Respondent: Leedingyi 21 years old 2) What do you think about millanniat? ‘They only care about themselves, or in other words, they are selfish, they do not realy care what's happening in the surrounding and also the people around them. They are perplexed on their furura ‘and I think the most significant reason that causes this te happen is because there is no much effort in cultivating them to focus and specialized on their self-interest. They do not have cleer direction in life and do not yearn for any immense achievernent. Most of them remain silence on their thoughts and feelings most of the time. 2) Do you think millennial are na No. | understand that the society nowadays always perceives some actions of millennial such as to take self i a sign of narcissistic. However, | think tis unfair to designate this action as narcissistic and to tar the whole millennial generation with the same brush. To me, the actions of millennial taking thelr ova salfie and posting tham online to grab attention are due to the emptiness and loneliness they felt or on the contrary, it is just a sign of shoving their confidence towards themselves. Apart from selfie, some self-motivation thoughts like “lam the best’ and ‘I am special cannot be recognized as seltloved as those thoughts are needed to nurture positive mind set in millennial for them to mave forward and overcome obstacle in life, Me as a millennial, | stcongly beeliave that we are rationel and conscious enough to understand that actions lke to take selie do rot bring real happiness but instead, raal people connection docs.3) What are the factors affecting their behaviours? Millennial are brought uo in @ way that they are moulded into puppets. They tend to conform to society norm. There isa study that found out the more obedient an individual is when they are ‘young, the more excruciation they fae! later on when they grow up, Rather than saying each Individual has rights to deciée what and how thay want themsalvas to be, we cannot deny the society pressure and stress imposed on us. Those going against the society norm are being Identified as abnormal, unless they are luckily outstanding and successfully achieve more than the rest.According to an interview with IMiss Lee Jing Yi; 21, she thinks that millennials are self-centred, do not care about others and they do not care about what is happening around them. she also said that millennials are perplexed on their future because they are not much effort being put in for them to focus and get specialized on their self interest. She thinks that millennials do not have a {001 in life and have no driving force to achiove. When asked about her opinion if millennials are narcissistic, she sald that she doesn’t think so. she said that she understands that the society nowadays assume some actions of the millennials to be narcissistic such as taking a selfie, She thinks that it is unfair to think this action as narcissistic and to label the whole millennial ‘generation as a narcissistic generation. She fee's that millennials take selfies and post them online to grab attention because of emptiness and loneliness; it may be just be a sign of showing their confidence. Besides that, some self-motivation thoughts like ‘I am the best’ and “I am special’ cannot be recognized as self-loved as these thought are vital to instil positive mind set for them to progress and pass the various hurdles in life. As a millennial, she feels that millennials are rational and conscious enough to understand that actions like to take selfie do not bring real happiness but instead, real people connection does.X-GENERATION Mrs. Parvathy Rajendran, 38 years INTERVIEWER: Hello Mrs. Parvathy. Thank you very much for your assistance in answering a few of our questions. MRS. PARVATHY: Hello. Ix my great pleasure to help you and [hope T could answer all of ‘your questions. INTERVIEWER: What do you think abou millennials? MRS. PARVATHY: In ay opinion, milleanials are mostly consisting of a bunch of lazy kids ‘They are living an easy life without knowing anv strugales ofthe real world. They are wrapped tm their own fantasy filled davdreams and are thinking that evervthing will be served for them in a slver platter. They could not sitive for success because they do not have patience and they need fast pace results INTERVIEWER: Wow that is avery detailed opinion Mrs, Parvathy. My next question is do ‘you think millennils are narcissistic? ‘MRS. PARVATHY: Iris a definite yes, Nowadays, most ofthe teens are posting more than 10, selfies in social media like in Facebook and Instagram. It is becoming a dangerous addiction as the aumber of likes increases for their selfs day to day. Apart fiom that, their number of followers ia Instagram also becomes a social status for them. They are becoming more self sbsorbed and think tht the world is revolving around them. In my opinion, the social media is platform to spread awareness about current problems in this world and not to judge our own popularity INTERVIEWER: Thank you for your great advice Mrs. Parvathy. My final question is what are the factors affecting the behaviours of millennials?INTERVIEWER: Thank you for your great advice Mrs. Parvathy. My final question is what are the factors affecting the behaviours of millennials? MRS. PARVATHY: Parents are playing important roles in moulding the behaviours of their children. Parents