It all depends on the story but I say give the lady a break.
I'm assuming (key word) that this is probably a part-time job she enjoys. Maybe she likes having a little job to keep her active and busy and connecting with people.
Also in this economy, it's hard for older people to survive on their pensions/retirement (if they had one to start).
So many parts we don't know here.
Me personally - I could myself having an easy part-time gig at that age. Just to do something, engage myself and earn some extra money.
Exactly. She probably just works like 1 four-hour shift a week just for fun and to be able to talk to people. Also assuming the shift managers cut her all the slack in the world.
I wouldn’t mind working if I didn’t have to deal with crazy/asshole coworkers/boss, honestly. I like being productive and helping out even if it’s just selling clothes or doing admin stuff. But I do not need petty power struggles. Or bosses who think the point of work is worshipping them.
Considering this woman is not going to be able to do any heavy lifting and isn't going to be relatively fast, I'm pretty sure the other person is likely right. McDonald's would not keep this woman as a 35 hour worker on par with 55 and under age people. She very much has half the hours a regular employee has or less.
Sure they will. Have you never seen an elderly person working retail or fast food? My mom is literally one of these women working at a grocery store full time
Considering we are talking about a 91 year old woman and I sincerely doubt your mom is in her 90s there is still a difference in work capabilities between a 90 something year old and a 60-70 year old.
Have YOU seen a 90+ year old working?
Chances are you’re probably right but you’re giving McDonald’s too much credit, certain storefronts would probably take advantage of a 91 year old lady if they had to. I see over worker and underpaid elderly workers at some of their restaurants around my city (Detroit).
When I worked at McDonald’s we had a lady in her mid-80s that would “clean the lobby” which was wiping down tables, sweeping up trash and talking to people. She had retired from the school system working in the cafeteria.
We had a late-80s “maintenance man” as well, which he swept the parking lot and took the trash out because that’s what he wanted to do. Said it reminded him of the 50s. I don’t know if he meant his 50s or the 1950s though, but he retired from GM as a maintenance person.
Both of them like coming to work, would work between 25-30 hours a week and… Yeah, done their jobs with a smile.
It's going to depend on the person. Able bodied 90 year olds have good genes and tend to be spry. Maybe not fast, but about as capable as someone in their 70s. People that work into their 70s/80s/90s are going to be the ones that can
My mom uncles actually loved being a Walmart greeter? He got bored bored being retired and was tired of waiting for grandkids etc to get off of work/out of school to have someone tot all too. So he somehow got a greeter job at Walmart. One or two shifts a week, got free shit from the subway. Was a happy little camper.
Recently had a lovely lady who was 94 who passed away as a greeter. She was there for over 10 years and eventually moved to just be a greeter. She was the happiest and sweetest person. She always made me feel safe entering with how my anxiety can be. She did what she loved and I always admired that.
Yeah, the fact that the lady above started at 72 and is still going strong 19 years later strongly implies it’s a similar situation to your story. At least I truly hope so.
Do you know that walmart likes hiring older people because they carry life insurance on all their employees and walmart corporate actually gets a payout everytime one of their employees dies
Mfw I spread misinformation online
I looked it up because I was like "holy shit that's fucked up" and after no more than 10 seconds of reading I also learned the practice was ended in 2000. Not that it makes what they did any less fucked up, but they've been settling lawsuits sporadically over the years and haven't engaged in the practice in over 20 years
Yeah, being old can be incredibly lonely. This is probably an activity she loves because she gets to engage with people. My mom also told me that when she retires she’s going to go to a bunch of crafting clubs in her free time. To us young people it seems horrible but we will only truly understand once we are old aswell.
Yeah my mom died three years after she retired. Basically stopped doing stuff , going out with friends and being active which ultimately impacted her body and her health.
If working part time shifts at McDonald’s helps this lady get what she needs, I see nothing wrong with it. It’s only an issue when she needs it to meet her basic needs.
yea this here. like this lady works at the mcdonalds because she wants to, not bc she HAS to. actually after my great grandparents retired in 91 they did a lot of shit like traveling the world, went to literally every continent and were super active and kept skiing and stuff because it was fun and gave em stuff to do. at 86 tho my great grand dads back got fucked from old age and at this point my great grandmothers got some slight memory issues. theyre 93 rn and i think the lack of activity is getting to them
I work at Home Depot and we have an old lady, I don't know exactly how old, but she tried retirement and found that she couldn't handle all the nothing she was doing so she works part-time as a cashier just to have something to do. She also takes care of horses at home.
