Originally Posted by
Teh One Who Knocks
A case in point, my boss's oldest daughter. And this is a big point of contention between my boss and his wife. His wife was adamant that they were going to pay to send both girls to college and pay for it 100%, no matter how long they wanted to go for. The oldest (I believe she just turned 25) is a sweet girl, but she is dumber than a box of rocks and the epitome of a 'special snowflake'. She went to a 4 year school, barely graduated, but got her degree in a field that is narrow in scope and takes someone with skill and ambition and a real passion for it to succeed in. She's the exact opposite of that. She has no ambition, doesn't want to work, claims to have "anxiety" over everything, and needs to still 'find herself', and cannot take ANY criticism about her life without breaking down and thinking the whole world is out to get her. She believes in all the really hokey "self help gurus" and holistic crap, yet she still is "lost" according to her. Since she didn't want a job, she went to school for another two years, fully paid for by my boss and his wife (and my boss was even more upset about this than he was the first 4 years). Again, she barely graduated, but the school set her up with an interneship that turned into a job. She promptly quit that job without telling anyone. Instead, she started a Facebook page where she's going to make 'motivational' videos and solicit people to pay her for advice sessions (she can't call it therapy because she's not licensed in anything). So far, she made one video and it was horrendously stupid.
As I said, she it the definition of a special snowflake and a lazy millennial. Of course this stems from her mother giving her everything and anything and coddling her. She's still super defensive about her "baby" and my boss can't say anything without a big fight and being accused of not supporting her (the daughter). This girl has no skills, no ambition, and she wants to be paid to do nothing. This is the future of the world and this isn't an isolated case, it just happens to be one I've watched unfold firsthand as I've worked here and been around their family and watched her grow up and hear the stories from my boss. He really just wants to cut ties with her and let her finally find out what life is like on her own and let her sink or swim (she'll sink like the Titanic, only a lot faster). Her mother gives her money, gets her anything she wants, and believe me, there's a lot more she gets that I haven't even mentioned here.
At this point, I dunno if this girl will ever be productive in anything.