Behind the Scenes @ Chrysler Dealers

[shootingstar]

I think we're too far away from the memories of the people who grew up during the Depression. My grandparents, now all deceased, were of the "waste not, want not" OR "make do or do without" generation. I'll be 50 this year and I have some of that frugalness, but I certainly don't see it in the new college grads that are interning in my office. These "kids" would be equivalent to the adult greatgrandchildren or great-great grandchildren of Depression Era adults - just too far away - it's ancient history to them.

The make do or do without Depression era thinking..is not something big among the younger generations, unless they are financially strapped.

Next generations seem to need not just reasons of poverty, but ADDITIONAL motivators to change their choices how to consume responsibly..but still look be accepted by their social peer group.

I'm not knocking powerful motivators of environmental protection, healthy whole food sources..but merely just the philosophy of living within one's own means with long term frugality can be a tough call for many people. It does require a different pacing of one's lifestyle...and more time planning, scheduling and grouping tasks/errands together for 1 trip. It is a major change for some people, like yahoos hard accelerating their cars for no real emergency. But after awhile, the change becomes part of one's being.

Sad thing, some of the developing countries are inching towards aping the North American consumerist, car-oriented lifestyle. They view cars and whole ball of our wax, as higher status, "better" living.

That's some culture among the boys there, smilingcat. For some reason, I don't hear much about cars with the men I've worked with over the years. Maybe they didn't want to talk about such with a car-clueless like myself.