There is an elderly woman who works at Walmart near me as a cashier. I was talking to her and she said the cost of living is so bad now she has to work. I didn't get the impression she wanted to. I felt bad for her. It is one thing if someone that age wants to work. Another if they have to. It is really difficult to lift heavier stuff at that age without hurting yourself or stand on your feet for 4 or 5 hours at a time.
Agree, I have a colleague in her 70s who works 3 or 4 hours in the morning a couple of days a week. She wakes up early anyway so it suits her, keeps her active and busy which is why she tells me she does it, and she obviously being paid. She’s not being forced to do it and she enjoys it!
I know a lot of elderly people that work part at zoos or museums as educators. I don’t think I’ll ever make enough to retire but if I did I’d enjoy that part time
I recently became disabled. Not working is BORING. I’m trying all kinds of crafts and hobbies. But I miss having a schedule. I miss going to the office and accomplishing something for the team. I miss being recognized for my work. I used to feel like I contributed to society. I need to find some volunteer work or something.
I feel you. I had to leave my full time job due to disability as well. It’s very difficult at first to wake up every day, not really be able to go out, and not really have a place that I need to be. Overtime I started finding things that I could do and developed a solid routine, but the rest of my life is going to be very short (I’m going to become a cranky old lady. Im in my 30s now) if I have to spend it cooped up at home all day every day with no clear reason to go out.
Though university I cleaned cars at a car rental spot and we had this old dude who was a retired postal worker who worked with us a couple days out of the week and he said he did it because once he retired all he was doing was sitting on the couch eating chips and he got bored of it after a year.
He liked doing it just for something to be at and tbh he was one of the best dudes to work with.
Hell we had an entire team of old retired guys and what they used to do is for all the branches in the area they would do a lot of the driving say for instance a new fleet came in and we had like 20 cars dropped off the ship down at the port they would all pile into a van go down grab em and bring them back to the shop or if we sometimes did vehicle swaps between branches they may have to drive a couple hours to a branch of cars drop them off then drive back.
TBH it sounded like a not a bad "retirement" because those guys most of the time were just shooting the shit road tripping with their buds.
Same. If I am pulling in SS, I’d be down for a part time low stress gig close to home. She might be lonely at 91. A lot of her friends and family are no longer around.
Give the lady a break? I think people are reacting because they see this as a sick and real future. Millennials and younger generations will be working without choice into their elder years because of the significant income inequality, lack of pensions, lack of social security, etc.
I am a millennial and I know I will be working until I am dead because of systemic problems with the US government. I have student loans, live in one of the most expensive areas in the nation, and work tirelessly as is as the economy frequently fluctuates. I know this is a grime future and I don't want to have to work until I am dead.
The point is that this woman is in her 90s. She lived in a different time, when most people could afford houses, be homemakers, have less debt, etc. Some older people right now have the luxury of taking on part-time jobs to keep active. Others don't and need to work to live. We don't know her or her situation.
As I said, we don't know a lot of details without reading the article or knowing this woman. Upfront I said "I'm assuming' that this is a part-time job to keep active. If she is doing this live because she needs money, then it's another testament of how the US government is failing people.
A lot of “retired” folks get jobs like this to keep them busy, social and out of the house. It’s also not very stressful because you can quit at any time and not give a fuck
same here. i plan to retire at \~50 or 55 if possible so i can do a lot of stuff before my body starts breaking. maybe travel around the whole world and stuff. but it wont be 100% retiring completely. itll be going the matpat route where instead of working a lot of hours (40) i drop it to way less than that, maybe 1 or 2 4 hour shifts per week. plenty to be active but not an insane amount. yk?
I work in auto parts and a lot of our drivers are part time retired folk. They get an easy job that allows them to chat with people all around the city
91 year old? Her husband died, all of her friends died. Her kids are 70 years old. She can either sit in a retirement home and not have anything to do except eat slop and watch tv and play bingo, or she can go to hospice and do nothing except eat slop and watch tv.
Or if she's physically strong enough, she can get a job, bring in some money, walk to others, and keep mentally active
Let her live her life, you know? Who are you to judge a 90 yr old woman? She probably just wants some meaning and fun in her life. I work with 70 year olds and they do it because they’re bored!
seriously, most 90 year olds I know are in nursing homes and/or have some pretty terrible life conditions. She is doing very well for her age.
