'Baby Boomers Only': Business Owner Insults Gen Z Former Employees in Desperate Help Wanted Sign

Emmy Pratt • Senior Editor

Mar 24, 2023 12:30 PM EDT

Trying to find new employees after losing multiple staff members is tricky. You want to hire people quickly, but you don't want to onboard any rube off the street who just happened to apply. You want the job posting to come off as appealing and not desperate. Whatever you do, you don't want to say that you're "always hiring" because that's the biggest red flag in all of recruiting. Well, almost the biggest red flag.

Last year, a hiring/temporary closing sign went viral. This handwritten notice is so ludicrous in its requests it's almost hard to believe it's real. The owner bemoans that their Gen Z former employees quit because they said their boyfriends couldn't stand during their shifts. Sure, Jan. I bet these teen boyfriends wanted to hang around a grocery store for hours on end for minimal attention from their partners. This help wanted sign recirculated recently, causing many Twitter users to comment on their new "Boomers Only" policy.