Sounds like young people need to 1) get a work ethic, 2) come to the shocking realization that the world doesn't revolve around them, 3) learn how to dress, speak, write and behave like an adult, and just for good measure 4) think twice about getting the fingertips-to-jawbone tattoos.I would add: 5) pull up your pants, for crying out loud! (I guess this could fall under item 3, but it bears repeating)
I saw a Denis Leary show a few years back, and in it he described getting coffee at a 7-11. The clerk's pants were hanging down below his boxer shorts, and he had piercings all over his face, including one in his lip which made it impossible for him to talk clearly. I think it was Leary's "Lock and Load" show, if you want to check it out. Pretty funny stuff, before he started taking himself way too seriously with that "Rescue Me" show.
At any rate, that clerk is the type of young Generation.com moron who's being displaced by older folks today, for those very reasons and more. Those with the presence of mind to realize how they've screwed up will doubtlessly blame their parents, their teachers, global warming and George Bush for their predicament, rather than being responsible and correcting their mistake(s).
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