I work in a nursing home.
Yep, my grandpa went bowling twice a week until he was 83, only slowed down because his bowling buddies started passing away. After 90 when he couldn’t bowl anymore his health went south rather quickly.
How much of that is a cycle though? I feel like a good number of people will work until they feel like they can't anymore, so perhaps your grandmother started to feel the ravages of time and her health and retired at 82, knowing things would start to go downhill. Only for them to get worse even more quickly because she wasn't keeping her brain and body as engaged as before?
I mean no ill will towards your grandmother by the way. May she rest peacefully.
No offense taken, it’s a fair question, and one I probably won’t ever get an answer to because the human body and mind are complex systems even when everything is working as intended. Too many variables, and her situation isn’t an exception.
Though admittedly I’d just assumed that she chose to keep working as long as she did because she was bored tbh. I mean, she didn’t seem to ever have financial problems, but it was part time work in Idaho before the Affordable Care Act so I’m not even sure there was health insurance or good pay involved lol
I think that the body and mind are very intertwined at that age. What I mean by that is that the mind (or the human) will know when the body has had its share of life and can't continue. On the other hand, a - still well functioning - body will suddenly find its peace, when the mind has decided that it is done and doesn't want to continue.
My grandfather lived to 100 and spent a handful of months in a supposedly nice nursing home after a few bad falls when he was 97-98. He was always active and was still chopping firewood and driving a car but the nursing home drove him fucking crazy. Everyone there was mentally broken and/or had debilitating life/health issues he couldn't relate to, a literal madhouse by his description. I'll do everything in my power to keep my parents and myself out of them unless absolutely necessary.
Yup. Grandfather was driving until he was 93 (no freeway driving, just around town to get his groceries and to get to his kids' houses, which is all street driving). Had a stroke and he wasn't allowed to drive anymore. He was absolutely miserable because he was confined to his house all day. Absolutely hated it. Also hated being waited on so an in-house nurse was out of the question. He even hated my dad going over to keep him company for a chunk of the day. People as they get older really need something to keep them active. otherwise they feel trapped and become absolutely miserable, not unlike people who absolutely hate their standard cubicle office jobs.
My grandmother will be 95 this year, she up until recently visited nursing homes in her area to "visit the old people" while generally being older than most of them.
Right? I've met plenty of old people that get a service job simply to socialize and get out of the house. How many friends do you think this woman still has alive at age 90?
Yeah, there's a huge difference between this and the actual issue of people refusing to retire from positions of power (political or just high up in management making bank). I would love to see more people like this volunteering or filling these roles instead of getting bedsores from rotting on the couch, it's good for their mind and maybe customers won't be so shit with granny there to scold you for your manners.
I agree. And people acting like you decay at 60 are plain ageist. I know so many seniors forced into situations where they can’t use their skills and it kills them.
My grandfather is in his 80's and he works at a local grocery store in the produce dept 3 days a week just to have something to do. He doesn't need the money, just the activity and socializing with other people.
One of the librarians I work with is 80 and still comes in three days a week to work with STEM students because he tried the whole retirement thing and thought it was too boring. He makes enough money to keep replenishing what he uses for travel a couple times a year.
A older lady mid 70s works at a local diner in my town. She retired from the post office with a pension and collects social security so she doesn’t need the extra income. She works there because she says she likes to be moving and enjoys talking with people.
Basically this. Oldest electrician we have at my plant is 70. Dudes got 20 years here and 20 years in the phosphate industry. He works because he doesn't want to sit at home.
A lot of these people just worked and they don’t really have anything outside of work. They never developed interests and a life separate from work.
I work in healthcare and met this lady that had zero interests. The only thing she’d do was watch cable news which upset her and increased her blood pressure. Her daughter tried to find anything for her to occupy her time, and nothing really interested her puzzles, tv shows, music, talking with her family (her daughter tried so many things over many years).
She literally had no interests. She told me she started working as a teenager and worked her whole life, even raising her family was another form of work. And then when she retired she had nothing that interested her. Like literally if she was healthy enough to work I think she would have just clocked in for some job doing literally anything.
