“They’re really annoying, especially in the workplace. They’re like: ‘Nah, I’m not feeling it today, I’m gonna come in at 10.30am.’ Or in emails, I’ll tell them: this is all grammatically incorrect, did you not check your spelling? And they’re like: ‘Why would I do that, isn’t that kind of limiting?’”
I assume, when Jodie Foster made these comments about Gen Z in an interview with the Guardian, that she was slightly exaggerating for comedic effect. After all, if everything twenty-something was of the opinion that contracted working hours were merely a gentle suggestion, or that grammar is somehow a triggering and archaic imposition, then I don’t suppose any of us would have the pleasure of being in gainful employment.
