[Aml383]

How many of them does it take to change a tire ?
Answer : none . A 70 year old did it .

I pull into a parking lot earlier and see this 2012ish crapbox car parked a little sideways with about 5 people standing around it and a ford pick up parked close by.
I get closer and I see that its 5 22ish year olds huddled around one corner of the car watching in awe lol
Then I see a guy who looks like hes about 70 years old down there jacking the car up to change the tire .

Kinda should be the other way around I'd say . Not today lol
Bout 20 years ago it was though .
Bet ya dollars to doughnuts they can tell ya every nuance of an iPhone though . They all had one in thier hands instead of the tire iron .

 

[Leadhead]

It's pathetic...

 

[Kirk's67SS]

I am 70 years Old and I own a Ford Ranger Pickup

However it was not me changing the Tire for the 5 people that were 20 years olds

I would tell them how to do it and watch but never ever do it for them
how the heck are they going to learn ?
oh wait they could always go on YouTube and watch a Video How To

On second thought I would not even get out of my Truck
I would just Drive up close and say do yous have a Jack & Spare Tire
if the answer was not very positive that they did
then I would say Phone a Tow Truck !
or you can find How to on You Tube !!

 

[smitty454]

How many of them does it take to change a tire ?
Answer : none . A 70 year old did it .

I pull into a parking lot earlier and see this 2012ish crapbox car parked a little sideways with about 5 people standing around it and a ford pick up parked close by.
I get closer and I see that its 5 22ish year olds huddled around one corner of the car watching in awe lol
Then I see a guy who looks like hes about 70 years old down there jacking the car up to change the tire .

Kinda should be the other way around I'd say . Not today lol
Bout 20 years ago it was though .
Bet ya dollars to doughnuts they can tell ya every nuance of an iPhone though . They all had one in thier hands instead of the tire iron .

Change your title to these gen Z-ers. Millennials were born in the 80s and early 90s. Some of us "millennials" are approaching 40.

 

[chaze]

This boomer would consider it an honor to change a tire for a millennial.

They hold the purse strings to my Social Security and Medicare.

 

[SS427Rick]

I work with some 20-30 year olds that would have no idea how change a light bulb, never mind a tire. Even most of them that think of themselves as "car guys" don't have a clue and pay to get any work done on their vehicles. One paid to have a 6.0 LS, Tremec 6-speed swap done on and 80s IROC Camaro. Nice project, but he literally didn't turn a wrench on it. He had about $40,000 into this project when he sold it unfinished for about 1/2 of that. More than half of the 40k was labor at the shop where he had it half assed built. I asked him why he didn't try build it himself but he told me "I am not a mechanic and I don't have tools or a place to work on it". Buy some wrenches and learn buddy. That's what I did.

 

[jeff swisher]

I was just talking with a neighbor about these Cell phones have made many people in society a bit on the slacker/stupid side.
I do not own a cell phone.
It's like a pacifier to many.
You will not learn anything until you hang up the phone.

 

[chaze]

"All in the Family is about a working-class white family living in Queens, New York. Its patriarch is Archie Bunker, an outspoken, narrow-minded man, prejudiced against everyone who is not like him or his idea of how people should be. "

As I recall, Archie's son in law was a "boomer" that he referred to as a"Meathead"

 

[Old greybeard]

Was just reading a book, maybe The Splendid and the Vile, which is excellent btw, about Churchill during the blitz, and it had quotes from the late 30’s about how the modern youth were soft! Same kids that survived the depression and fought the war. For all of time we think the new generation is soft and weak.
Ive run into some millennials who love my car and turn wrenches. Good kids. Get out to farm/rural counties and you’ll find youth that are better than we ever were.

 

[Derek69SS]

Change your title to these gen Z-ers. Millennials were born in the 80s and early 90s. Some of us "millennials" are approaching 40.

Yup, "Millennials" are 25-40 years old right now.

