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[Crankin]

I did lots of bad stuff when I was young, so I rarely think in terms of "that younger generation." Plus, i think it's pretty hard to generalize a whole generation. My own kids look like angels compared to me (and my DH), and they are part of the entitled group, according to the media.
From what I've observed in my new career (and somewhat while I was teaching), "bad things" are experienced in every culture, walk of life, neighborhood. It's how the particular people deal with the "bad thing," or the community response, that is different. I always have to laugh when one of my friends says, "that happened in .....???!!" Over the years, I've set them straight, so this doesn't happen much, but I am quite sure others think the same way.

[shootingstar]

It works the reverse also, millenials having certain impressions of boomers in general. What it annoying is in work-related literature is separating employees in generational groups... and how to treat them, their perceived work habits. Or blaming the car-dominant culture on boomers for ruining the environment, schlepping the kids around (unless they are shown other options)... as if all of us fall into that single category.

The single reason why I don't give my exact age at work, is being branded for being Luddite, etc. etc. I may not have a cellphone yet...but I am a person that is coming into your dept...to convert manual processes to electronic..

[Crankin]

This is total thread drift; I really want to post this on Facebook, but don't particularly want the nasty responses.
Since when did Halloween become a real holiday? I mean, I have fond memories of dressing up in simple store bought costumes, trick or treating, and going to a party at school, run by the PTA, on Halloween night. I stopped dressing up after 6th grade. After I moved to AZ, I thought maybe it was a regional thing that adults dressed up at work and "celebrated" Halloween. Now, I see that it's not, and people are talking about Halloween weekend, like it's Thanksgiving.
I don't like scary stuff and I'm OK with this as a kid's thing, but really, it just seems silly to me. I know it's just my opinion, and it's not hurting me, but sometimes I think my idea of fun is radically different than a lot of others!

[Helene2013]

I don't care at all for Halloween. Maybe because we have no kids. And stores are already into xmas trees, etc....and we're 2 months away, and Halloween is not even over! We live in a crazy world I think....all to make you spend! hihi

[shootingstar]

I'm actually amazed how different things are in the workplace ....nowadays compared a few decades ago where adults in the workplace,not necessarily a lot, love dressing up. There's a woman in our dept. who brought a whole box of Hallowe'en decorations and went around during her lunch hr. with another colleague to decorate our cubicles.So I have lots of funky mini witch hats festooning my cubicle.

Much to my surprise, 1 of my sisters and her husband really get into Hallowe'en festivities with their 2 young children (under 6 yrs. old) ...they decorate inside and outside of their house several wks. before Hallowe'en which also includes several of their own home carved pumpkins. I was not aware of this because I live in another province. They rent a local community centre rm. and throw a largish Hallowe'en party for parent-friends and their children with games, food (+some stuff that people bring), everyone in costumes.. this is 60+ people. She corrals teen nephews and niece to help out with the party. The neighbourhood is very popular trick or treating area..300 children showed up last year at their door, in the evening for candy... The older teens who help out, find it fun.

This is completely foreign to her other family members, because we never grew up with much emphasis on Hallowe'en at all.