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<h2>The battle between the generations has been raging for awhile now, as Millennials are labeled &quot;lazy and entitled,&quot; Boomers are out-of-touch &quot;Karens,&quot; and Gen Zers are full of existential dread, frustration, and TikTok dances.</h2><p>Regardless of whether or not Gen Z approves of Millennials with side parts and skinny jeans, it can be frustrating for everyone when older generations project their own experience in childhood or adolescence onto younger people without acknowledging that the world has since changed. Inflation, the economy, job opportunities, real estate prices, health insurance--you can&#39;t march confidently into a store at 15-years-old anymore without any work experience and expect a nice manager to give you a cushy (and illegal) summer job that you&#39;ll quit the second school starts.</p><p>So, when a <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/c99pg1/kids_of_back_in_my_day_parents_whats_the_most/">Reddit</a> user asked, &quot;Kids of &#39;back in my day&#39; parents, what&rsquo;s the most annoying thing they ranted about?&quot; people were ready to share their least favorite &quot;motivational&quot; story their parents told them.</p><h2>1.</h2><blockquote> <p>My friends dad used to always tell us that if we were motivated we could go to the nearest grocery store, get a job as a bagger and become store manager in a matter of months - mustXdestroy</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>2.</h2><blockquote> <p>My step dad was a newspaper boy at 14. I wasn&rsquo;t able to get a job until 16 and heard about it every day until then. People don&rsquo;t want to/ can&rsquo;t hire under 16 most places, and if they do/can then you&rsquo;re doing literally nothing because of the child labor laws. - mocat10</p> </blockquote><h2>3.</h2><blockquote> <p>That their parents were way stricter and more overbearing so we had no room to complain. - ceramicthumb</p> </blockquote><h2>4.</h2><blockquote> <p>My stepdad always rants about me not buying a home when he bought one at 21 years old. He always forgets to mention that it only cost him 22 thousand dollars. - lyricsofalifetime</p> </blockquote><h2>5.</h2><blockquote> <p>Parents: Well, you sent in the application three days ago. Why don&#39;t you give them a call and see what the status is? Employers like to see you taking initiative!</p> <p>Employer job site: Please do not contact us regarding the status of your application. We will contact you if we wish to move forward with your application.</p> <p>Me: Uh, idk, if I called in they might care a lot more about my apparent inability to follow instructions than my &quot;initiative&quot; for making a phone call... - Ipreams</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>6.</h2><blockquote> <p>My father likes to ramble about how back in his day he went to school, and also managed to work to provide sustenance to his mom and siblings. I think it&#39;s possible to study and work, but you have to be extremely lucky to earn enough to provide for a family these days while also studying. - harktrocity</p> </blockquote><h2>7.</h2><blockquote> <p>The most annoying thing they rant about is us not providing our kids the same life they had. My great grand-parents owned several thousand acres at the turn of the century. They passed down land, heirloom furniture, a thriving farm, etc. The next generation split that all up. Sold a lot of it to start their own business. The next generation the same. The last little plot of that is my mom&#39;s acre.</p> <p>Each generation inherited less and less. I will inherit nothing. I got no land to start my family with, unlike them, no heirloom furniture, no money, nothing. My family looks down on me and my cousins for struggling, pretending they worked harder than we do, but they&#39;ll never know how hard our generation works for our kids. - ijustwantttobejess</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>8.</h2><blockquote> <p>Back in their day, only complete losers had cars in high school. According to them, the cool guys were on the school bus with all the pretty girls. And they told me that sh*t with straight faces. - LiquidSoCrates</p> </blockquote><h2>9.</h2><blockquote> <p>Having to listen to the &quot;getting to school and back&quot; stories. I know damn well that you didn&#39;t walk 10 km in snow that reaches your waist, through a forest with wolves and no proper winter boots. - snowbirbirl</p> </blockquote><h2>10.