When did Maytag start to go bad?

[whirlpool862]

I’m actually a parent, but all my kids are grown, my youngest is in the late 20s but I do have siblings with teens or younger kids. For example, my brother is 49 and his kids are 14, 17, and 20.

I can agree, some of the kids/young adults can be problematic, and parents often now wash their teenager’s laundry for them.

As for magic chef, I don’t think they should've made laundry appliances anyways. They should’ve stuck with kitchen appliances which I think was the case until it was bought out by Maytag, correct me if I’m wrong.

Maytag makes cheese in Newton, Iowa still I think, although I don’t think they’ve ever been a division of Maytag Appliances plus the logo is different.

 

[qsd-dan]

I think the biggest problem with youth today is that they don't have much curiosity. Without curiosity, there's no drive to learn and grow. I was an insanely curious kid and drove people nuts because of it. I was also extremely hard driven, no one had to push me or light a fire under my ass in to pursue my interests, I did it myself.

I was doing laundry at 9 years old because I was very curious about the operation and machinery. Most of my friends had their mom or dad (who were single dads) doing their laundry up until college. They were completely ignorant about laundry, cooking, cleaning, auto repair and maintenance, small engine repair and maintenance, maintenance of appliances and HVAC equipment, diagnosing and fixing problems with all of the above. I was well versed in all of that before I graduated high school out of extreme curiosity and drive. Spent countless hours at the library before the internet existed.

 

[vacerator]

In addition to violence in video games, and films maybe. Sean, or too much curiosity? The type of curiosity we had as kids is different than the type which puts kids in dangerous predicaments., other than electrocution perhaps. Maybe it's a different type of inquisitive intellect from genetic and personality development, if you catch my drift. We knew, but didn't know how or why we were different yet. Maybe that makes us less of a follower looking to others for curious discoveries. Of course that also went poorly un the 1980's and beyond once many hit puberty and began exploring for s e x in the wrong ways and places. None knew yet they were infected.

 

[phillymatt53]

Back when I went to High School, we had shop classes, - print shop, metal shop, electric/electronic shop, wood shop, drafting shop.
I took ALL those courses, and got high marks for them.
It allowed us guys to use our brains, our hands, and excersize our skills.
Since then, schools dropped such courses, concentrating on such things as computer cources.

I knew back then what I wanted to do as far as working, once I graduated in 1971.
I wanted to get right into a job that I liked, and start earning money, partly because I wanted to buy things, be self-sufficient, and also not having to deal with paying back some dumb tuition payback for years and years.
That was my firm focus that never wavered.
To me, that college crap was just one way of being on a merry-go-round of debt and misery.

It's funny, but tv shows like "Leave it to Beaver", etc., those "wholesome" American shows which led people to believe that it's the way you're "supposed" to live always mentioned college as some healthy thing to join.
Granted, the show taught good values to have - politeness, honesty, morals, being responsible and helpful to others, I'll give them that much.

But if you look at the college life, and have dreams of wealth, living the "high life", it's all benefitting those colleges, making you pay back tons of tuition money, in effect, working for them for a good part of your life.
They make it attractive to join of course, with Fraternities and Sororities, dorm life away from parents, etc.
Of course, young minds are attracted to those "exciting" things.
Just like any Marketing ploy would do.

I like my independency. my freedom, and not being bound or led to "follow the crowd".
Unlike my shoolmates who were led by the nose by their parents to join a college, and once finished, struggled to pay back tuitions by working at some shoe store or McDonalds flipping hamburgers.

 

[vacerator]

Oh how many had lives like the fantasy Clevers? Higher education isn't for everyone, but it was for many. My spouse and son included. 34 years old, a successful I.T. developer, top ten in his tech. university class, A's and B's in Calculus, Physics, etc. Brand ew house, car, already traveled to Italy, and soon to be engaged. He just dropped a down payment on at least a full karat Marquis diamond in an 18k gold setting. He repaid every dollar of his student loans. His scholarship from high school was small.