Hello all and Welcome to our next Episode of Warehouse and Operations as a Career, I\u2019m Marty and I\u2019m pretty excited about today\u2019s show as we\u2019re going to have our 3rd Quarter Roundtable Discussion with several of our favorite go to people in the field. We have John with us today, you\u2019ll remember him as our Sourcing Company guru, he\u2019s another one that started on the floor with a large foodservice concept distributor and now is the National V.P. of Operations with a large Sourcing and Logistics company.
\nJohn, how have you been, I guess the last time you were with us was for our mobile show in Arizona with the America Heart Associations Benefit Golf Tournament?
\nJohn \u2013
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\nAnd we have Rodrigo on the show again, Rodrigo is a Regional Facilities Manager and oversees several operations across the country. Rodrigo I think we ran into each other in Lubbock like 3 weeks ago Right?
\nRodrigo \u2013
\nI was visiting with a newly promoted Supervisor and was fortunate enough to observe how you ran a Facility Site Visit, I enjoyed getting to tag along with you for a bit that day!
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\nAnd Joe is with us, our Go to all things Safety guy! Joe when was the last visit from you, was it when I ran into you in Denver or did you join us with our recent 3rd Party Audits & Opportunities Show?
\nJoe \u2013
\nJoe teaches and instructs Safety to several teams and accounts across the country as well as manages several Opco\u2019s himself.
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\nAnd a Round Table just wouldn\u2019t be a Round Table Discussion without Phillip calling in. I\u2019m going to try and get Phillip to speak to us about the hiring, training and the upstart of a new company in a bit. Phillip keeps us up to date with the different technologies available to us in the world of operations. How have you been Sir, it\u2019s been too long since you visited here with WAOC!
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\n I was in traveling earlier this week, had a really good time visiting at two different facilities with a few very knowledgeable Sup\u2019s and Managers. While setting and cruising the news feeds I came across an article from https://www.axios.com/teens-growing-up-slower-2486830574.html written by or attributed to Erica Pandey
\nTeens are becoming adults later than they used to
\nIt states Teens are growing up more slowly than they did two decades ago, and today's 18-year-olds act like the 15-year-olds of the 1990s, per a new study. Researchers found that U.S. teens are engaging in adult activities \u2014 drinking, driving, dating and working for pay \u2014 later than they used to, delaying the transition from adolescence into adulthood.
\nThe takeaways:
\n\u2022\t66% of 12th graders surveyed in 2014 had tried alcohol, compared to 81% in 1994
\n\u2022\t73% of them had drivers' licenses, down from 85% 20 years prior
\n\u2022\t58% went on dates, compared to 83% of 12th graders in 1994
\n\u2022\t56% worked for pay, down from 72% in 1994
\nI was speaking with a few gentlemen about the report I\u2019d ran across and quickly figured out that some may have had different interpretations. I\u2019m thinking this is mostly a positive form of thought though. I mean a 15% reduction in High School Seniors that\u2019s tried alcohol is a move in the right direction right? I myself know many young people that have put off getting their drivers permits too, they\u2019re just not concerned with having to drive here or there like the earlier generation was, in my time we counted the days until we could get our licenses and hit the road. Based on what friends that are parents are telling me I would have really thought that percentage would have been more than 12%. I can\u2019t speak to the dating statistic but that seems like a large reduction at 25%. Now maybe the answers to these lower percentages can be found with the 16% fewer 12th graders having worked for pay? I started working as a freshmen specifically so I could purchase a somewhat good vehi...