“There may be several reasons for this.
Experience and strong work ethic come to mind.
Older workers have both. Younger workers, not so much.”
This.
We have some 20 something kids where I WORK. They no nothing about work. They don’t want to learn how to work. They are arrogant, lazy, it’s impossible to teach them anything as they already know everything.
When I was coming up most of the guys my age would kill to be able hang around with the older guys just to learn. We respected those guys and understood they’ve been there done that and had tons of knowledge that we only dreamed about. One of my earliest jobs was in a precision sheet metal shop. There were a couple of older guys there that built airplanes for WW2. I thought those guys could walk on water.
It is a different world today.
Amen brother!
The practical knowledge possessed by the old timers where I live in northern Idaho is absolutely priceless.
I’m 61 and if there is something I don’t know how to do I ask around and one of these “old guys” educates me.
You can’t buy that kind of knowledge and it sure as heck is not taught in today’s schools.