Mistake economy: American young workers suck

There’s this new term floating around, “Mistake Economy,” and it hits the nail on the head. We’re living in times where it feels like messing up is expected and accepted.

Last summer I did a US motorcycle tour, from east to west coast and back and I’ve noticed something pretty interesting – except in Wyoming and South Dakota, places with mostly young workers tend to have shitty service. Is this a new thing, or have I just not been paying attention until now? Back home in Eastern Europe and in other countries I’ve visited, if you don’t cut it at your job, you’re out. That doesn’t seem to be the case in the US or Canada. It feels like living on “easy mode” has made people a bit too relaxed and entitled for their own good.

There’s a vibe you get in a lot of places that doesn’t match up with what I’ve seen elsewhere. Other countries have this attitude that if you’re not doing your best, you’re not sticking around. Over here, though, it seems like there’s a lot more wiggle room for not hitting the mark. Or missing it completely.

Could this be because of how comfy life is in these parts? Maybe being too comfortable makes it harder to hustle or care about doing a bang-up job. And then there’s the identity politics scene – it feels like you can’t say much without stepping on toes or getting slapped with a label by the woke crowd. This whole deal with controlling what’s okay to say or think is definitely making things worse, not just in everyday life but at work too.

And let’s not start with the whole “they’re not paid enough” spiel. Pretty much everyone feels like they’re not getting enough dough. But that’s no excuse for being rude to customers or messing up their orders. Just do the damn job right, and if you’re not into it, go find something better. There are loads of people busting their tails, trying to improve their situation. There’s no job out there that pays you to just chill, smoke weed, and do nothing.

Speaking of chilling, you could actually make a living being a bum, especially in places like California. It seems they’ve got this system that encourages people to stay on the streets by giving them just enough to get by but not enough to get out of their situation. It’s like they’re purposefully helping people become professional homeless.

There’s this new term floating around, “Mistake Economy,” and it hits the nail on the head. We’re living in times where it feels like messing up is expected and accepted. Errors left and right, and it seems like nobody’s really learning from them. We’re just stuck in this cycle, and it’s like everyone’s okay with it. When did we start thinking that incompetence is the way to go?