 

[Kirk's67SS]

Was just reading a book, maybe The Splendid and the Vile, which is excellent btw, about Churchill during the blitz, and it had quotes from the late 30’s about how the modern youth were soft! Same kids that survived the depression and fought the war. For all of time we think the new generation is soft and weak.
Ive run into some millennials who love my car and turn wrenches. Good kids. Get out to farm/rural counties and you’ll find youth that are better than we ever were.

Country Folk VS City Folk // You are talking about two different Species IMHO

I was Born and Raised on the Farm // was put to work at 8 years old since I could carry a Metal Bucket/Pail of Water
the Chickens and Calves needed Water

How many Kids today in the City Mow the Lawn for their Parents ? Not one in my City Neighborhood

 

[chaze]

I'm a boomer and I don't mow my lawn or my parents'. My son is a Gen-X and he doesn't mow my lawn either. We both started working at age 12 in a major city. We honed our skills toward other less mundane endeavors.

 

[kmakar]

I think the times were different.... these millennials have been given everything and don't know how to (or want to) do without.

When I was growing up there wasn't money floating around and if it wasn't a necessity, you did without.

It also forced you to be creative and to fix things that broke. Everything today is considered disposable.

Both my parents had to work in the early 70's (NYC where my Dad worked went bankrupt and he lost his job), so our parents depended on us to keep up the house and maintain everything (that we could). My brother and I were forced to grow up quick (at age 10 and 11), and I'm damn thankful for it.

 

[Dean]

IF a 70 year old man changed the tire while younger people stood back and watched, that was his fault for not standing back and supervising them doing it and all he taught them was how to take advantage of people.

We shouldn't assume that all members of any group are alike, (which most folks seem to do).

Yesterday I watched as my 19 year old grandson jacked up his car and changed the oil and filter, which involved removing the right front wheel and a bunch of plastic shielding to get to the filter.

He asked me to watch to make sure he was doing things right and pulled a chair up in front of the car for me since he had never done it before but had watched a You Tube video on his cell phone.

I did have to remind him to use a jack stand and show him where to place it.

 

[Alwhite00]

The reason I learned what I did was I had little $$$ and wanted a cool ride so I did it myself. My ol man was definitely not a gear head. I learned by doing and ended up with a lot of nice cars over the years that I built myself.

Just the other day I pulled my 67 into the convenience store for a drink and two twentysomethings were getting out of there car and one said "That is bad ass" that made me pretty proud.

 

[2/75NastyNewbs]

Change your title to these gen Z-ers. Millennials were born in the 80s and early 90s. Some of us "millennials" are approaching 40.

This is true. However, I choose not to “identify” as such.

 

[billdini]

I see this with my grandson and although he works on my Chevelle with me a lot (sometimes under protest) these kids today do not have the interest in cars at all. Obviously I am grouping as Dean says but unlike us that stood in line on our 16th birthday for our learners permit they can care less. He turned 16 4 months ago and still no interest. Then again high prices for cars and insurance would deter me today as well plus getting a job without being 18 is almost impossible and I have seen that first hand.

 

[thebeast]

Spare was probably flat ….. I see that all the time … They need to be checked every 6 months …

 

[RChurch]

I do leadership training for various companies and I always ask, "Is it easier or harder to be a boss these days?" One answer that always comes up is it is harder these days because the younger generation is entitled, lazy, etc. My answer: Guess who this younger generation is? They're our kids! We raised them! And guess who is going to be the next generation of leaders? These same kids!

It's our job to teach the younger generation. Somebody taught us. No one ever walked on their first job knowing everything. Somebody taught each of us how to do everything from changing a flat tire to running a multi-billion dollar company.

My daughter could change a flat, change the oil and was an excellent driver by the time she was 16 because I taught her how. I didn't want her stuck on the side of the road helpless.

 

[chaze]

Like my pappy used to say: "Lets round 'em all up and ship 'em back to...."

Wait a minute, aren't we talking about white people this time?