I worked for a gentleman who was a retired Marine Corps Lieutenant. We called him “Lou,” even though his name was Gary. It was out of respect for him and his rank. Even as a 20-something out-of-college contractor, I understood my role in the pecking order.
Kids today don’t understand pecking orders. They think that simply by virtue of existing or having some vaunted piece of paper from a university that they deserve the highest of esteem from all of their peers.
It’s been my experience that most liberals who think this way are petty and insignificant and seeking some sort of validation for their existence.
Generally, kids don’t understand pecking orders. They do think as you stated.
My son graduated college last December, but could only find a job putting tires on cars at a tire store. He stayed at it nine months, until he found a better job as shipping manager in the warehouse of a good-sized plumbing/HVAC wholesaler. I told him they would not have been interested in him if he hadn’t been working at the tire place. They wanted someone willing to get their hands dirty as well as had a degree. If he’d been waiting tables, or doing nothing, he would not have landed the job.
Not enough young people are learning this lesson. This is what good employers are looking for.
My son is a member of our local volunteer fire department. He is the youngest and newest memeber. That and Royal Rangers taught him respect for the older and more experienced.
I hope he finds a wife when he turns 18. A nice one. So far his list is that she has to be able to cook well, ride four wheelers, snowmobiles, dirtbikes, trucks, and love children and want a lot of them, and be nice, and not eat junk food. And not be too fat or too thin. And be blond, or brown haired. And have pretty eyes.
Not a bad list.