Thread: Kid's........not even a clue !!

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Television, what's that? You turned on the radio and listened to The Shadow, Amos and Andy, The Lone Ranger, Mr District Attorney, Lum and Abner, Gunsmoke, I Remember Mama, and many more that I can't remember.

My first job at 12 was working on a farm (lived in the city).The old guy would pick us up at 7:00 and drop us off at 5:00,lunch furnished.He drove a new 50 chev.p/u.I can still smell the new smell it gave off.He paid us 1.50 per.day hoeing corn,suckering tobacco,hauling hay,slaughtering sheep & all the things that happen on a Tennessee farm.I lasted one summer and got me a real job.I delivered papers morning & evening and after paying the paper office my paper bill on Sat,we would head out to the movie matinee to see the Gene Autrys,&Tex Ritters of that era.I had a JC Higgins 26 in.bicycle,couldn't afford a Schwinn with the knee action front wheel.Boy those were the days.

Kids nowdays want to start at the top,and most don't have any common brain power to go with their book smarts.

IMO

Originally Posted by Don Dalton

Kids nowdays want to start at the top,and most don't have any common brain power to go with their book smarts.

IMO

Man, is that an understatement!!!!!

Originally Posted by Don Dalton

Kids nowdays want to start at the top,and most don't have any common brain power to go with their book smarts.

IMO

What book smarts? Most that I come in contact with at work have trouble spelling their name.

Originally Posted by NTFDAY

What book smarts? Most that I come in contact with at work have trouble spelling their name.

Originally Posted by NTFDAY

What book smarts? Most that I come in contact with at work have trouble spelling their name.

My wife is the HR director for her companies eastern branch. While they don't have much turn over, her biggest gripe is that even tho they have to have a high school diploma to even apply, most can't figure out how to fill out a simple job application without major mistakes. If 100 apply, she MIGHT find 10 to interview and of those 10, there might be 2-3 that are considered. Then there is the drug test and physical........ Unfortunately for hiring new folks, in our area, there is only 2.8 - 3% unemployment, so not much out there to choose from.

Originally Posted by IC2

Unfortunately for hiring new folks, in our area, there is only 2.8 - 3% unemployment, so not much out there to choose from.

It's like that here too (about 2% Unemployment)-I recently had to hire a new Secretary and let me tell you there are a lot of people out there (I don't dare put them all in one group and call them Women!)that I swear I could put my hand on the other side of their Head, look into their ear and see clear through!

I ended up finding a pretty good one, but she wanted $60K to do it!