Idiot kids

Why can't kids seem to work today? I remember 12 years ago when I started working. Myself and the others I worked with were gung ho and ready to work. I remember working my but off. It seems like every year the kids I work with are less inclined to work and even when they do agree to they just wander around and try not to actually work. They just want the pay and complain that they work too hard for not enough money.
I get frustrated trying to get some 16 year old kid to do a quarter of what I can do. Generally even with several months of experience and lots of training we can't seem to get them to do half of what I would do when I was thier age.
I think it all started with Jeff. He is a slacker. A well hung slacker, but a slacker none the less.