>> My gardener and my plumber both want to retire. They are older gentlemen and now
>> extensively travel the world and no longer want to work full time. Both are faced
>> with simply closing down their business because neither can find any young(er) people will to
>> take it over. In both cases they only want to sell their tools, not receive
>> money for their business, though they want to be assured that their existing long term
>> customers will be looked after..
>>
>> Seemingly not possible. The work is just too difficult and requires effort and commitment. Something
>> our youthful unemployed do not wish to offer.
If that is a general thing, something has gone horribly wrong. How did it happen? Is it some sort of sense of entitlement somehow conveyed to them that makes people think they don't need to make an effort to get themselves a decent life? A failure to realise that security and prospects come from acquiring skills and experience? Where does it come from? Apprenticeships were once prized, the key to a lifetime of earning opportunity.
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