A New Beginning

No, nothing to do with Starwars, but a new young chap who has just started in the office today.
His job is to type, all day every day, because my daughter has a virtual office ( www.virtuallysorted.com - and very good it is too) where people dictate stuff down the internet all day, and night.
How times have changed. A few years ago it would have been a young girl whose ambition was to get married, have a family and be in charge of the typing pool ( that takes you back a bit). Now, Alex, for that is is name, is only using this as a stepping stone to fame and fortune - and I don't think he has any plans for female accompaniment.
But what is interesting is the swing round in young people's attitudes. Over the last 40 years I have seen young people being ambitious for themselves, then a decline, then a surge again in the late seventies. Mrs. Thatcher may have made us all greedier and more self-centred, but she didn't actually make us any more ambitious. That tends to happen when things are running down in the country - people feel they no longer are able to coast and need to " get on".
That is clearly happening now - lots of young people are looking for offices and the services we offer, well up on eg 5 years ago.
It also happens at a turning point, which, I am sure, we have well and truly reached.