Posted on Jun 30, 2016
Spoiled College Grad Demands New Dress Code at Job, Gets the Boot
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Spoiled College Grad Demands New Dress Code at Job, Gets the Boot
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College
Internship
Clothing
Millennials
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SGT (Join to see) - Regrettable . . . but entirely expected . . . kids who grow up with mommy and daddy hovering over their every move . . . and raking college professors and other kids over the coals for mistreating their kids by giving less than stellar marks for poor performance . . . these are the people setting their kids up to fail. Warmest Regards, Sandy
SSG Robert Webster
I have actually experienced this when I was teaching JROTC. The parent was an O-6. This was in a DoDDS School. The father even took it through the IG's office.
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Lol! I very much enjoyed this humor, but I have a couple of related thoughts that I want to inflict upon the forum.
1) Anyone who has ever encountered a 2nd Lieutenant or Ensign right out of college knows that young college graduates are amusingly stupid. Incredibly eager and ready to demonstrate remarkable incompetence as soon as they open their mouth.
2) The boss in this story missed a teachable moment. It could have been a tough lesson, or not, but the purpose of internships is to expose students to the real world work force and prepare them for it (something that colleges and universities cannot now, nor ever could do). In exchange, the company gets a few months of low cost labor.
I probably would have brought the ring leader into my office and emphatically explained to him how his actions where inappropriate. Then I would have made him prepare a short presentation on dress code, corporate culture, and how people earn the right to have input by first demonstrating competence and the ability to do good work over an extended period of time. After I had him present it to the other interns, I would have given them a short talk on what is expected of them and ensure they know that they weren't hired to change the dress code or rearrange the office furniture.
1) Anyone who has ever encountered a 2nd Lieutenant or Ensign right out of college knows that young college graduates are amusingly stupid. Incredibly eager and ready to demonstrate remarkable incompetence as soon as they open their mouth.
2) The boss in this story missed a teachable moment. It could have been a tough lesson, or not, but the purpose of internships is to expose students to the real world work force and prepare them for it (something that colleges and universities cannot now, nor ever could do). In exchange, the company gets a few months of low cost labor.
I probably would have brought the ring leader into my office and emphatically explained to him how his actions where inappropriate. Then I would have made him prepare a short presentation on dress code, corporate culture, and how people earn the right to have input by first demonstrating competence and the ability to do good work over an extended period of time. After I had him present it to the other interns, I would have given them a short talk on what is expected of them and ensure they know that they weren't hired to change the dress code or rearrange the office furniture.
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Reminds me of an Admiral's Call we had a while back. Rear Admiral Eric Young, Commander Navy Reserve Forces Command was coming around to talk to us. He brought up a few sailors to stand behind him as he addressed the hall, some of which were receiving awards; one of the sailors was a LTJG (I don't believe he was being awarded anything). While mentioning something about the Lieutenant in passing, he referred to him as an Ensign. The Lieutenant was in NSU khakis, and the Admiral didn't accomplish the tough job of spotting the difference between a gold and silver bar at only a glance 20ft away, to which the Lieutenant thought it appropriate to say "Oh, I guess I'm demoted then", in a snide manner.
Luckily for him, the Admiral took it in good fun, and apologized. Kid was probably an Ensign less than a year ago.
Luckily for him, the Admiral took it in good fun, and apologized. Kid was probably an Ensign less than a year ago.
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