Generation 'Y'

[YellowDog]

People born before 1946 were called The Silent generation..

- People born between 1946 and 1964 are called The Baby Boomers.

- People born between 1965 and 1979 are called Generation X, ..

- And people born between 1980 and 2010 are called Generation Y ,

Why do we call the last group Generation Y?

Y should I get a job?
Y should I leave home and find my own place?
Y should I get a car when I can borrow yours?
Y should I clean my room?
Y should I wash and iron my own clothes?
Y should I buy any food?

But a cartoonist explained it very eloquently below...

[willytheekid]

People born before 1946 were called The Silent generation..

- People born between 1946 and 1964 are called The Baby Boomers.

- People born between 1965 and 1979 are called Generation X, ..

- And people born between 1980 and 2010 are called Generation Y ,

Why do we call the last group Generation Y?

Y should I get a job?
Y should I leave home and find my own place?
Y should I get a car when I can borrow yours?
Y should I clean my room?
Y should I wash and iron my own clothes?
Y should I buy any food?

And apparently there biggest problem (No shit, this was documented)....they have to many choice's!?!.....poor didums....must be hard.(the Xbox...the playstation...some untested "legal" drugs...or just get drunk & violent)
I seriously can't figure this generation out, I ran bars and night clubs all around NZ for 14yrs....and the gen Y's are the sole reason I had to walk away from a career I loved. (had to....lost it and nearly killed a kid on the front door...for spitting in my face!...because I wouldn't let him in due to being heavily intoxicated)
Still, gotta love the career opportunities they have provided for the rest of us....as most companys (mine has this rule.....unofficially) refuse to employ them due to the lack of commitment and basic common sense lol
....there own worst enemy

[hayd3n]

y should i reply to this thread?

[Scuba_Steve]

Media just got lazy it seems gen X, Y, Z. So any guesses to whats next? seems they've run out of alphabet.
Maybee Gen Z 2.0???

[Motig]

I see you've met my kids then.

[schrodingers cat]

Media just got lazy it seems gen X, Y, Z. So any guesses to whats next? seems they've run out of alphabet.
Maybee Gen Z 2.0???

Get with the program - the current generation is Gen Next not Z.

Biggest concern is that Gen y is going to be making decisions and looking after us when we're old. Yeah right.

[Scuba_Steve]

Get with the program - the current generation is Gen Next not Z.

Biggest concern is that Gen y is going to be making decisions and looking after us when we're old. Yeah right.

gen next was the original name of gen x, but according to this stuff article gen z is next

As the final dribs and drabs of Generation Y make the transition from university to employment, and with Generation Z following hot on their tail

[Geeen]

I thunked this Generation was " Generation Me" coz its all about ME Goddam it!!

[schrodingers cat]

gen next was the original name of gen x, but according to this stuff article gen z is next

My understanding was that the term Generation X entered popular culture with the publishing of Douglas Couplands book of the same name.

Having introduced a tag for fresh birth cohort it became imperative to lable sucessive groups

Generation me - absolutly