[Misc] Don’t dabble with my Scrabble.

[Greg Bobkin]

The state of this thread

 

[Coldeanseagull]

Nope.

I live in the wild. I get around on foot and I play scrabble to the death.

As any 'game' should be.
Maybe I'm overly competitive, or maybe my ten year old granddaughter is just not very good at games?

 

[Questions]

Come on TC, one of top boys turns up and says he’s disappointed and you’ve turned un-resilient and all Milksoppy, don’t back down i say!

Yeah don’t let Hansy bully you.
An old mate of mine invented a game called Wankit once. It was like Bullsye on the tv but with forfeits. Waddingtons turned it down.

 

[The Clamp]

This is how board games should be played.

 

[Beanstalk]

It’s the bigger picture. We are fostering a nation of un-resilient milksops.

I don't mean this as glib particularly, but I'm sure your parents felt the same about your generation, and your grandparents probably felt the same about their generation.

I'm not Gen Z, and their collective attitudes often baffle me, but I try and live and let live about most things. I think you can probably just think that different people want different things and as long as no one is getting hurt, that's fine.

 

[Mackenzie]

@Maupays fragrant shart

 

[Questions]

When I was 18 my father knew nothing. By the time I’d reached 30 I couldn’t believe how much he’d learnt.

 

[The Clamp]

I don't mean this as glib particularly, but I'm sure your parents felt the same about your generation, and your grandparents probably felt the same about their generation.

I'm not Gen Z, and their collective attitudes often baffle me, but I try and live and let live about most things. I think you can probably just think that different people want different things and as long as no one is getting hurt, that's fine.

I am living and let live. I’m not attacking these people. I’m not lobbying Parliament to cancel them.

I am harmlessly expressing an opinion.

I don’t think Gen Z are bad people.

They’re just a tad emotional and over-sensitive. Perhaps slightly entitled. Maybe they lean on the side of self righteousness at times. A little work shy. Self involved. Timid. A tad reliant on others. A bit preoccupied with their social media profile. Somewhat detached from the real world. Self focussed. Pre-occupied with trauma. They celebrate diagnosis and court sympathy.

But some of them are quite good with computers and stuff.

 

[Chicken Run]

Yeah don’t let Hansy bully you.
An old mate of mine invented a game called Wankit once. It was like Bullsye on the tv but with forfeits. Waddingtons turned it down.

Yep, same problem with Hasbro for my mate , his game was called soggy biscuit

 

[Questions]

Yep, same problem with Hasbro for my mate , his game was called soggy biscuit

I think Jacobs had the patent.

 

[Chicken Run]

I think Jacobs had the patent.

Could never get this soggy enough….

 

[Chicken Run]

I am living and let live. I’m not attacking these people. I’m not lobbying Parliament to cancel them.

I am harmlessly expressing an opinion.

I don’t think Gen Z are bad people.

They’re just a tad emotional and over-sensitive. Perhaps slightly entitled. Maybe they lean on the side of self righteousness at times. A little work shy. Self involved. Timid. A tad reliant on others. A bit preoccupied with their social media profile. Somewhat detached from the real world. Self focussed. Pre-occupied with trauma. They celebrate diagnosis and court sympathy.

But some of them are quite good with computers and stuff.

One of my sons (24) finishes a 4 year Business Degree very soon at a well known Northern University, was actually offered a job with the company he did year 3 work placement with, a large European company with HQ in MK. Announced at Easter he was going the head back to Brighton in the summer and live at his mothers and get a part time job at ASDA while he works out what to do ffs. I have a 29 year old who’s given up his part time work to spend the next three years at Plumpton living on benefits and student grant that he’s going to get, i’m at a loss

 

[Sid and the Sharknados]

I think we should kill literally everybody.
That'll show all those bloody snowflakes.

I also hate scrabble, so never having to play that ever again will be a convenient side-benefit.

 

[The Clamp]

One of my sons (24) finishes a 4 year Business Degree very soon at a well known Northern University, was actually offered a job with the company he did year 3 work placement with, a large European company with HQ in MK. Announced at Easter he was going the head back to Brighton in the summer and live at his mothers and get a part time job at ASDA while he works out what to do ffs. I have a 29 year old who’s given up his part time work to spend the next three years at Plumpton living on benefits and student grant that he’s going to get, i’m at a loss

What’s he doing at Plumpton?


On a bigger scale, the problem Gen Z are experiencing is that the world isn’t changing to meet their expectations.

The world is not going to be run by gender fluid furries anytime soon.

It is run by old white men with lots of money. It’s not a good thing. But it’s a fact.

Oh I don’t know.

I’m 47 and have no kids so the future is absolutely nothing to do with me.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

We’ll have no losers please has been a thing for years hasn’t it, hence the pathetic whinging not fair entitlement in this country now

Come on. Who hasn’t tipped the board over and shouted Sod it, when the letter you were hoping for was used up by the person next to you?

Just me, then?

 

[WATFORD zero]

I expect I probably will. But it is true.

When I was in my early 20's I didn't care about my career and didn't care about the world really. I just wanted to drink beer and chase women and go to football. When things went wrong at work or wherever I just got on with it without being too concerned.

This lot have a very different outlook. They do care about their career at that age, and they do care about the world around them. They have great intentions and they want to change the world. But they are completely ill-equipped to deal with anything going remotely wrong- as soon as it does, they go to pieces. And they also want things to happen immediately. I've had people quit my company because "they couldn't see how they were going to get promoted" about 4 months in to the role. I've had others come to me and ask why they hadn't been 'invited' on any company incentive trips that you have to qualify for by over-achieving your target, despite them being miles behind target. They felt it was really unfair. I think my favourite (most ridiculous) one ever was when some trainees came to me and said that it was unfair that the Managers had been out for a Management lunch on a Friday, and that they should be allowed to do the same. When my Sales Director said "You can, work hard and work your way up to management and you will be able to do that whenever you want" they looked at him as if he'd said something appalling.

This generation show all the signs of being brought up being told that the world is fair, and everyone is equal, and that they are all such incredibly special individuals that will go on to do absolutely wonderful things. When the reality is, that is a load of bollocks, and couldn't be further from the truth.

I'm hoping it was just a passing phase, and came from the easy / boom days of the early 2000s, and that kids growing up today are going to be brought up with much more realistic expectations of the world. My kids certainly will be.

With all these problems it sounds like you may have an issue with your recruitment process. Have you thought about getting some advice from a specialist

 

[Papak]

The last time I played Scrabble I dropped all my letters and it spelt disaster...

Alternative version:

My dog ate some of the Scrabble tiles. His next shit could spell disaster...

 

[WATFORD zero]

When I was 18 my father knew nothing. By the time I’d reached 30 I couldn’t believe how much he’d learnt.

That goes along with 'teenagers should piss off now, while they still know everything'

 

[studio150]

Right I'm now off to develop and trademark the following:

The banning of anything in a list order, whether top 10, 30 etc, or alphabetical or date order, every one must be equal.
Football without goals, let's just enjoy the kick about.
Cricket without wickets, just enjoy the afternoon tea.
Mousetrap without the ball, just all band together building the trap.
Cludeo without the murder and crime solving, just enjoy a day out visiting the rooms and marvelling at the furniture and art.
Monopoly without the landlords and rent, everyone has a tour bus as a counter and we enjoy a tour of the London sites.

I'm sure I'll think of some more...

 

[Sid and the Sharknados]

Cricket without wickets, just enjoy the afternoon tea.

I'd be down with that. My favourite part of playing cricket's my flask of tea and some gala pie.

It'd be great to not have to actually bat, bowl or field to justify it.