My reckoning is they are all molly coddled through the education process and are all told that they will get jobs and its all easy.
Once in the real world they have not got a clue, a friend took on an apprentice, a nice lad who made all the right noises at the interview. Day one he turned up late and explained he wasn't used to getting up that early so would it be possible for my mate to ring him to wake him up?
. After a few hours this lad kept yawning and asking when he could take a break as he was feeling tired. It was explained to him that apart from a coffee break at 10.30 the next break would be lunch time and he would get an 45mins. The lad explained that would not be enough time to get home, have his lunch and get back so could he have 2 hours?
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Believe it or not he did not turn up on day 2 just a text saying the job was not what he thought it would be, no sorry but he did get a text a week later asking when he would be getting his wages for the day he did work. You can guess the reply he gave.
He did get a good lad in the end, this person has turned up every day on time, works until he is told to stop and has even said he will do extra if any comes up. So there are still some gooduns out there.
The one I find shocking is the young people that work in shops and are completely thrown when you give them the odd change so they can give you a note or a large coin. One ended up giving me all my money back plus the change as she could not work it out.