I’m so old that I still remember when working in the fields picking fruit was a thing that local teenagers would occasionally do. And I’m not really that old, it was the 1980s. It’s been quite a rapid change.
Same. I grew up detassling corn, potato harvesting, and apple picking through high-school. A decade later lived in a house surrounded by greenhouses with a farm owned garage converted to house that was always full of 8-12 Mexican temps. Good people, great food but only knew them for a couple months and never would see them again.
Considering this, I can understand why the ‘lazy teens’ meme came about. We take for granted that getting temp farm work should be effortless and mistakenly assume the only reason they aren’t working is because they can’t be bothered to sweat a little. I at least am guilty of this more than I’d like.
I’m so old that I still remember when working in the fields picking fruit was a thing that local teenagers would occasionally do. And I’m not really that old, it was the 1980s. It’s been quite a rapid change.
Same. I grew up detassling corn, potato harvesting, and apple picking through high-school. A decade later lived in a house surrounded by greenhouses with a farm owned garage converted to house that was always full of 8-12 Mexican temps. Good people, great food but only knew them for a couple months and never would see them again.
Considering this, I can understand why the ‘lazy teens’ meme came about. We take for granted that getting temp farm work should be effortless and mistakenly assume the only reason they aren’t working is because they can’t be bothered to sweat a little. I at least am guilty of this more than I’d like.
Lazy teens don’t want to spend 40+ hours in the field then walk uphill both ways to school.