Fec kless teenager!!! So mad at my son!

elisebutt65

I am sooooo mad at my son. After managing to get a casual job at Next for the sale weekend he couldn't be bothered!

First of all, he wrote down the times wrong in his induction. Turned up at 6am yesterday instead of pm. Then, instead of going in later to check why, he played XBox with his friends so missed his first shift at 6pm. Then he assumed they meant 6am today.
So decided to party and camp at his friends house all night, coming home at 5.00 am to change.
Got there for them to tell him he wasn't supposed to be there until 9am.

So of course it's all my fault that he can't take notes properly, or even go back to double check >\. And he's not going to even bother now.

I've blooming well had enough of this! He's been sat at home with his mates, or at their houses on XBox since his exams finished! I've texted his dad to come & get him early as it's driving me up the wall, especially after being sworn and shouted at for the crime of telling him it's time to go to work.

Apparently I need to get a life! Well sorry son, I don't have time for a life as I'm too busy working to feed, clothe and keep a roof after our heads!!

Aaaaaaargh!!!

elmer

I think I would take away his X box for a good while.

elmer

elisebutt65

Wish I could take his friends away as well

lisaspice

I totally sympathise with you. You must be raging. My 16 year old finished her exams in June & keeps saying I want a job. What she really means is I want the money, not the job! For weeks I've been saying let's put a cv together, but she never has time.......to busy out with her mates.

I have even resorted to doing her cv myself & this week I have applied to mcdonalds & subway......she quite liked the idea of being a sandwich artist!

She has this week been unsuccessful in getting a data entry evening job but won't be disappointed........she didn't even know that she'd applied for it!

What a pain in the a**e they are!

poppyolivia

I'm sorry but I don't even think he's grown up enough to have a job.

flora48

They are are pain in the proverbial aren't they. No quick answers I'm afraid. Just make his life as uncomfortable as possible, take away the x box, ban his friends from your house, give him no money, provide only the most basic rations. Starve him into submission. LOL
I feel for you , have been through this scenario twice.

Caroline_a

I would also say that you need to have his dad on your side - no good you ranting and applying sanctions if his dad is slipping him £20 here and there. I had a similar problem with youngest daughter, but in her dad's eyes she could do nothing wrong.... that is no help at all!!

kitty_cat_2

lisaspice wrote: »

She has this week been unsuccessful in getting a data entry evening job but won't be disappointed........she didn't even know that she'd applied for it!

What a pain in the a**e they are!

Ha ha - I love it!! :rotfl:

ciderwithrosie_2

You have my empathy. My youngest has just left school too and needs a part-time job. He's going to college in September but at the moment is out partying/staying at friends' houses nearly every night.

His brothers got part-time work almost straight away, but even in the intervening 3 or 4 years it's got harder to find anything. He heard nothing from McDonalds although his 21 yr old brother got a call from them the other day inviting him for interview - he declined as he's staying up in London (where he's at Uni) to work for the summer. He did find some work last year, working in the kitchens of a chinese takeaway, he did about 3 shifts then was told they didn't have enough work for him (polite way of trialling him to see if he was any good I reckon).

I don't think anyone would want to employ him now (where the public could see him anyway) as he has just had his septum pierced and has other piercings as well and bright red hair. I've got piercings myself but I have a job already!

He actually came home early last night and then proceeded to tell me one of his favourite bands was playing here in February and so would I buy him a ticket now, as they're selling fast, they're only 20 quid!!

I must add.... that he is charming, quirky, funny, confident, and totally loveable - I just wish he'd get a job!

viktory

lisaspice wrote: »

I totally sympathise with you. You must be raging. My 16 year old finished her exams in June & keeps saying I want a job. What she really means is I want the money, not the job! For weeks I've been saying let's put a cv together, but she never has time.......to busy out with her mates.

I have even resorted to doing her cv myself & this week I have applied to mcdonalds & subway......she quite liked the idea of being a sandwich artist!

She has this week been unsuccessful in getting a data entry evening job but won't be disappointed........she didn't even know that she'd applied for it!

What a pain in the a**e they are!

Personally, Im not entirely sure that this is the way forward. You should be encouraging your child to apply for jobs off their own bat - not doing it for them!

fiscalfreckles

Such a shame as he was very lucky to get that job. My 16yr old daughter has been looking for a while now. Earlier this year she was looking for weekend work and once her exams were over she went round again and said she was more flexible. She has done CVs, letters, spoken to shop managers personally, filled in umpteen forms and is really disheartened - I think only 2 companies out of 30-40 have ever even acknowledged her applications, and she's not had a sniff of an interview.
He really doesn't sound mature enough to deserve the job. Very frustrating for you! I can only echo the advice above in not making life too easy for him. I hope its a lesson to him and he comes to realise that proper effort is required!