Millennials

In today's society anyone who is born between 1980-and the present are known as the "Millennials." This generation, which would be the one I fall under, seems to rely on solely computer technology. When I say this I'm not referring to just the old fashion computers that our parents and grandparents grew up with, but everything else including ipods, phones and internet just to name a few. Until taking this class I never really knew that we were classified like the baby boomers were. While watching the 60 min clips Part 1 and Part 2, I never would have believed that people my age act like this towards working. Yeah it sounds nice to go in at 9, or whenever you may happen to roll out of bed, and then get a "nap break" at work, and happy hour at 4 or 5, but all that sounds so unreal to me. Yes I play it safe, I'm 24 years old and still living at home with mom and dad, but compared to the "Traditional" millennials, I have always had at least 2 jobs ever since I was 15. I would never think about telling my boss what I would and wouldn't do or argue about taking a "nap break." I work at Quik Trip and we are lucky if we even get a (one break) for the sometimes over 8 hours a day we work there. My opinion, most of us are middle class people who do what our bosses tell us, come in and leave work when we are scheduled to and take breaks when and if we get them.
Maybe I'm not a normal millennial, I watched a clip on youtube and I felt like I related with a little of both my generation and past generations. I agree that most people my age are heavy into technology and wouldn’t know what to do if they didn’t have it. I think the only few ways I am the same is that, I wouldn’t know what to do with out my phone or a computer from time to time, and I love getting on myspace.
Even though there are a few ways I may fall into this category, I think I may be a minor example of a millennial. I don’t have an Ipod or want an Iphone. I have never blogged until I had to for this class and may never again when this class is over with. Blogging is just not my thing. I don’t rely on text messaging and email to have conversations with people. I would never expect to get paid more for hardly doing any work, it’s sounds nice, but to me is unrealistic. And even though I may still live at my parents house, I plan to move out really soon.