nowadays are pampering their kids too rmuch. When a child finds thet all of his deruands are being met he never Lothers 10 develop the necescary life skill he might need later con. Afterall if there is someone who always brings me what I want then why would I bother to eam anything new? As a recut ofthis parenting eryle cpoiled children become ill equipped to face life problems and they always revert back to the parent when feeling stuck. This is what happens to millennials. These spoiled millennials usually have a very lov self-esteem beeanse of their inability to do anything on their own. When they face a very small obstacle, they remain helpless unless somebody removes i from their way. INTERVIEWER: Thank you very much for your inputs Mrs. Pazvathy. | am truly grateful for ‘your help in completing this interview “MRS. PARVATHY: It's my pleasure. Iwish you all the very best in your sties,‘According to an interview with Mrs Parvathy Rajendran; 38 who isa teacher in SJK(I) Nibons ‘Tabal. her view on millennials is that they are lazy. living an easy life without knowing any difficulties of the seal world, She also thinks that they live in a fantasy filled daycream and are thinking that everything Will be served for them in a silver platter. They could not work for success because they are impatient and they want everything instantly. When asked if she think whether millennials are narcissistic, she replied with a definite yes. She said that most of the teens are posting more than 10 selfies in social media like in Facebook and Instagram. She said millennials are addicted to the aumber of likes increase for their selfies and their umber of followers in Instagram from day to day as it becomes a symbolic social status for them, She thinks that millennials are self-absorbed and think that the world is revolving around them. Tn her opinion, the factors that affect the behaviours of milfennials are parents as they play prime roles in shaping their children’s behaviour. She feels that the children are ‘being too pampered by their parents so, the child doesn’t have the need to develop life skills as helshe gets all of his demands fulfilled. Children are becoming spoilt brats due to this parenting style. The behaviour of the current generation will cause them to face difficulties to face life problems in reality. These spoiled millennials usually have a very low self-esteem. anid dependant because of their inability to do anything on their ownMarznbi Bin Rosman. 49 years old, Teacher What do you think about milleanials? ‘They are too dependent on electronic gadgets and always cagaged with their smartphones. [astead, they are too lazy and less responsible when doing their job. Do you think millennials are narcissistic? ‘Yes they are. Believes that he or she is “special” and unique and can only be understood by. or should associate with, other special or high-status people. They also sequizes excessive admiration and lacks of empathy which they unwilling to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others. What are the factors affecting their behaviours? First ofall the main factors is the poor parenting. On poor patenting too many young people were brought vp being told they were special and could do anything they wanted to. Besides, addiction to technology also contribute to this problem. The millennials use social media like Facebook and to filtering their lives and presenting only their best “self” at the expense of realityapy BOOMERS ‘Name: Anwar Bin Pawan chik, Age: 56 (baby boomers) 1. What do you think about millennials? Millennial have grown up in a time full of technology. They are not only familiar with fecbnelagy. they are dependent on it They bring a.nesk.petapestives in working environment, They also expert in technology which make them a valuable asset in any company 2. Do you think millennials are narcissistic? ‘Yes. Millennials are narcissistic. Their narcissistic behaviour distracts them from paying attention to their work. They only think to serve themselves such as they expect to have so much time off because they think work is just making a living. They also are more likely to engage themselves with social media like keep updating about themselves in social media. They want other think: that are suecess and good. This attitude actually makes them unfocused on their work, 3. What are the factor affecting their behaviour? Technology is the main factor affecting milleanials behaviour. They have being raised in an environment of dominated by technologies. They rely om technology for too many things. This technology make them become lazy because now things are much easier. We have a lot of ‘machines that do these things for us,According ta an interview with Mr Anwar bin Pawan Chik: 56, his opinion on the mllennials is that they are very familiar with technology hence, they are experts in the tech-related fleld and bring about improvements in the working place. When asked his opinion on whether millennials are narcissistic, he thinks that they are. He feels that thesr narcissistic behaviour causes them to lose attention when working. They do not want to leave their comfort zone. They live in ‘virtual world; the social media and they offea upload information about themselves oaline. They care about others’ perception about them and want others to think highly of them, this causes them unfocused on their work.