Well I guess we all have stories. Mine is about my own son. At 16 years old we buy him a car, an 88 acura legend. It happened to be a stick, he said 'i aint leraning to drive no stick.' Well it was a nice car and I already bought it so I kept it. You already know that then he kept asking for rides, 'will you take me to the movie and pick me up again?' etc. 'well sure son I'll be going to town on thursday'
"But I want to go today, the movie starts in an hour, oh and can we pick up my freinds too. Thanks dad.'
'Well sure son I'll be going to town on thursday.'
'But I want to go now.'
'But you didn't want to own a car so you COULD go now. And so now you can tag along when I go.'
Later he bought the car from me for a thousand bucks and proceeded to run it in the ground. It really started running bad I was thinking along the lines of the fuel pump going out, told him to take it to the shop and get an estimate on the repairs, then he'll know whats wrong and how much to fix it. his answer was no. He aint gonna spend no money on it. The car died. He was a minor and so the car was in my name so I sold it to a co worker and bought him another car. his choosing this time and thats right it was a stick. He wrecked the car, has no insurance (he's 19 now so tis his problem.) He thinks that ins. is a scam. I told him that it is besides the law a good deal, you are gambling that you will wreck your car and if you do some one else will pay to fix it. But no not for him. He has bald tires And again he aint spending no money on it, as long as they hold air... Cracked windshield, 'If I get stopped, I'll just tell 'em that it just happened and I'm on my way to fix it' How will you talk out the ins??
'Ummm welll uhhh, see I knew you'd say that'
He says he only wants to work 20 hrs a week. That makes me mad cause I work forty on the clock, my Wife works forty on the clock, thats eighty hrs a week before splitting firewood and doing laundry. What are my wife and I doing wrong that this kid has figured out? It takes 80 hrs for me to live and he can do it on 20 and still spend 12 hrs a day playing Halo.
I took him to a Seahawks game. Gave him the ticket. After the game he says he didn't even want to go with me but wanted the ticket. I would have taken A co-worker and friend If I'd known that.
A few weeks ago we some kick a$$ storms blow through here.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004051243_stormcoast04m.html
My house was flooded, litterly a dozen trees down in the yard, 100' spruces etc. no power for a week. Asked him to help with the firewood.
'I hate wood heat, its much better to set the dial...'
'You cant cook on the dial. The dial isn't working to keep us warm right now, Wood heat has advantages...'
'Whatever' He said with his mouth full of eggs cooked on the wood stove.
He said he was going to go find "civilization" I was so very pleased to hear every road in and out of town was closed due to downed trees. He came home a little upset.
Now that things are closer to normal around here, he moved out to crash with a friends aunt and uncle in Olympia. Two weeks latert hey showed him the door cause After 12 hrs of Halo a day I guess there just wasn't enough time for looking for work. so now He's up in Bellingham crashing with friends there. How long will that last I wonder.
And I case any one thinks that this is the fault of the parents, He thinks I'm dumb for buying CDs cause torrent has em for free. He thinks I'm dumb for working my butt off at home after 9 hrs at work. ( I guess he thinks the tooth fairy will stack wood, cook dinner and wash clothes) He thinks I'm dumb for spending 50. bucks a week on gas for my car, maybe I am at that. But his answer is to buy half a gallon at a time. No really it is. he says 'I get 34 MPG and the store is 10 miles away, so thats 20 round trip if I buy 2.50 worth of gas then I'm golden' BTW when I sold the Acura it wouldn't start the guy came over to get it, dumped 5 gallons in it and it fired right up. my son let it sit for 6 months out of gas. To this day he says it wasnt out.
Part of it is laziness, part of it a sense of entitlement, and part of it is plain old stupidity. I don't know how it all balances out, but a lazy, stupid guy that thinks he is entitled to what others have worked for will scoff at your truck and sell your saw.