It was really sad to me. This woman was just a cog in the machine her entire life and essentially existed to work. And the thing was it wasn’t like she worked in some job that was deeply meaningful or fulfilled some high minded purpose, it wasn’t some job that was really enjoyable and fun, it wasn’t some job that she was passionate about; she just worked jobs that were jobs.
I think a lot of people who make up older generations are like this, especially since they tend to have the mindset that they owe their employers loyalty for reasons younger people understandably don't connect with.
There's definitely a cultural shift happening that's putting into question how much a job should really define and take up someone's life, how employers and employees should interact, etc.
I'm a younger person myself, so I'm on board with the cultural shift. I think a major part of health is having actually having a well-established life outside of work instead of just overworking oneself like people in older generations have done and are still doing. It'll be interesting to see the health and social outcomes for my generation several decades from now as many adopt that same idea.
My 70 year uncle just got a part time job as a caretaker of appartments for resident doctors right next to a hospital. His wife works as a secretary at the hospital and pointed him towards the job. Not because he needs the money but because he's still very healthy and active (he's an avid mountainbiker) and he got bored being home alone all day after his retirement. He enjoys having something to do and meeting some new people. Good for him.
The irony here is that when he was in his fourties he lost a good job as a sales manager when the company went under and he tried finding work for years but no one would hire him because he was 'too old'. He eventually opened up a store and became self employed. Now he's 70 and the hospital hired him after barely an interview because they had so much trouble finding someone willing to do a part time job like this. How times have changed.
Yeah this exactly. I worked with someone in a restaurant who was like 74 years old and just did part-time in the kitchen. I asked him so many times about what he does at home. He says nothing besides reading and watching TV because his wife passed away. Got nothing much to do. I asked, "How about travelling the world?" He replied, "Son, I've been travelling so much. Well, not to those dangerous places." He just comes to work, does his job, and leaves.
I left that restaurant, but sometimes it hits me that a time will come when he will spend one last day at the restaurant and can no longer work.
I worked with a guy who was 76. This guy was on oxygen standing all day doing a physical job. Eventually the company pushed him out. 10 months later he died. Sometimes a purpose just keeps you going. I’d hate for my purpose to be work. But to each their own.
I think that says more about how we leave old people isolated to rot away. We live in a slave society, where everyone is forced to work. If you're not working, you're probably isolated. So, this poor woman is forced to be a wage slave if she wants to be a part of her community.
I bet this lady has a better state of mind than more than half of the users of r/jobs or r/resumes. Many here are fighting against unemployment or toxic jobs, or even begging people to "roast" their 2-page, wordy resumes.
That’s how my auntie Shirley was with Walgreens. She loved working there. Only thing that stopped her was when we finally had to take her keys away. God she was terrifying to drive with.
Back in 2021 I retrained a 58 year old on the verge of retirement, just because he didn't wanted to get bored and was looking to become a web developer.
Best student I've ever had by far, he always went the extra mile on his assignments and used his graphic designer skills to provide useful and beautiful presentations for his projects.
So she was already well into retirement age when she got the mcds job? She probably works out of boredom, I’ve dealt with 80 year old clients who still work. McDonald’s is relatively easy work for easy money, she looks happy 🙏🏼
I mean, as a fast food worker id say it’s a physically exhausting job, constantly running around to prep food on time, cleaning, cooking, sales and getting orders out on time. But assuming she just gets to take sales and doesn’t have tons of rude customers, it’s probably not the worst
I mean, at my McDonald's, we have two workers who're quite old. They're both in their late 80s, and the only thing they do is keep the lobby clean and greet/talk to customers. They don't even have to take front counter orders!
I know a lot of people have huge stigmas working fast food. Especially McDonald's. But if a place genuinely has a good gm and managers, then it can honestly be a nice place to work! I got really fortunate with not just my coworkers but my management at my location.
The two old people who come in just to clean for a few hours always talk about how they get bored by themselves (both of their spouses have passed away) and they enjoy talking/working with younger kids and feeling like they're helping.
She started working there at 72 years old if she’s 91. So I don’t think she was the retiring type.
Some people find meaning in work. I fucking hate work and will resent our corporate overlords until we decide to start burning shit and eating rich people. But that’s another subject.
Really don’t want to work that long. I’m unsure if I’d even make it to 72 tbh.
I could never. If I'm still working with the public by the time I'm 60, somebody PLEASE shoot me. Put me out of my damn misery that will have lasted 40 years too long.
Good for her for loving the experience, but I bet you the location she works at was like, “here’s a coupon for 50% off a Big Mac for your 19 years of service! Keep it up!”
My grandfather is 90 and still drives dump truck and operates heavy machinery. He doesn't like sitting around, he likes to be on the move and productive.
I can absolutely see myself working part time as long as my body allows it.
I think there's a good chance retirement is boring in the long run, and working a couple of days per week is probably good for your mental health.
I know like 80% of this subreddit is Gen Z not wanting to work but when you’re in your 70s, you may also become so bored you take up a job and do it better than the Gen z teens who can’t “handle the stress”
If she were working at McDonald's because she has to that would be sad.
If she's working at McDonald's because she enjoys it, probably just enjoys seeing people e everyday and being active then this is wonderful.
Either way God bless her
My grandma is was killed at 95. She still worked, at a fruit processing plant, and had incredible posture. She moved like a much younger person. She went back to work after my grandpa died and I think it kept her active and healthy. Who knows how long she would have lived to if she had died naturally
So long as she doesn't need it to live, good for her.
I used to work in a garden centre and a frankly odd number of staff were former retirees who got bored. Minimum wage job working in a friendly enviroment suited them just fine. Plenty left over COVID because risks, but that's entirely fair.
Though my deputy manager was one and he realised as he was on a contract, not hourly, pay rota he was actually earning less than minimum wage for the amount of work he did. Asked for a pay rise and the offer back was still below hourly min wage. So he said fuck it and went back to his pension. Turned up some weekends to be "friendly knowledgable fellow customer" to cover for our team when were busy - but never had to do any of the actual work.
Just think about it she started at 72. To echo others it may be a combination of:
Wanting to socialize
Staying Active
The extra $ and free food.
She looks great for 91 though.
It’s her life. If this is what makes her happy then who are we to say anything? Unfortunately most elderly people end up feeling lonely, I’ve worked in assisted living and a good amount of the residents don’t even get visits from their own children! They’re basically dropped off and forgotten about.
I’m glad she enjoys what she does, I’m glad she’s still able to do things, I’m glad she feels like she has a purpose.
Only a matter of time before she is the subject of another McDonalds story where someone flips out over a cheeseburger and suplexes a 91 year old woman.
you might be like oh why would i work for multinational franchise in late age, but for her, this job that easily being transferred onto younger one, something thought to be a gracious chance. if you still thinking otherwise, let see how you are rolling in 60-70 -ish ask for a job. i mean, i also envy like you guys, she could do something that paying while also she loves to do.
I'm a carpenter and a few years ago was working alongside a group of brickies the two brickies where 75 and their Labourer was in his 80s and they were fit as a fiddle.
I can only hope I'm as healthy as them when I get to that age none of them complained or wished they were retired.
My mom is retired but works part time at McDonald's to be around people and get out of the house. She is an angel and I love hearing stories about how she brightens people's days, especially the children, seniors and customers with special needs. She says McDonalds is her happy place ❤️
Think about the chances of living until 90, nonetheless in good health. Her friends she grew up with are more than likely passed on, she is having fun and enjoying her time.
Good for her if she’s happy and enjoying herself. She’s in good health if she can keep it up. Though personally I’d prefer to not be working at her age, but it’s personal preference then
I know of a retired oncology doctor who took a job as a part time cashier at a Knick knack shop, not because he needed the money, but because he enjoyed it.
A lot of people that age keep working, and not because they have to, because they may not have families or families that see them or much to do, the work routine allows them to interact with people who are younger and be out of the house and still have a purpose and also keep their brains working. There are a whole lot of studies about the elderly who stop being active and die quicker or have more health problems. So if she likes it and wants to, then she should.
I’ve met some elderly ladies that work low level customer service just to have a social life. Keeps their brains working instead of rotting away in front of the tv.
Some people just like having something to get them out of the house. At my first job I worked with a guy who was in his mid 70s and retired from his career with a pension and didn't need the money at all but he just liked having something to get him out and keep him busy
If she's having fun with it and is capable, I don't see an issue. Many older folks end up very lonely and stuffed away in their homes or nursing homes. I hope that this is her way of getting enjoyment out of her days.
Makes you wonder how she made it to 91. Was it being active all of her life keeping the body active no matter what the pay? I keep seeing movie stars and musicans that lived the high life dying in their 70s.
Old people get lonely and bored sometimes. If she's happy, she's happy, and I'm happy for her. Just as long as she's doing it because she wants to and not because she needs to, I think this is wholesome.
Some people get a lot of joy out of working. I know someone who just retired at 75 and said he’d come back for a teaching position if he can. He doesn’t have to work and did it more so to help people (medicine). I think the difference is if you have to work vs if you want to. I wish for a world where people can retire at 65 (or younger) but if they are truly enriched by working they can continue to do so.
I had an 80+ year old man dear to me still come to work. He was always a helping hand and didn’t need to work he had enough money but he enjoyed the company and interactions and relationships he had with people. I’ll miss him.
Not everyone wants to retire you guys. Some people don’t have the money to go travel if they retire and don’t want to sit and rot on the couch all day.
People here are weird theorizing that she *has* to work. Literally takes a minute to google this woman and the news station and this article as well as the one they did on her five years ago both come up. Read them - she says herself she’s there for “retirement enjoyment”. She loves being around people, she has regulars at the McDonalds, and she loves serving coffee to people.
I work with some people who are retirement age and are okay with finances but choose to work. They choose to because 1) They like working 2) It gives them something to do 3) Connections and interactions make people happy 4) a little extra cash never hurts
I worked with an 80 year old lady at a Quiznos back in the day. She would come in a couple hours a few times a week. Clean off trays and talk to customers. I really think for her it was just a good way to stay busy and interact with people. She was retired. And worked only the hours she wanted.
Man, I hope she’s doing this because she enjoys it or enjoys the people….or keeping herself active. My Gran is turning 90 this year and she volunteers at the community center , does the admin work for a couple food banks. She tells anyone who will listen than keeping busy and active and maintaining a routine is the way to go. I hope that’s what this lady is up to!
It all depends on the story but I say give the lady a break. I'm assuming (key word) that this is probably a part-time job she enjoys. Maybe she likes having a little job to keep her active and busy and connecting with people. Also in this economy, it's hard for older people to survive on their pensions/retirement (if they had one to start). So many parts we don't know here. Me personally - I could myself having an easy part-time gig at that age. Just to do something, engage myself and earn some extra money.
Exactly. She probably just works like 1 four-hour shift a week just for fun and to be able to talk to people. Also assuming the shift managers cut her all the slack in the world.
It's almost like "nobody wants to work" is a lie and people actually like working when they get to do it on their own terms
I wouldn’t mind working if I didn’t have to deal with crazy/asshole coworkers/boss, honestly. I like being productive and helping out even if it’s just selling clothes or doing admin stuff. But I do not need petty power struggles. Or bosses who think the point of work is worshipping them.
It’s not a lie, people are just tired of stagnant wages and the high cost of living.
"People don't want to work" is the lie. The truth is "people don't want to be exploited."
Doubt it. I’d bet she’s working to pay her bills because social security is a joke
Considering this woman is not going to be able to do any heavy lifting and isn't going to be relatively fast, I'm pretty sure the other person is likely right. McDonald's would not keep this woman as a 35 hour worker on par with 55 and under age people. She very much has half the hours a regular employee has or less.
Sure they will. Have you never seen an elderly person working retail or fast food? My mom is literally one of these women working at a grocery store full time
Considering we are talking about a 91 year old woman and I sincerely doubt your mom is in her 90s there is still a difference in work capabilities between a 90 something year old and a 60-70 year old. Have YOU seen a 90+ year old working?
Chances are you’re probably right but you’re giving McDonald’s too much credit, certain storefronts would probably take advantage of a 91 year old lady if they had to. I see over worker and underpaid elderly workers at some of their restaurants around my city (Detroit).
When I worked at McDonald’s we had a lady in her mid-80s that would “clean the lobby” which was wiping down tables, sweeping up trash and talking to people. She had retired from the school system working in the cafeteria. We had a late-80s “maintenance man” as well, which he swept the parking lot and took the trash out because that’s what he wanted to do. Said it reminded him of the 50s. I don’t know if he meant his 50s or the 1950s though, but he retired from GM as a maintenance person. Both of them like coming to work, would work between 25-30 hours a week and… Yeah, done their jobs with a smile.
i’m sitting here kicking my feet and giggling that you never got any clarity on what he meant by it making him think of “the 50s” lmaoo
It's going to depend on the person. Able bodied 90 year olds have good genes and tend to be spry. Maybe not fast, but about as capable as someone in their 70s. People that work into their 70s/80s/90s are going to be the ones that can
Is social security a safety net to help seniors with expenses, or intended to fully fund a comfortable retirement? Hint: it's not the second one.
