Whats wrong with some of these kids?!

[Pebbs]

I never thought I would say this, but here goes.... I have a very old subbie who does my mosaic work, a few weeks ago he said to me that he was getting tired of it all (well hes 73 its to be expected I suppose). So we decided to get him an apprentice, as he is a font of knowledge and we thought it would be a good idea to train someone up.
We thought we had found a decent hard working lad who was really keen to learn....how wrong we were..
Day one Turned up late for work...
Day two Didnt turn up...his mum rang saying he was 'ill'
Day three Turned up late.....
Day four Asked for an advance on his wages
Day five Turned up late......
Weekend - Thank God....Im starting to pull my hair out.
Day six Didnt turn up, didnt ring, we rang him and left a message on his mobile..he rang back at 3.30 saying he had overslept!
Day seven..Turned up late.....
Day eight He asked for an advance on his wages again as he was going out!
Day nine He rang in sick at 10.00am (it must have been a good night out with his mates)
Day ten He turned up late...got mouthy with the site manager...got thrown of site.

There is no day 11, Id had enough...

Today he rang, asking if he was getting any redundancy pay!

Is it me? or has the world gone mad?

Pebbs

 

[White Room]

Do I get redundancy

 

[user123]

:lol: oh boy.... that would be really funny if it wasn't so sad...

 

[DHTiling]

Sounds like my Son..:lol::lol:

 

[Colour Republic]

At that age on day 2 my mother would have kicked me out the house if I was ill or not, not ring up and make excuses for me

 

[united]

If someone had given me an opportunity like that I would have made sure I was half an hour early every day and I wouldn't have dared ask for an advance!

My Mam would have killed me for being late for work when I was that age

The youth of today :yikes: :mad2: (That makes me sound old!)

 

[Scott]

Why is it the young of today think society owes them a living?

 

[CJ]

Don't forget his holiday pay :lol::lol:

Cheeky little git

 

[user123]

If someone had given me an opportunity like that I would have made sure I was half an hour early every day and I wouldn't have dared ask for an advance!

My Mam would have killed me for being late for work when I was that age

Mine, too... doesn't bear thinking about... :lol:

 

[White Room]

My Dad would have dragged me there:yikes:

 

[Pebbs]

You know what is the worst part, my mosaic man even at his age, always turns up half an hour early, works a full day, and last week asked me if it was alright if he went home at 4.00. I feel I let this kid loose on him and he ended up being more of a hinderance than help. Im getting choked up just thinking about it.

Pebbs

 

[TheWrightTiler]

and his tax credits and loss of wages

little diddums id have bricked him up in a s***hoose and emptied a portaloo in it

an advance on wages, id have gotten slapped by my gaffer if i dared talk to him without being asked a question, as prev said half hour erly and back before anyone at luchtime to get ready for the men

when i was in the army we ran everywhere in boots, now its trainers, we got dogs abuse now they get red and yellow cards, true words, if they get shouted at they show a yellow and if they feel its went to far they show a red and they really have to back off

i can mind getting dragged behind a hedge and smacked for my cheek, didnt do it again tho

saw a bloke last week peeing against the war memorial so nudged him and wee went all over his clothes, have me cheek and abuse for pushing him so gave him a bit of a skelp for his utter selfishness
rant over

 

[White Room]

Blue and yellow cards, had a laugh about that:lol:

 

[TheWrightTiler]

Blue and yellow cards, had a laugh about that:lol:

its true mate done a job for a sergeant in 3 rifles few months ago and he was telling me, its gone soft, they cant do what they did and break them down and make the into soldiers any more, if i got called a son of unwed parents once i was called it many times a day, now they cant incase it offends them, my late wifes sister was telling me her daughters school just had sports day and they all won so the losers didnt get upset, they dont ask kids to put there hand up in class now incase the thickos like me dont know the answer and get embarrassed

 

[White Room]

I agree mate, I joined the army in 77 and they were'nt polite:lol: