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So one of my lot is at Uni. Lives with five others.
The hoover doesn't work.
Me:Have you checked the fuse says I?
Kid:Nope, how do I do that?
Me:Ask your housemates......
<later>
Kid:Nope. None of them know how to.....
Me: You can google how to make this cocktail, and that cocktail but you don't know to google how do I change a fuse in a plug?
Me: Test it by using the fuse from the toaster.....
I just know it will be left
The hoover doesn't work.
Me:Have you checked the fuse says I?
Kid:Nope, how do I do that?
Me:Ask your housemates......
<later>
Kid:Nope. None of them know how to.....
Me: You can google how to make this cocktail, and that cocktail but you don't know to google how do I change a fuse in a plug?
Me: Test it by using the fuse from the toaster.....
I just know it will be left
On a forum I used years back, these would have been called “victims of life”
A family I know are totally clueless. My wife reports things like, “what time is Sainsbury’s open until, where is the nearest xyz”
The same people got a new car, I enquired what was up with the old one. Turns out they’d left their lights on and the battery had gone flat, didn’t have breakdown cover so just got a new car.
I enquired If jump starting failed, they said they never bothered looking into it. They couldn’t put 2+2 together that the flat battery would mean dead car
Still don’t have breakdown cover
A family I know are totally clueless. My wife reports things like, “what time is Sainsbury’s open until, where is the nearest xyz”
The same people got a new car, I enquired what was up with the old one. Turns out they’d left their lights on and the battery had gone flat, didn’t have breakdown cover so just got a new car.
I enquired If jump starting failed, they said they never bothered looking into it. They couldn’t put 2+2 together that the flat battery would mean dead car
Still don’t have breakdown cover
Uni-life was interesting... I was fairly domesticated, and in year 2 was living in a pretty nice shared house.
I invited a few mates round for a proper home-cooked Sunday lunch - went down well, and we agreed it should be a regular thing, taking turns.
Two weeks later my mate Helen hosted... We were sat in her lounge for ages, getting hungrier. She called me out to the kitchen to help, where I was greeted with the ugliest looking lump of pork I've ever seen... "What the f
k have you done to that?" I asked prodding it with a carving fork...
"I don't know what went wrong, I've been boiling it for hours"
:
I invited a few mates round for a proper home-cooked Sunday lunch - went down well, and we agreed it should be a regular thing, taking turns.
Two weeks later my mate Helen hosted... We were sat in her lounge for ages, getting hungrier. She called me out to the kitchen to help, where I was greeted with the ugliest looking lump of pork I've ever seen... "What the f
k have you done to that?" I asked prodding it with a carving fork..."I don't know what went wrong, I've been boiling it for hours"
:Funny... I left home at 18 to go to uni, learnt to cook, and learnt how to do domestic stuff as there was nobody around to do it for me (and I have working arms and legs and a brain).
If anything, breaking away early and never moving home is precisely what has made me independent and self sufficient... maybe these uni students are first years and just need a bit of time to adapt to fending for themselves?
If anything, breaking away early and never moving home is precisely what has made me independent and self sufficient... maybe these uni students are first years and just need a bit of time to adapt to fending for themselves?
During my time at university I was shocked at how many of my class mates, (I was studying mechanical engineering for reference) were completely incapable of the simplest of tasks.
I was always taught how to do things around the house by my parents and their friends from a very young age, so can put my hand to most jobs.
The real surprise were engineering students that have no idea or interest in how to use a spanner....
I was always taught how to do things around the house by my parents and their friends from a very young age, so can put my hand to most jobs.
The real surprise were engineering students that have no idea or interest in how to use a spanner....
Edited by Liamjrhodes on Tuesday 11th June 15:18
Nothing’s really changed since I went to poly then ….
We had lads temporarily in our house in Preston that never washed up as they clearly stated, it was beneath them, knowing my mate and I would have to wash it up, so we could use it. Buying our own pots/pans, cutlery stopped that.
We had lads who didn’t know how to prepare anything, warm stuff up – yes, peel a spud – no…
The toilet cleans itself doesn’t it?
My cousin’s house mate moved out before she did, so she wanted to make sure they got the deposit back, by not leaving a dirty house. She checked her house mate’s room to make sure all was OK, and there were 41 mugs under the bed… She rang her up and asked “WTF?”. Apparently, the other girl CBA’d washing her own mug up, so she bought a new one each week, and just left the old one under the bed. Fiona plonked them all in the sink with some Domestos, and got 41 mugs FOC… that's a lot of mugs...
We had lads temporarily in our house in Preston that never washed up as they clearly stated, it was beneath them, knowing my mate and I would have to wash it up, so we could use it. Buying our own pots/pans, cutlery stopped that.
We had lads who didn’t know how to prepare anything, warm stuff up – yes, peel a spud – no…
The toilet cleans itself doesn’t it?
My cousin’s house mate moved out before she did, so she wanted to make sure they got the deposit back, by not leaving a dirty house. She checked her house mate’s room to make sure all was OK, and there were 41 mugs under the bed… She rang her up and asked “WTF?”. Apparently, the other girl CBA’d washing her own mug up, so she bought a new one each week, and just left the old one under the bed. Fiona plonked them all in the sink with some Domestos, and got 41 mugs FOC… that's a lot of mugs...
Liamjrhodes said:
During my time at university I was shocked at how many of my class mates, (I was studying mechanical engineering for reference) were completely incapable of the simplest of tasks.
I was always taught how to do things around the house by my parents their friends from a very young age, so can put my hand to most jobs.
The real surprise were engineering students that have no idea or interest in how to use a spanner....
Nothings changed mate... I'm always surprised as to how many of them have no intention of learning either...I was always taught how to do things around the house by my parents their friends from a very young age, so can put my hand to most jobs.
The real surprise were engineering students that have no idea or interest in how to use a spanner....
bucksmanuk said:
Liamjrhodes said:
During my time at university I was shocked at how many of my class mates, (I was studying mechanical engineering for reference) were completely incapable of the simplest of tasks.
I was always taught how to do things around the house by my parents their friends from a very young age, so can put my hand to most jobs.
The real surprise were engineering students that have no idea or interest in how to use a spanner....
Nothings changed mate... I'm always surprised as to how many of them have no intention of learning either...I was always taught how to do things around the house by my parents their friends from a very young age, so can put my hand to most jobs.
The real surprise were engineering students that have no idea or interest in how to use a spanner....
I say this as someone who only went to Uni to satisfy my parents. Sat my parents down and told them I was quitting 4 months in.
ntiz said:
I think an awful lot go because it’s just the next step. Get drunk for 3 years and put off being an adult a little longer.
I say this as someone who only went to Uni to satisfy my parents. Sat my parents down and told them I was quitting 4 months in.
Yeah that makes sense, stripped back an engineering degree is mostly maths and physics so an appreciation of 'mechanics' isn't really essential.I say this as someone who only went to Uni to satisfy my parents. Sat my parents down and told them I was quitting 4 months in.
Its a massive expense to undertake though if it offers no benefit to your career
I can forgive young people quite a bit, lack of experience etc meaning there's big gaps in their knowledge. But they can learn.
There's always a certain amount of it coming down to a value judgement on what is "useful" knowledge, and older people can be as bad as younger people in where their balance of knowledge lies.
What astounds me are people not wanting to know/understand stuff. You meet some people who appear to be singularly useless in any practical sense, and totally lack adaptability or being able to extrapolate one thing from another... but seem quite content like that.
There's always a certain amount of it coming down to a value judgement on what is "useful" knowledge, and older people can be as bad as younger people in where their balance of knowledge lies.
What astounds me are people not wanting to know/understand stuff. You meet some people who appear to be singularly useless in any practical sense, and totally lack adaptability or being able to extrapolate one thing from another... but seem quite content like that.
slipstream 1985 said:
To be fair i've never changed a fuse though i'd be fine doing one.
Same here. I'm 38 and never had to change a fuse, or rewire a plug. Pretty sure I could figure it out in the unlikely event I'll ever need to.Although I have removed a fuse once - got fed up with listening to Heart on the radio in the office
The first few weeks of uni halls we kept on finding tea bags in the sink, thought it was a bit odd/lazy.
Eventually someone brought it up, a girl said yep that was her but was confused as to why anyone would be annoyed by it. When we asked her why she did it she just said that’s where the tea bags go... as in her mum had been putting them in the bin for her all her life, and she didn’t quite understand that they don’t just magically disappear
Eventually someone brought it up, a girl said yep that was her but was confused as to why anyone would be annoyed by it. When we asked her why she did it she just said that’s where the tea bags go... as in her mum had been putting them in the bin for her all her life, and she didn’t quite understand that they don’t just magically disappear
Liamjrhodes said:
During my time at university I was shocked at how many of my class mates, (I was studying mechanical engineering for reference) were completely incapable of the simplest of tasks.
I was always taught how to do things around the house by my parents and their friends from a very young age, so can put my hand to most jobs.
The real surprise were engineering students that have no idea or interest in how to use a spanner....
Sounds like the younger lads in the office, and i work for a large multinational Engineering firm. A few are fairly hands on, but the clear majority wouldnt know basic mechanics, basic DIY, I doubt any could sew on a button. It's shocking.I was always taught how to do things around the house by my parents and their friends from a very young age, so can put my hand to most jobs.
The real surprise were engineering students that have no idea or interest in how to use a spanner....
Edited by Liamjrhodes on Tuesday 11th June 15:18
i sound like an old codger, but i'm in my thirties.
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