in hard times, it is another to encourage a sense of entitlement.

The company who offerred the guy the job had initially turned down his request for a management training position but thought enough of him to call him back in for the lesser opening. So take the job, work your ass off and reapply in a couple years for the managemnt training.

When opportunity knocks, answer the f'ing door.

Exactly. My parents have always said they'll help my brother and I if we help ourselves. There were times in the past during and right after college where I was hurting for money, but I was always willing to work my tail off doing whatever to make ends meet. They weren't bankrolling my entire life, but they certainly helped with bills/rent here and there- as long as I was working hard both in school and at a job.

My parents have money, but my Dad was raised dirt poor as the oldest of 7 kids, and paid his own way through college and law school, and wasn't ever given a penny after the age of 18 by his parents. If he ever caught any whiff of entitlement from my brother and I while growing up, he nipped it in the bud real fast.

The little shitburger in this article needs to get his head out of the clouds and learn what it means to WORK for a living.