More tone deaf Millenials?

Despite the thread title I generally like most of the Millenials on my work force however the attitude in this article does sound familiar.

I was fired from my internship for writing a proposal for a more flexible dress code — Ask a Manager

 

A few things
1. They wanted to wear running shoes. Other than among sports writers, in what world are running shoes considered business casual?
2. "The worst part is that just before the meeting ended, one of the managers told us that the worker who was allowed to disobey the dress code was a former soldier who lost her leg and was therefore given permission to wear whatever kind of shoes she could walk in. You can’t even tell, and if we had known about this we would have factored it into our argument." -- So basically you were pissed that someone -- a solider who had been injured, no less! --- was getting away with something that you wanted to get away with, and instead of finding out why, you just assumed this person was flouting the standards.
3. She had never had a job before. It boggles my mind that kids can make it to college and never have had a job before. If you're so focused on sports and/or grades, you're unfocused, because 75 percent of your life is going to be spent working with people, so the sooner you get some experience -- any experience -- the better off you are.
4. But it would be smart to write a letter to your manager explaining that you’ve learned from the situation and that you appreciate the opportunity they gave you and are sorry that you squandered it. They’re not likely to invite you back, but a note like that will probably soften them up a little and will mean that they don’t think so witheringly of you in the future." Screw that, that ship has sailed. No reason to further degrade yourself.
5. The fact this person is still looking for positive reinforcement for a stupid move shows they don't understand that what they did was wrong. I can't belive only one person didn't go along with it.

 

Turned out to be a great internship. That person really learned some valuable lessons for adult and working life.

 

D_b:

First-world problems

 

"The fact that they did fire all of you for it makes me wonder if there were other issues too and this pushed them over the edge."

Ding, ding, we have a winner.

 

I was glad all the petition signers were canned, and I liked the columnist's answer.

Stoopid.

 

Yup.

You pick your battles in life, and the dress code for a place where you'll be for eight or 10 weeks isn't one I'd sign up for.

Simply writing the proposal is fine to me. Stupid on their part and a waste of time, but harmless. A boss who hasn't had major issues with these interns and who didn't feel threatened could have dealt with it differently. It could've been a learning experience for all parties involved.

That said, the every-snowflake-is-special ideal pushed by this kid is something else.

 

Fake.

 

They're so self-centered that they write fake stories into advice columnists!

 

So the advice columnist was duped or made it up?

 

The soldier thing just sounds too contrived. Nobody just bothered to ask, "Hey just curious. Why does (Ex-Soldier's name) get to break the dress code and wear running shoes?"