I work for state government in a small compliance team. It’s a boring position, but nonetheless it’s a job. However, I’m the youngest in my division by about 20 years, and many of the daily conversations center around, “This generation doesn’t know how to do physical things.” or that we’re lazy and don’t want to work hard, or peddle conspiracy theories related to the government, or social media brainwashing, etc.
This time, I listened for almost an hour to a colleague talk to another about how she actively avoids cameras, to the point where she doesn’t go through self checkouts because of the cameras. Proceeded to then complain about people using FaceTime as an alternative to calling, then complained about the same people using AirPods, and how she purposefully tries to get their attention just because they wore AirPods. Then concluded on how it doesn’t make sense how teenagers and adults got depression from the pandemic. An hour of this outside my office.
And then of course, there’s the religious discussions, including one yesterday about how, “It’s crazy somebody doesn’t believe in Jesus, when insurance companies call acts from nature, “Acts of God”.” Lots of putting down about being a non-Christian person.
Please someone tell me I’m not alone.