Environment and 'Ok Boomer'

Of course a degree is required for Doctors, scientists and engineers but why for heavens sake a nurse for example. Or, a police officer? These people learn a lot more on the job than sat in a classroom

Coolio because nurses need to understand the science behind what they are doing with patients. They also need to be able to think & use their initiative.
Modern policing is a complex operation requiring highly intelligent men and women.
An education is never wasted.

I have no idea what you are all going on about! It reminds me of visiting my brother in Germany in the 70s and all the conversations were a series of initials that seemed like a military code. Probably best if I remain blissfully ignorant!

Perhaps I should start frisking family members before allowing them to hug me just in case they are armed and dangerous.

No - I find the opposite. To be fair, young mums seem very polite and friendly in real life. Bless.

We are wallpaper Callistemon I’ve got used to it (just about!).

I wouldn't take not being thanked to heart Callistemon.
Young Mums rushing around food shopping, pushing prams and with small children whizzing round would quite possibly have not even noticed that you stood aside.
I think young Mums are under so much pressure these days, working and running homes.
When I think back, I didn't work from a few months before my first was born to after the last one going to secondary school and even then it was my choice.
I seriously don't know how my daughter does it, with three children, working 30 hours but having to work at home in the evenings as well and her husband working away all week.
She has told me many times that she doesn't think that she could cope without my help.

Callistemon

No! I can just about remember how old I am.

Useless degrees that are really not required to do a bog standard job. Of course a degree is required for Doctors, scientists and engineers but why for heavens sake a nurse for example. Or, a police officer? These people learn a lot more on the job than sat in a classroom.

With reference to compulsory education until the age of 16. There are part time jobs, it’s not illegal to work, volunteering or education and working until the age of 18.

Frankly, to sit in a call centre, with a degree that has to be paid for is a waste of the persons time and money.

I did notice today, as I walked round a very busy town then in M&S to do some food shopping, I stood aside let younger people through who had pushchairs or small children whizzing around. Not being entirely altruistic, I didn't want to get bumped as I have been sometimes.

Not many of them said thank you, in fact many just walked past as if I wasn't there.
I'd never noticed this before. I felt invisible.

Gonegirl you probably haven't heard it because you're not a boomer, nor am I!

Is that why you needed to find the age thread, to remind yourself how old you are?

I get a bit fed up with sly digs at me.
Sorry, just couldn't resist

Never heard of okboomer either.
And to be honest my adult children and my Grandchildren think the World of me, are very kind and thoughtful people and would definitely defend us older ones against all this rubbish.
I'm not concerned at all, as the ones who despise older people are not in the majority by any stretch of the imagination.

Only online.

Not me either.

But someone has just posted it on the ‘good morning’ thread.
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In what context rosecaramel?

I've heard it-

not me

Can we do a quick survey? Who here has actually heard the phrase "ok boomer" in real life?

Not me.

I get a bit fed up with sly digs at me.

Gonegirl may well be the leading UK expert in this field but fortunately, I live in New Zealand where the elderly are, in the main, treated with respect and valued for their experience

Are you saying that I don't want old people treated with respect? Would be grateful for an explanation of your remark BradfordLass72

Not sure I can be an expert in this field. I haven't a clue what it's all about. Just know I don't want everyone bumped off on reaching the age of 70.

ok boomer

We need to remind Millenials that they get older every day and one day they will be old, just like us. They will own houses and have savings and their grandchildren will be eyeing their wealth avariciously.

As for that silly comments about degrees......... There have always been a small group of graduates who can make little of their degree - but that is usually more about them than the degree. Look around: doctors, nurses, engineers, scientists and almost every professional has a degree and is making a living because they have one -- and usually a better one than they would have without it.

Gonegirl may well be the leading UK expert in this field but fortunately, I live in New Zealand where the elderly are, in the main, treated with respect and valued for their experience.

I have certainly heard about these issues WeekendVisit but don't take them seriously as that is not what I see around me.
I also think this is a media-generated mischief which the gullible fall for and follow. Much as they do with ad campaigns.

I cannot imagine any sensible person believing elders will be 'killed off before their time', when we all know how hard, nay virtually impossible, it is even for terminally ill persons in great pain to be allowed to die with dignity.

I wonder what is envisaged in such a scenario? Gangs of under-40's leaping out of the bushes at rest homes in order to smite the grey-haired?

Maybe I should spearhead a campaign: a Boomers Uprising to Minimise Socially Unfair Practises (BUMSUP)?

notanan, in the US the average age of a purchasing agent/buyer is 45/46- Gen Xers-

Millennial Spending:
Somewhere between 40/45% of their monthly income goes towards discretionary spending - 20/25% of their purchases are made with credit cards- And the younger the borrower, the higher the likelihood of delinquency-

Via their spending practices they climb into bed with corporations that destroy the planet-

Factor in mortgages and auto loans for not so environmentally friendly vehicles-

I didn't indicate that they are responsible for purchasing for stores but from stores .. that contribute to the destruction of the planet ..

Excessive consumerism impacts the environment- Unlike anything I've ever witnessed in my lifetime, the stock for this upcoming Christmas season is so abundant that it's hazardous - The isles are so packed that a person couldn't safely shop-

I know someone very senior in retail. They are one of the people who "set the trends" for christmas must haves. And spend their summer planning what their retailer will stock and promote.

They are NOT millenials. They are not even young for gen X, AND they are "young" compared to a lot of their colleagues and contemporaries at that level. Who plan what's going to be on your shelves at Christmas.

Once again, posters are picking out things they disagree with then falsely attributing it to millennials.

If you have a loan which you have to repay then how exactly are you freeloading?

It's a contradiction in terms.