mad jock
So very sorry to read your post. I was, obviously, aware of some slippage in the "aviation mindedness" of some ATCOS but, if it is as bad as you say, then I very much regret it.
I am thankful that I met so many aviation enthusiasts (like myself) during my career. Great characters with great enthusiasm & great knowledge & abilities. & that's without taking into account all the ex servicemen from during & after the war.
A high point of my life to have met them all & heard all their stories.
If present day ATCOS are no longer a "chip off this old block", I hate to think of what the future holds.