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Reuters wrote it ass backwards; it should read, "Older Workers More Qualified than Youth."

The phone company, 1997. On rainy days my phone would ring when no one called.

They sent a beach boy who I watched on my surveillance camera as he looked at my flowers, rang the doorbell and announced he couldn't find the problem.

I called the phone company and told them to send an older technician. A guy around 40 showed up and was here an hour, climbing his ladder several times yet finding nothing.

I called and told them send an older guy. Soon a technician about 55 came, announced himself, went outside and was back in 5 minutes with the answer. The phone wire was rubbing against a tree, had scraped its insulation off and when it rained the frayed wire and the tree created phantom phone calls.

Not only does experience count huge in efficiency, values and quality of education have tragically plummeted.

Put that in your headlines, Reuters.

[Not only does experience count huge in efficiency, values and quality of education have tragically plummeted.]

You couldn’t have said it better LJ. Especially considering the poor education kids are receiving now days, compared to long ago.

Cashiers who can’t count out change if the cash register goes down. You have to look for an older person to help you in a home - building supply store because the young ones can’t answer a question.

But - the school system has coddled kids to feel ‘entitled’ and so they think they deserve the best jobs.

Totally backasswards from my experience with the a**hat land line old phone guys, the ones who can’t do fiber.

First old fart came out and told me I had a near short looking into my house. I already said in my T/S complaint I didn’t want those losers in my house. He said the it was about 20 ohms. I asked him give me an actual number, it was 600 ohms, aka a phone.

He found an intermittent short down the block caused by bad wiring. WRONG!

Second Dbag found another short up the line, again, problem not fixed.

Third (younger) guy actually fixed the problem, he re-connected me at the “feed” or whatever they call the distribution box, got me off the bad circuit that was causing the problem.

I’m not crazy about the young workers but there are too many old folks who can’t find their ass with both hands. Worked around too many not to tell the truth.

Some people get old and wise, others just get old.

You can quote me on that.

And three calls to the phone company to get a lousy twisted pair fixed? How lame are they?