Economy
In reply to the discussion: The data that shows Boomers are to blame for the labor shortage [View all]doc03
(37,234 posts)said only about 1 out of 3 could pass the drug test. She would hire the ones that passed and less than half of them would show up for work. She told of one that she told in the interview to come to work Monday morning. He said he wasn't really feeling like work just now. This was before the pandemic was here. Some of these kids can't even make change. One morning at McDonald's the kid owed me 20 cents. He looks and there are no dimes and was totally dumbfounded figuring how many nickles to give me. I saw the same thing where I worked. I broke in a guy on my job the next day when I came to work he had the doors locked and was asleep. There a few very few that were good workers though.
With us boomers we could get a good union job with benefits and retirement right out of high school. The kids today will have to work til they die unless they can go to college.