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April 17, 2003 - 2:28 PM
I Miss My Teens
I Miss My Teens
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I hated working in retail. But I loved working with teenagers. Especially the teen boys. Man, they were hott. But the girls were cute too. But, man, it is weird to work with someone, a kid, who starts off at 15 or 16 as a skinny and awkward child and watch them pretty much go through puberty and grow into filled-out adult. Suddenly one day your're looking at this person who was just a little kid a little while ago and now they have all their adult parts. And suddenly you start to feel horny for them. I imagine this is what some people go through with their kids' friends….
And they were all funny. We had a great time at work, even though the work itself sucked. Part of the fun was the fact that they were still young enough to act goofy and not be embarrassed about it. And that I was at least 7 years older then all of them. I think they appreciated someone who was an adult talked to them all like they were humans instead of whatever crap they got from heir teachers at school. Not only were they funny but they were all smart too. I'm surprised that more customers didn't complain considering some of the wise-ass replies they would get from these kids. I guess it was because they were all so cute.
I didn't even know what a "gleek" was until one of the teen boys told me. Man, "gleek".
Now I work with people mostly in their 20s. And I hate them.
The problem is that none of them have much life experiences yet (i.e. they all still live at home, they're all fresh out of college, this is their first "real" job) but they all act like they've been around the block 2 dozen times. Getting fucked up on Coors Lite at dorm parties does not constitute "life experience" in my book.
The teens knew they were all "kids" and that they didn't know everything. I mean the teens knew lots of stuff that I didn't know. They knew all kinds of new and interesting bands and words and pop culture stuff. They taught me a lot. Usually they were well aware that they were imparting new information on me, but they never once rolled their eyes or talked down to me because I didn't know something. Those kids were cool.
But these 20-somethings, I just want to slap them. Perhaps it is compounded by the fact that they all have brand spankin' new science degrees and their feelin' pretty cocky about making it through college. Give it a rest, Brittany, lots of people made it through college...
It confounds me the amount of times these "educated adults" make assumptions and start spouting stuff as though it were "fact" when it is really just "speculation". It's like they are scared to death to admit that they don't know something so instead they just make stuff up.
It's also really annoying that they talk down to EVERY BODY. No matter who they are talking to, they act like they are much, much smarter despite that the person they are talking to might be older or have the exact same college education or might even know the FACTS pertaining to the current subject.
I miss my teenagers (almost as much as I miss my maggots). Even though they are all 20-somethings themselves, I hold out hope those teens are as cool and funny and cute as they used to be. I hope some day one of them googles "I. Goldberg" + "Cherry Hill" and finds my diary and emails me (especially Wayne and Ron and Sean).
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