And what about those baby boomers that served in the military?....for my hubby, his days began at 6am, and lasted until 5pm...and what about when in the field, and on duty 24hrs a day...and what about CQ duty, being on alert, and all the other times that an 8 or 10 hr day would be a luxury...my husband put in long, long days while in the military, but he never whined about it...it was just a fact of life, when one is in the military...
And once out of the military, and working at the post office, my husband put in 11 hour days, every single day, and worked every other weekend...he was used to working hard, and long hours in the military, so doing the same for the post office was a snap(tho with the post office he received overtime pay, which was never the case with the military)...
All this whining, and pointing of fingers, about how this generation is bad, or that generation is good, is nothing but generalizations, which again, I will say is stupid...there are good and bad individuals in every single generation...
My husband is a soldier with 18 years in the army. His day begins at 4:30 AM and usually ends around 7PM. He works 6-7 days a week. Tonight he got home at 12AM.
Why are his hours so long? Because of Clinton's downsizing. It's been this way since the mid 90's. 4:30 to 7 or 8PM. This doesn't include the field problems, schools, TDY posts, and combat. That's the norm for our family and for every military family that we know. It's a hard life, but it's all we adjust.
This does not devalue your husband's service to our country. I'm just saying that us lazy Gen Xers really do live in a different world than the Boomer's remember.