When I was 22 I knew more than I have ever known since :) or so I thought.
Joanna
martin wrote:
> On Mar 3, 2005, at 10:56 AM, joanna bujes wrote:
>
>> I disagree. In general people want to do the best they can and they
>> take pride in "knowing" and gratification in being able to help. One
>> obvious difference between older and younger workers is that younger
>> workers are less experienced and therefore know less. Twenty years
>> from now these younger workers will be more knowledgeable and more
>> helpful.
>>
>
> Not necessarily. The experience of the older retail workers in
> hardware (Home Depot, Lowes) came in the building trades which were
> themselves dumbed down via modular construction techniques, thus
> displacing the skilled worker, sending them to retail sales. The
> younger retail workers will never have that experience.
>
> Martin
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