Kids these days

[Ed Anger]

Sucks if I wanted a person to start immediately.

Anyways, for more Helicopter parenting fun, http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1940395-4,00.html

the page 4 about Stealth Fighter parents is hilarious.

[Strix]

Maybe he doesn't trust his kid to actually take the test? If he brings him to the door and waits for him than he knows he took the test.

[sbr]

If the job calls for having reliable transportation or a license, and somebody shows up for an interview on the vague promise that they are getting a car or license, I'm moving on to the next person. They wasted my time.

It isn't like there is a shortage of workers anymore.

Obviously such a person wouldn't be applying for a job as a taxi driver.
For most jobs though such concerns are for after they know they've got a job somewhere.

Only the lowest dregs of humanity don't own their own car in America.

[garbon]

I used my mother as a stealth fighter parent.  Whenever a teacher tried to give me a bad grade and couldn't come up with more than a vague reason, I'm bring in the cavalry.

[garbon]

Only the lowest dregs of humanity don't have a license in America.

Fixed. After all, those in urban areas often don't need them.

Secondly (to Jos), if you have a license, if living at home, one's parents should feel comfortable letting you borrow a car for a day.

[Josquius]

Only the lowest dregs of humanity don't have a license in America.

Fixed. After all, those in urban areas often don't need them.

Secondly (to Jos), if you have a license, if living at home, one's parents should feel comfortable letting you borrow a car for a day.

I don't think thats legal.
Not in the UK anyway.

[garbon]

To drive your parents' car?

[Josquius]

To drive your parents' car?

You need to be insured on a car to drive it I think.
Or IIRC having cover all insurance- which people without a car would be even more unlikely to have, especially kids.
You can't drive without insurance either way.

[Monoriu]

I am talking about HK.  We're a tiny place where public transport covers almost every cornor.

[Josquius]

I am talking about HK.  We're a tiny place where public transport covers almost every cornor.

Oh yeah, of course, in HK there's no excuse.

[garbon]

You need to be insured on a car to drive it I think.
Or IIRC having cover all insurance- which people without a car would be even more unlikely to have, especially kids.
You can't drive without insurance either way.

Here I think you can have insurance on a car that covers non-immediate family. I can remember driving my aunt's car without my own insurance, but I remember that I couldn't drive my mother's car because as a dependent she'd need to be paying a premium for me.

[Richard Hakluyt]

It's the same here. You can get insurance that allows all sorts of people to drive your car, naturally it is more expensive than a more restrictive arrangement.

[Camerus]

Here in Mainland China I heard of a case last autumn about parents who were helping their kids cheat on exams using ear pieces.  According to the version I heard from my school, the parents were caught and sentenced to several years' jail time.