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Thanks for that. :) No, that didn't hurt at all ;)

I think there is some merit to some of the criticism about attidudes to work. That said, I was not a very good employee at that age, so I think it might be more age related than generational.

No arguments from me. I noticed the 'this generation is worse than the last' comment earlier and meant to comment that is not my experience. The nasty people I have seen lately have all been middle aged. On the train, I see plenty of young people give up their seats for older people. It's...

Is it? Or when people do decent things for each other, do we just not bother posting because we all like having a good grump (me too! :D) Maybe we need to start a 'random acts of kindness' thread to balance out the negativity in this thread... :p For example, in Perth there is a temporary...

I think there is a lot more chill required when driving. Although I try to be a very careful driver, sometimes I do misjudge or do something completely stupid. At those times I am very grateful to other drivers for accommodating my stupid behaviour. So when I experience people doing stupid...

Probably television or social media is to blame ;) Years ago I saw a movie called Idiocracy and based on riding public transport in Perth, I wonder if that it where we are headed? That said, I went to uni with a kid whose father is an MD and mother is a physiotherapist and he was dumb as a...

True. I was thinking more about what is driving the increase in nastiness.

It's not just you. Definitely a general increase. I don't know why. Examples: Australia Day, some kid screaming a string of expletives at a bottle-o attendant. No idea what happened but it pretty extreme. Late last year I was walking in City Arcade where a person was abusing a barista. The...