Most Millennials Are Mature Members Of Society

I was working with two clients: a man and his granddaughter. I was rebuilding the man’s website and online store, while his granddaughter acted as a technology translator and go-between. The grandfather ranted to me numerous times that Millennials are ruining everything because they’re so ungrateful, spoiled, rude, and demanding. His granddaughter was a recently licensed chemical engineer, and I was rebuilding his precious site. He seemed oblivious that both she and I were Millennials.

We had a meeting arranged for the afternoon, but unfortunately, I developed a cluster migraine around lunch. I don’t know how much you know about those, but there is no carrying on when you have one. I sent an email to both the grandfather and granddaughter explaining why I had to cancel.

I received two very different responses.

Granddaughter: “It’s okay! Migraines run in my family, too. We completely understand. Feel better soon!”

Grandfather: “UNACCEPTABLE! THIS IS COMPLETELY UNPROFESSIONAL OF YOU TO CANCEL LIKE THIS! I SHOULD FIND SOMEBODY ELSE TO BUILD MY SITE! THIS IS SO TYPICAL OF A MILLENNIAL! I SHOULD HAVE SEEN IT COMING! YOU’RE USELESS, AND I DEMAND A REFUND!”

Yes, sir, the Millennials sure are the rude and demanding ones.