I bet when it's their azz in pain they won't be so lackadaisical.
Dang, I sound like an old man. Hehehe.
Working with them can be a pain, too.
I keep hearing from the higher ups that my gripes are just a “generational” thing and that I just have to understand that they have “different standards.”
I deal with them daily as well. About 75% of those I encounter are like you said. They just sit, look at their phones and behave like zombies and trying to use verbal communication, why you might as well send smoke signals or speak in Latin.
The other 25% seem to behave like normal human beings, that being said a good 75% of them are the laziest humans I have ever encountered, just sorrier than whale S*&% spoiled rotten lazy. It is frightening to think that if I have to ever go to a nursing home these cretins will be taking care of me. I hope I pass before that happens.