Are juniors a different breed these days or am I just getting old?
Biglaw litigator / indentured servant here.
My team was deep into trial prep when an 11th hour settlement was reached between the parties. Litigation, amirite? I did breathe a sigh of relief as I had been burning the midnight oil and was looking forward to a more normal schedule and even some down time at least in the foreseeable future.
I made a comment about this to a colleague and that prompted a light hearted discussion about what we're going to do now that we had some breathing room. One of the juniors piped in that he had some big plans now that he had some flexibility. "What's on deck?", I asked without giving it a second thought. He quickly replied that he was going on "gaycation".
I guess I must have made some sort of involuntary facial expression because he repeated himself, this time more forcefully, and launched into a detailed description of what exactly is a "gaycation". Apparently this is a thing a lot of younger guys are doing. Maybe they saw it on TikTok? They go somewhere warm, usually overseas, do a bunch of gay shit with each other, and then come back home and act as if nothing happened. It doesn't count, he explained, because you're overseas and everyone is mostly straight and tested. Then you go back to normal life. Kind of like "The Purge" but with less violence and fewer chick's.
Kind of don't know what to make of this. Either he's trolling or I am officially the old guy.