cotea said:Don't mean to bring back old posts but I went in for my CFAT last thursday and everyone who had an appointment were on time. Actually we were mostly all 15-20 minutes early. Half of the applicants were around 18-20 years of age. Only two applicants forgot to bring ID (yeah that's a bit of a DUH moment) but they went and got it or had parents around I believe. Overall, everyone showed alot of respect for the CF and everyone working there (We were at the Toronto recruiting center).
Here's the kicker though. The subway on thursday morning actually WAS late, and that's because a huge part of the subway line was down for unknown reason and I had to take two transfers to get back on track. I was also coming from Oakville by train which meant I had to wake up at 5 to make sure I had some spare time in case something happened (which it did).
All I'm saying is, sometimes it IS the subways fault. Sometimes it isn't. But I wouldn't generalize an entire generation over some incidents. As far as I remember there are unpunctual people from all ages and from everywhere.
( I have a younger cousin who's a real pest though, but I blame MTV for that )
I was just about to say the same thing. I had my cfat on monday (oct 19). I was told to be there for 0745. I left my house at 0630, thinking there would be more traffic(toronto recruting center) and I arrived at 0700. One person was about 5 mins late and he was an older gentleman (probably between 40-45).
So to generalize a whole generation is unfair, although i will agree many people i know, my age (20 yo) including my brother and friends of have no sense of time or responsibilty.