Young kids......Mercy!

Had a nice young man stop by in the neighborhood soliciting registered voters to sign a petition. It appears Shaddocks Pizza is going for their Sunday liquor license. Doesn't bother me that they want to expand their business capabilities so I signed. We struck up a conversation because I was interested in where young people are as it relates to the current state of affairs in the country and, specifically, the unemployment handout from Biden that seems to be preventing workers from pursuing the multitude of jobs open now. He told me that many in his age group are not pursuing jobs now because the pay is too low to start. I asked him how much he thought he should be making just walking in the door with no experience. He told me more than what is being offered in the $10 to $13/hr range. He thought it should be more like $15 to $20/hr. I suggested that was a tad bit too high for flipping burgers behind a grill or taking an order at the register. He told me the employers should pay a decent wage that would supply enough money for a nice lifestyle making the house/car payments with some leftover deposable cash to prevent living from paycheck to paycheck. I told him what I encountered in my 48 yrs of working and I told him good luck finding that situation as the employers need to make a profit to invest back in the business, satisfy the major stockholders and to create new jobs with pay and benefit packages. He just didn't get the concept so the conversation ended quickly. Tell me something...Why do these young people feel so entitled to freebie handouts and not think they have to work from the bottom up to attain more money? They all want to be the boss just walking in the door for the first time. Incredible crap they have been fed. In short, what the hell is wrong with these kids nowadays?

Was tempted to respond to your post - but after reading that last sentence...it must have been a rhetorical post. :-)