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This is the outcome of unchecked Hollywood and Western values creeping into the Asian psyche of hard work and discipline
Everytime I see a youngtser with an iPod blasting n his head, I know we have lost another to the rotting values of the West.
The youngsters these days take everything for granted and cannot take a bit of setback.
That's why the influx of PRCs is great government policy.
PRC have fighting spirit and work very hard. When business is good, they all no complaints no matter how long the hours. Some request extra work on their day off. Pinoys are fun and make good service staff but they are not hardworking. So PRCs still one notch better from employer's point of view.
Young Singaporeans work a bit complain a lot. Cannot deliver but act cool and talk big. Older ones know the value of hard work.
http://www.todayonline.com/Voices/EDC100129-000037/The-new-generation-gap
The new generation gap
by Tabitha Wang [email protected] 05:55 AM Jan 29, 2010
MY 25-year-old colleague had gone out for a date the night before so when she came into office, I asked her how it went.
"He was a disaster," she replied.
Thinking I had misheard, I clarified: "You mean it was a disaster?"
"No," she said. "He was. He was unemployed but that was okay.
"What wasn't okay was the way he blamed everyone else for his jobless state - but not himself. He said it was the government's fault for not creating more jobs, the people in their 40s and 50s for holding on to positions of power … .
"But it was obvious the problem was him. He'd turned down a shop assistant's job because they wanted him to work past 8pm, an office manager's job because he had to wear a tie and a baker's job because he had to carry bags of flour and wake up at 5am."
She concluded: "He's so post-80s."
Ah yes, post-80s. That label being bandied around for those born between 1980 and 1989, the ones on the bottom rung of the job ladder - if they can find one to climb in the first place.
The post-80s are making the news in Hong Kong because of some high-profile demonstrations they have been taking part in. They got the public's attention in 2006, when they protested against the demolition of the Star Ferry clock tower and the Queen's Pier. A year later, they did the same against the demolition of Wedding Card Street in Wan Chai.
The most recent was the demonstration against the high-speed rail link to Guangzhou and Shenzhen. A group of 20-somethings walked from Sheung Shui in the New Territories to the Legislative Council in Central, prostrating themselves every 26 steps in protest.
That got them into every news media in town. And it also attracted a lot of criticism. "Crazy, they are protesting for the sake of protesting," said one woman. "They have too much time on their hands," said another.
From there, it was a simple step to labelling them the angry generation - the selfish, spoilt youths who think that they can get anything they want just by throwing a tantrum.
A recent survey bears this out. Post-1980s Hongkongers are less hopeful and unhappier than Generation Xs and baby boomers, said Hong Kong Christian Service, who polled 402 employed people aged between 20 and 63.
Using a psychometric test on subjective happiness, where 4.5 to 5.5 is considered the norm, the volunteer group found that post-80s scored only 4.14 out of seven.
The baby boomers rated 4.5 and Generation X, 4.45. Generation Xs are aged 29 to 44 and baby boomers, 45 to 63.
Ms Natalie Cheung Yue, senior manager of the organisation's Employee Development Service, told the South China Morning Post: "The post- '80s' happiness score is low because the environment is bad for them when they enter the job market. They have high qualifications but their salary is low, with long working hours."
She said the financial crisis also led to baby boomers delaying their retirement, making it more difficult for the post-80s to be promoted.
I read that and think, well, tough. What whingers. When we post-70s entered the job market, our salary was just as low seeing as we were the juniors then and we had to work just as long hours to prove ourselves. They just have to persevere and in 20 years' time, they will be where we are today.
Everytime I see a youngtser with an iPod blasting n his head, I know we have lost another to the rotting values of the West.
The youngsters these days take everything for granted and cannot take a bit of setback.
That's why the influx of PRCs is great government policy.
PRC have fighting spirit and work very hard. When business is good, they all no complaints no matter how long the hours. Some request extra work on their day off. Pinoys are fun and make good service staff but they are not hardworking. So PRCs still one notch better from employer's point of view.
Young Singaporeans work a bit complain a lot. Cannot deliver but act cool and talk big. Older ones know the value of hard work.
http://www.todayonline.com/Voices/EDC100129-000037/The-new-generation-gap
The new generation gap
by Tabitha Wang [email protected] 05:55 AM Jan 29, 2010
MY 25-year-old colleague had gone out for a date the night before so when she came into office, I asked her how it went.
"He was a disaster," she replied.
Thinking I had misheard, I clarified: "You mean it was a disaster?"
"No," she said. "He was. He was unemployed but that was okay.
"What wasn't okay was the way he blamed everyone else for his jobless state - but not himself. He said it was the government's fault for not creating more jobs, the people in their 40s and 50s for holding on to positions of power … .
"But it was obvious the problem was him. He'd turned down a shop assistant's job because they wanted him to work past 8pm, an office manager's job because he had to wear a tie and a baker's job because he had to carry bags of flour and wake up at 5am."
She concluded: "He's so post-80s."
Ah yes, post-80s. That label being bandied around for those born between 1980 and 1989, the ones on the bottom rung of the job ladder - if they can find one to climb in the first place.
The post-80s are making the news in Hong Kong because of some high-profile demonstrations they have been taking part in. They got the public's attention in 2006, when they protested against the demolition of the Star Ferry clock tower and the Queen's Pier. A year later, they did the same against the demolition of Wedding Card Street in Wan Chai.
The most recent was the demonstration against the high-speed rail link to Guangzhou and Shenzhen. A group of 20-somethings walked from Sheung Shui in the New Territories to the Legislative Council in Central, prostrating themselves every 26 steps in protest.
That got them into every news media in town. And it also attracted a lot of criticism. "Crazy, they are protesting for the sake of protesting," said one woman. "They have too much time on their hands," said another.
From there, it was a simple step to labelling them the angry generation - the selfish, spoilt youths who think that they can get anything they want just by throwing a tantrum.
A recent survey bears this out. Post-1980s Hongkongers are less hopeful and unhappier than Generation Xs and baby boomers, said Hong Kong Christian Service, who polled 402 employed people aged between 20 and 63.
Using a psychometric test on subjective happiness, where 4.5 to 5.5 is considered the norm, the volunteer group found that post-80s scored only 4.14 out of seven.
The baby boomers rated 4.5 and Generation X, 4.45. Generation Xs are aged 29 to 44 and baby boomers, 45 to 63.
Ms Natalie Cheung Yue, senior manager of the organisation's Employee Development Service, told the South China Morning Post: "The post- '80s' happiness score is low because the environment is bad for them when they enter the job market. They have high qualifications but their salary is low, with long working hours."
She said the financial crisis also led to baby boomers delaying their retirement, making it more difficult for the post-80s to be promoted.
I read that and think, well, tough. What whingers. When we post-70s entered the job market, our salary was just as low seeing as we were the juniors then and we had to work just as long hours to prove ourselves. They just have to persevere and in 20 years' time, they will be where we are today.