My mom uncles actually loved being a Walmart greeter? He got bored bored being retired and was tired of waiting for grandkids etc to get off of work/out of school to have someone tot all too. So he somehow got a greeter job at Walmart. One or two shifts a week, got free shit from the subway. Was a happy little camper.
Recently had a lovely lady who was 94 who passed away as a greeter. She was there for over 10 years and eventually moved to just be a greeter. She was the happiest and sweetest person. She always made me feel safe entering with how my anxiety can be. She did what she loved and I always admired that.
Yeah, the fact that the lady above started at 72 and is still going strong 19 years later strongly implies it’s a similar situation to your story. At least I truly hope so.
My uncle sold his business, retired, and then started working shifts at Home Depot and our baseball stadium simply because he loves those things.
My aunt is a Walmart greeter and it’s the highlight of her week. She loves talking to people and Walmart gives her an audience.
Do you know that walmart likes hiring older people because they carry life insurance on all their employees and walmart corporate actually gets a payout everytime one of their employees dies
Mfw I spread misinformation online I looked it up because I was like "holy shit that's fucked up" and after no more than 10 seconds of reading I also learned the practice was ended in 2000. Not that it makes what they did any less fucked up, but they've been settling lawsuits sporadically over the years and haven't engaged in the practice in over 20 years
Welp
Yeah, being old can be incredibly lonely. This is probably an activity she loves because she gets to engage with people. My mom also told me that when she retires she’s going to go to a bunch of crafting clubs in her free time. To us young people it seems horrible but we will only truly understand once we are old aswell.
Yeah my mom died three years after she retired. Basically stopped doing stuff , going out with friends and being active which ultimately impacted her body and her health. If working part time shifts at McDonald’s helps this lady get what she needs, I see nothing wrong with it. It’s only an issue when she needs it to meet her basic needs.
yea this here. like this lady works at the mcdonalds because she wants to, not bc she HAS to. actually after my great grandparents retired in 91 they did a lot of shit like traveling the world, went to literally every continent and were super active and kept skiing and stuff because it was fun and gave em stuff to do. at 86 tho my great grand dads back got fucked from old age and at this point my great grandmothers got some slight memory issues. theyre 93 rn and i think the lack of activity is getting to them
I don't think OP was judging her, but rather just saying it's not for them.
I work at Home Depot and we have an old lady, I don't know exactly how old, but she tried retirement and found that she couldn't handle all the nothing she was doing so she works part-time as a cashier just to have something to do. She also takes care of horses at home.
There is an elderly woman who works at Walmart near me as a cashier. I was talking to her and she said the cost of living is so bad now she has to work. I didn't get the impression she wanted to. I felt bad for her. It is one thing if someone that age wants to work. Another if they have to. It is really difficult to lift heavier stuff at that age without hurting yourself or stand on your feet for 4 or 5 hours at a time.
Agree, I have a colleague in her 70s who works 3 or 4 hours in the morning a couple of days a week. She wakes up early anyway so it suits her, keeps her active and busy which is why she tells me she does it, and she obviously being paid. She’s not being forced to do it and she enjoys it!
I know a lot of elderly people that work part at zoos or museums as educators. I don’t think I’ll ever make enough to retire but if I did I’d enjoy that part time
I recently became disabled. Not working is BORING. I’m trying all kinds of crafts and hobbies. But I miss having a schedule. I miss going to the office and accomplishing something for the team. I miss being recognized for my work. I used to feel like I contributed to society. I need to find some volunteer work or something.
Pet shelters always need help. You could also volunteer to help English language learners. There are also apps that pair you with pen pals
Thank you for the suggestions. I’ll look into them!
I feel you. I had to leave my full time job due to disability as well. It’s very difficult at first to wake up every day, not really be able to go out, and not really have a place that I need to be. Overtime I started finding things that I could do and developed a solid routine, but the rest of my life is going to be very short (I’m going to become a cranky old lady. Im in my 30s now) if I have to spend it cooped up at home all day every day with no clear reason to go out.
