Link: "Chip on his Shoulder" disease afflicting thousands of athletes

[Displaced Bama Fan]

http://www.foxsports.com/buzzer/sto...er-epidemic-causes-diagnosis-treatment-092314

 

[Gr8hope]

Must be a contagious affliction. Many politicians and some citizens cause suffering in others because they display the same symptoms.

 

[TIDE-HSV]

I'm afraid the era of the "humble star," athletic or otherwise, passed decades ago. The well-behaved star is now the exception to the rule...

 

[TideEngineer08]

I'm afraid the era of the "humble star," athletic or otherwise, passed decades ago. The well-behaved star is now the exception to the rule...

As I said in the Facebook thread... this is a societal issue. Read the 1000s of articles about the younger generations expressing attitudes of entitlement before they ever accomplish anything.

 

[Catfish]

As I said in the Facebook thread... this is a societal issue. Read the 1000s of articles about the younger generations expressing attitudes of entitlement before they ever accomplish anything.

About 8 or 10 years ago, I had a job for a couple of years that required me to hire and, when neccessary, fire employees. It didn't take me long to realize that 90% of kids under 30 expected to start out at $60,000 a year, get started late, knock off early and and take off whenever their social lives required it. I ended up firing all but one person I hired under 30. I had one kid who was about 27 that was absolutely worthless. One day, he hadn't gotten a project done that he should have been finished with several days before. Only because there was nobody else to do it, at the beginning of the day, I told him that he had until the next morning at 8:00 to finish it or I was going to fire him. This was a typical assignment, similar to others he had finished in 5 or 6 hours before, when he felt like working that day. The next morning, he came in 8:30ish and told me he'd have it to me by noon. I told him not to bother and that he was fired. He started wailing like a three year old, literally tears streaming down his face. Screaming, "You're firing me?!?!?! Why are you doing this to me?!?!?!" I said, "Buddy, you did it to yourself."

EVERY SINGLE person I hired over 40 worked out. No exceptions. Last I heard, most of them are still with the company. One of them has my old job and another has my old boss's job. :biggrin2:

 

[TIDE-HSV]

About 8 or 10 years ago, I had a job for a couple of years that required me to hire and, when neccessary, fire employees. It didn't take me long to realize that 90% of kids under 30 expected to start out at $60,000 a year, get started late, knock off early and and take off whenever their social lives required it. I ended up firing all but one person I hired under 30. I had one kid who was about 27 that was absolutely worthless. One day, he hadn't gotten a project done that he should have been finished with several days before. Only because there was nobody else to do it, at the beginning of the day, I told him that he had until the next morning at 8:00 to finish it or I was going to fire him. This was a typical assignment, similar to others he had finished in 5 or 6 hours before, when he felt like working that day. The next morning, he came in 8:30ish and told me he'd have it to me by noon. I told him not to bother and that he was fired. He started wailing like a three year old, literally tears streaming down his face. Screaming, "You're firing me?!?!?! Why are you doing this to me?!?!?!" I said, "Buddy, you did it to yourself."

EVERY SINGLE person I hired over 40 worked out. No exceptions. Last I heard, most of them are still with the company. One of them has my old job and another has my old boss's job. :biggrin2:

I'm afraid that it's just societal, as '08 says. Our kids have managed to avoid the trap, but I know lots of others in their 40s, still floundering, and not knowing really why. In the case of the late turn-in, I'd suspect that neither his parents nor his teachers ever really enforced a deadline...

 

[BamaFlum]

I'm afraid that it's just societal, as '08 says. Our kids have managed to avoid the trap, but I know lots of others in their 40s, still floundering, and not knowing really why. In the case of the late turn-in, I'd suspect that neither his parents nor his teachers ever really enforced a deadline...

Thank you, thank you, thank you! Our school district allows students to turn in late work and it drives me crazy! It teaches them they can get by without deadlines.