</h2><blockquote> <p>My mother would try and claim my siblings and I were lazy because when she was 14 she used to come home from school, walk the dogs then dance all night. Turned out this translated to she would go out drinking and clubbing underage. - [deleted]</p> </blockquote><h2>11.</h2><blockquote> <p>Apparently there was actual sh*t you could buy for a quarter. Like great. There&#39;s not anymore. What significance does this have to me? Nothing? Thought so. - LoveandDynamite</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>12.</h2><blockquote> <p>It always drove me nuts when my parents would complain about how we never spent any time outdoors, because back in their day they&#39;d be tramping through the woods at all hours of the night. I <em>wanted</em> to do that, but I wasn&#39;t allowed outside. - enjollras</p> </blockquote><h2>13.</h2><blockquote> <p>My dad said I needed to get a job when I was 13 and then saying child labor laws don&rsquo;t exist. - Euphoribo</p> </blockquote><h2>14.</h2><blockquote> <p>Got yelled at when I quit a job in college that paid $8/hr. &quot;I made $3/hour when I was your age, I would have killed to make that.&quot; Uh, something something inflation...Quit after I realized the money I made in a month would barely pay for one of my textbooks, and I was taking 18 credits and didn&#39;t have enough time to actually read them - anonymous_subroutine</p> </blockquote><h2>15.</h2><blockquote> <p>Carseats. I dont care if you drove around with a baby laying in the front seat of your car, you aren&#39;t taking my toddler ANYWHERE without a carseat. - MedicatedManicMommy</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>16.</h2><blockquote> <p>Out of date job hunting advice. &ldquo;No mom, going in every day and demanding to speak to a manager IS NOT more effective than being polite and applying online!&rdquo; - Rignorak42</p> </blockquote><h2>17.</h2><blockquote> <p>How the world was safer back then. As if they didn&#39;t have the zodiac killer and Ted Bundy. You don&#39;t see a lot of high profile serial killers nowadays. - Quantum_Specter</p> </blockquote><h2>18.</h2><blockquote> <p>Young people today are snowflakes. Really? Your generation tried to get CDs banned because people said naughty words on them. - Choccybizzle</p> </blockquote><h2>19.</h2><blockquote> <p>Dating. In high school, if I went on one date with a guy, we were already considered boyfriend and girlfriend.</p> <p>&ldquo;Back in my day, I went on several dates with guys a week! And we weren&rsquo;t considered going steady!&rdquo; - riversrunningdeep</p> </blockquote><h2>20.</h2><blockquote> <p>When they get nostalgic over things like Encyclopedias and catalogs. Don&#39;t play. You hated searching and waiting as much as we do. You love Amazon and Wikipedia too. - caravanofcapybaras</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2> </h2><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

20 people share the most irritating 'back in my day' story their parents told them.

The battle between the generations has been raging for awhile now, as Millennials are labeled &quot;lazy and entitled,&quot; Boomers are out-of-touch &quot;Karens,&quot; and Gen Zers are full of existential dread, frustration, and TikTok dances.Regardless of whether or not Gen Z approves of Millennials with side parts and skinny jeans, it can be frustrating for everyone when older generations project their own experience in childhood or adolescence onto younger people without acknowledging that the world has since changed. Inflation, the economy, job opportunities, real estate prices, health insurance--you can&#39;t march confidently into a store at 15-years-old anymore without any work experience and expect a nice manager to give you a cushy (and illegal) summer job that you&#39;ll quit the second school starts.So, when a Reddit user asked, &quot;Kids of &#39;back in my day&#39; parents, what&rsquo;s the most annoying thing they ranted about?&quot; people were ready to share their least favorite &quot;motivational&quot; story their parents told them.1. My friends dad used to always tell us that if we were motivated we could go to the nearest grocery store, get a job as a bagger and become store manager in a matter of months - mustXdestroy 2. My step dad was a newspaper boy at 14. I wasn&rsquo;t able to get a job until 16 and heard about it every day until then. People don&rsquo;t want to/ can&rsquo;t hire under 16 most places, and if they do/can then you&rsquo;re doing literally nothing because of the child labor laws. - mocat10 3. That their parents were way stricter and more overbearing so we had no room to complain. - ceramicthumb 4. My stepdad always rants about me not buying a home when he bought one at 21 years old. He