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It's not that any guy couldn't learn the jobs that video guy did. It's that he only had a one week commitment. Obviously, he didn't blow into town, find a boss who would hire him cold.....for a week. (And who was taping him while he was working??)
Yeah, they will do things for television that they wouldn't normally do. Like when Extreme Couponers came to my town and paid one of the stores to be in a segment. They made a big show of doubling the coupons and such (that store has never doubled coupons before and never has after). But the store got paid so much $ for participating that they were able to renovate and replace the old stinking (and I mean literally stinking) meat cases in the meat department. It was a vast improvement.

That said, I do think that a lot of people aren't willing to put in the work, and part of that is because they never learned how and don't know what to do. They aren't learning at home and they aren't learning in school.

But there is also the factor that there are more people now and not as many jobs to go around.
 
It's not that any guy couldn't learn the jobs that video guy did. It's that he only had a one week commitment. Obviously, he didn't blow into town, find a boss who would hire him cold.....for a week. (And who was taping him while he was working??)

Not even that , if you can't surf your not going to get hired to be an instructor. You can learn and get get over time and then have a chance at the job . Same thing with the circus stilts guy . Those are just the 2 off the top of my head , but most of those jobs required a skill .

That's the problem , people just expect a "living wage " without getting into somthing entry level and working thier way up , in some cases needing an education first .

They want to flip burgers and cry thier not paid enough.
 
Not even that , if you can't surf your not going to get hired to be an instructor. You can learn and get get over time and then have a chance at the job . Same thing with the circus stilts guy . Those are just the 2 off the top of my head , but most of those jobs required a skill .

That's the problem , people just expect a "living wage " without getting into somthing entry level and working thier way up , in some cases needing an education first .

They want to flip burgers and cry thier not paid enough.

That's brings up another thing about the new youth. Now remember I am only 37 so I am still young myself. I live a life of save to pay for what you need and only finance a purchase like a home or car and when you do don't spend more than you can easily afford and do what you can to pay off early. Every young person is out there financing TV, dinners out, new cell phones couple times a year and anything else they might want. I do everything possible to not pay an interest on anything, why are we making the banks rich when we can just wait a little longer and have the same item for nearly half the cost.
 
I agree Chris, we just changed banks and the manager couldn't believe we didn't want a credit card. Haven't had one in over 20 years, everything we buy we pay cash or use our debit card. If we can't pay for it, we don't need it. Just bought a car and paid cash, replaced wife's car of 14 years, didn't need one just wanted one and didn't pay interest.
 
Up till now, I was commenting on that video and noting that this guy was not a good example. But the larger point, and I'm sure you saw this coming, is that you're painting with an awful wide brush (again!). My two daughters would argue with you if they were here. They work hard and are moving up in their careers, as are thousands (hundreds of thousands?) young people who you just don't notice because they are so normal. Or they are your kids, or your neighbors kids, so they must have been raised right.
So exactly who are you talking about?
 
The majority. There are still a lot of kids that do it right and have been raised with good morals and values. I am talking about the ones I interact with and see in my day to day life. Things may be different where you are. I have hired at least 30-40 people under 30 over the last couple years and not one of them had any work eithic. They apply well and can talk the talk but when it comes time to deliver there is nothing.
 
I'm talking about the people I see demenstrating for 15$ minimum wage . 2 years ago I was working downtown on a large new build so we had to walk blocks for parking . We passed a Wendy's (burger joint ) and the workers were picketing for just that .

I'm not sure what the percentage is . I'd guess it's not the majority but idk...

I also don't think it's an age thing . I see 40 yr olds doing the same . If you work at Walmart , your going too make a low wage (in most cases) . You have the ability to peruse a higher paying job . The union trades here take you and and give you free school . It's not easy work , my guess is that's why people choose somthing else . But you start around 12$ an hour , in a short time your investing in a pension , heath insurance and other benefits . In most trades, after 5 years your well over 30/hr .
 
He said he had 4000-5000 rejections in getting the 50 jobs. I remember seeing this on the news and once he got started I’m sure people hired him because he was news worthy and they wanted to be part of his book etc. plus the logistics of doing this in 50 weeks things had to be somewhat prepared. But none the less if he used his notoriety to help get the jobs more power to him. He claims 90% of the jobs made him an offer to stay or come back. I don’t know the whole story but thought it interesting.

I do know that the dairy farm I know very well could never find or keep employees. It is perfect work for young people, hard work with chance for feeling rewarded along getting paid. The hard work part was what caused most people to leave after 4 hours.

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I do know that the dairy farm I know very well could never find or keep employees. It is perfect work for young people, hard work with chance for feeling rewarded along getting paid. The hard work part was what caused most people to leave after 4 hours.

this is what i am talking about, they want a job but look at you as if you are crazy, when you expect them to bow up and break a sweat
 
One of my friends is dating a 19-year-old girl who works at McDonalds. Her shifts are like 2 to 3 hours and she gripes about how hard it is. Kid is so sheltered and spoiled. Kids these days are being taught to seek instant gratification and to not have to work as hard. And others are observing that hard work doesn't always pay off. I know so many people who work their asses off and have bad luck-- like my friend who was in a car accident and then had his house burn.

I do think one of the problems that people are facing is job stagnation and how some places just aren't letting people move up in the ranks. There are some businesses that will fire long-time employees so they won't have to pay higher wages when those people get seniority. It happens in all sorts of jobs-- even teaching. There was a woman who got fired over total BS 3 days before she would have qualified for retirement pay.

The manager at the local walmart was overheard plotting to fire an employee who had been there for 20 years because she thought the employee was making too much money ($13 an hour) and she wanted to have someone she could pay less money.

I know those are isolated incidents, but sometimes there just aren't opportunities in all places. Larger cities might have more jobs, but I know that at least around here, people feel stuck.

One good thing that I hope will come with the immigration changes will be the suspension of a program that was misused to allow foreign workers to do jobs in the STEM fields at 15% of the pay that is given to US citizens. Many companies were firing longtime employees and adding insult to it by making them train their foreign replacements just so the companies could save $.
 
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