[cafard]

"Whenever I hear a boomer raving about how back in their day, you’d stay at a job for your entire life and earn a gold watch and a pension and the respect of your ancestors, ..."

Back in the boomer's day? You're talking about this boomer's grandfathers' day.

[stvltvs]

It worked for my Silent Generation dad, but not easily. I don't know if there was ever really a time where this was the norm.