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This isn't to throw JB under the bus, but it's a pretty good take on it...As a manager, it's that sense of entitlement in the young 20-somethings...

Posted by Name Withheld By Request (aka BlueKopo) Mar 8 '10, 21:40

...Right now that just kills me. I had a guy act like I cursed out his mother last week, because I told him to quit with the texting while he was on the clock.

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I get part of what he's saying, but I'm kind of offended that he underestimates how geeky we are/were and how many of us were early tech. adopters. - b! Mar 8, 21:47 2
- I TA a class and actually teach a small section at my uni, and my policy regarding laptop use has always been the same: - celedhring Mar 8, 21:51
- If I had a laptop I would have used it, absolutely. I write too slowly and I can't read my writing a lot of the time. -- nm - loosilu Mar 8, 21:49
That is different. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Mar 8, 21:44
I don't think we were all that different, just the opportunities are greater. -- nm - Reagen Mar 8, 21:43 2
- there is a difference that I've experienced/witnessed. I shared about it before here, I think. - b! Mar 8, 21:58
- Young whippersnappers have always been uppity. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 8, 21:43
Word. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 8, 21:42

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This isn't to throw JB under the bus, but it's a pretty good take on it...As a manager, it's that sense of entitlement in the young 20-somethings...

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