always forgets to mention that it only cost him 22 thousand dollars. - lyricsofalifetime 5. Parents: Well, you sent in the application three days ago. Why don&#39;t you give them a call and see what the status is? Employers like to see you taking initiative! Employer job site: Please do not contact us regarding the status of your application. We will contact you if we wish to move forward with your application. Me: Uh, idk, if I called in they might care a lot more about my apparent inability to follow instructions than my &quot;initiative&quot; for making a phone call... - Ipreams 6. My father likes to ramble about how back in his day he went to school, and also managed to work to provide sustenance to his mom and siblings. I think it&#39;s possible to study and work, but you have to be extremely lucky to earn enough to provide for a family these days while also studying. - harktrocity 7. The most annoying thing they rant about is us not providing our kids the same life they had. My great grand-parents owned several thousand acres at the turn of the century. They passed down land, heirloom furniture, a thriving farm, etc. The next generation split that all up. Sold a lot of it to start their own business. The next generation the same. The last little plot of that is my mom&#39;s acre. Each generation inherited less and less. I will inherit nothing. I got no land to start my family with, unlike them, no heirloom furniture, no money, nothing. My family looks down on me and my cousins for struggling, pretending they worked harder than we do, but they&#39;ll never know how hard our generation works for our kids. - ijustwantttobejess 8. Back in their day, only complete losers had cars in high school. According to them, the cool guys were on the school bus with all the pretty girls. And they told me that sh*t with straight faces. - LiquidSoCrates 9. Having to listen to the &quot;getting to school and back&quot; stories. I know damn well that you didn&#39;t walk 10 km in snow that reaches your waist, through a forest with wolves and no proper winter boots. - snowbirbirl 10. My mother would try and claim my siblings and I were lazy because when she was 14 she used to come home from school, walk the dogs then dance all night. Turned out this translated to she would go out drinking and clubbing underage. - [deleted] 11. Apparently there was actual sh*t you could buy for a quarter. Like great. There&#39;s not anymore. What significance does this have to me? Nothing? Thought so. - LoveandDynamite 12. It always drove me nuts when my parents would complain about how we never spent any time outdoors, because back in their day they&#39;d be tramping through the woods at all hours of the night. I wanted to do that, but I wasn&#39;t allowed outside. - enjollras 13. My dad said I needed to get a job when I was 13 and then saying child labor laws don&rsquo;t exist. - Euphoribo 14. Got yelled at when I quit a job in college that paid $8/hr. &quot;I made $3/hour when I was your age, I would have killed to make that.&quot; Uh, something something inflation...Quit after I realized the money I made in a month would barely pay for one of my textbooks, and I was taking 18 credits and didn&#39;t have enough time to actually read them - anonymous_subroutine 15. Carseats. I dont care if you drove around with a baby laying in the front seat of your car, you aren&#39;t taking my toddler ANYWHERE without a carseat. - MedicatedManicMommy 16. Out of date job hunting advice. &ldquo;No mom, going in every day and demanding to speak to a manager IS NOT more effective than being polite and applying online!&rdquo; - Rignorak42 17. How the world was safer back then. As if they didn&#39;t have the zodiac killer and Ted Bundy. You don&#39;t see a lot of high profile serial killers nowadays. - Quantum_Specter 18. Young people today are snowflakes. Really? Your generation tried to get CDs banned because people said naughty words on them. - Choccybizzle 19. Dating. In high school, if I went on one date with a guy, we were already considered boyfriend and girlfriend. &ldquo;Back in my day, I went on several dates with guys a week! And we weren&rsquo;t considered going steady!&rdquo; - riversrunningdeep 20. When they get nostalgic over things like Encyclopedias and catalogs. Don&#39;t play. You hated searching and waiting as much as we do. You love Amazon and Wikipedia too. - caravanofcapybaras  

The battle between the generations has been raging for awhile now, as Millennials are labeled &quot;lazy and entitled,&quot; Boomers are out-of-touch &quot;Karens,&quot; and Gen Zers are full of existential dread, frustration, and TikTok...