Quote Originally Posted by scumdog View Post
Nup, I have noticed a definite attitude swing in the last 15 or so year, back before that it was common to hear somebody say "I fucked-up"

Now it's "Well it's not MY fault they/it/he should have....(name your favourite 'out')

One of the early '21st century attitude' experience that made me smirk was "Well it's their bloody fault, they shouldn't have got into my car, they know I've only got a Restricted licence so give them the ticket, THEY can pay it"
I with ya for most of that. I own my fuckups, no point in blaming someone else... great way to learn too ... no doubt back then a coppa woulda given more warnings too .

The problem today is that mistakes generally cost money. It's quite easy to be labelled incompetent if you fuck up, irrespective of all of the good work a person does. I've seen it throughout my career in IT and seldom does the customer get the value for money when there's a fuck up. There's usually a shit fight to apportion blame and then internal heads are hunted to take the fall. It's been known for me to skip around the office doing the Wiggles Hot Potato dance when that's going on. I guess it's hardly surprising that it carries through to every day life... not that I'm blaming corporate culture, heh heh, but the loss of ones income means a damn site more today than it ever did as well as the loss of ones license. Yes it's the persons own fault, but if you're going to lose your livelihood over it (a probable blip over a lifetime), then I'm not surprised the lies floweth.