Slasher, your mate sounds like nothing more than a beer drinking thug...
Your generation stood up for themselves did they? Why would your mate after punching out some kid for undercutting his salary run back to the the employer who did the dirty on him in the first place and ask for the job back? One would think that being part of your generation who 'stood up for themselves' he would have told the employer to get stuffed and perhaps should have directed the punch to him, someone his own generation...your mate sounds a bit scabby....and which gen was responsible for that?