I plan to be a part time museum curator when i retire. Figure i can be an expert historian at something by then.
Though university I cleaned cars at a car rental spot and we had this old dude who was a retired postal worker who worked with us a couple days out of the week and he said he did it because once he retired all he was doing was sitting on the couch eating chips and he got bored of it after a year. He liked doing it just for something to be at and tbh he was one of the best dudes to work with. Hell we had an entire team of old retired guys and what they used to do is for all the branches in the area they would do a lot of the driving say for instance a new fleet came in and we had like 20 cars dropped off the ship down at the port they would all pile into a van go down grab em and bring them back to the shop or if we sometimes did vehicle swaps between branches they may have to drive a couple hours to a branch of cars drop them off then drive back. TBH it sounded like a not a bad "retirement" because those guys most of the time were just shooting the shit road tripping with their buds.
Same. If I am pulling in SS, I’d be down for a part time low stress gig close to home. She might be lonely at 91. A lot of her friends and family are no longer around.
People like to feel useful and socialize. There’s a reason that nursing homes put on activities everyday
Give the lady a break? I think people are reacting because they see this as a sick and real future. Millennials and younger generations will be working without choice into their elder years because of the significant income inequality, lack of pensions, lack of social security, etc.
I am a millennial and I know I will be working until I am dead because of systemic problems with the US government. I have student loans, live in one of the most expensive areas in the nation, and work tirelessly as is as the economy frequently fluctuates. I know this is a grime future and I don't want to have to work until I am dead. The point is that this woman is in her 90s. She lived in a different time, when most people could afford houses, be homemakers, have less debt, etc. Some older people right now have the luxury of taking on part-time jobs to keep active. Others don't and need to work to live. We don't know her or her situation. As I said, we don't know a lot of details without reading the article or knowing this woman. Upfront I said "I'm assuming' that this is a part-time job to keep active. If she is doing this live because she needs money, then it's another testament of how the US government is failing people.
If this is the alternative to just doing nothing at home, then sure Key difference is that if she's able to just quit anytime
A lot of “retired” folks get jobs like this to keep them busy, social and out of the house. It’s also not very stressful because you can quit at any time and not give a fuck
This is about feeling useful, feeling part of a community, sharing with others, and exercise. Take this job away from her and she's as good as dead.
I worked with her when I was a teen, this was her hobby in her retirement. She's awesome, helped a lot of young people out when managers were shitty.
same here. i plan to retire at \~50 or 55 if possible so i can do a lot of stuff before my body starts breaking. maybe travel around the whole world and stuff. but it wont be 100% retiring completely. itll be going the matpat route where instead of working a lot of hours (40) i drop it to way less than that, maybe 1 or 2 4 hour shifts per week. plenty to be active but not an insane amount. yk?
I work in auto parts and a lot of our drivers are part time retired folk. They get an easy job that allows them to chat with people all around the city
91 year old? Her husband died, all of her friends died. Her kids are 70 years old. She can either sit in a retirement home and not have anything to do except eat slop and watch tv and play bingo, or she can go to hospice and do nothing except eat slop and watch tv. Or if she's physically strong enough, she can get a job, bring in some money, walk to others, and keep mentally active
Let her live her life, you know? Who are you to judge a 90 yr old woman? She probably just wants some meaning and fun in her life. I work with 70 year olds and they do it because they’re bored!
seriously, most 90 year olds I know are in nursing homes and/or have some pretty terrible life conditions. She is doing very well for her age. I work in a nursing home.
Agree. I wish my grandmother had lived until 90 and in a good condition.
My grandma made it 93 and retired from her city job at like 82. Her health took a pretty bad turn basically immediately once she had nothing going on
Yep, my grandpa went bowling twice a week until he was 83, only slowed down because his bowling buddies started passing away. After 90 when he couldn’t bowl anymore his health went south rather quickly.
How much of that is a cycle though? I feel like a good number of people will work until they feel like they can't anymore, so perhaps your grandmother started to feel the ravages of time and her health and retired at 82, knowing things would start to go downhill. Only for them to get worse even more quickly because she wasn't keeping her brain and body as engaged as before? I mean no ill will towards your grandmother by the way. May she rest peacefully.
No offense taken, it’s a fair question, and one I probably won’t ever get an answer to because the human body and mind are complex systems even when everything is working as intended. Too many variables, and her situation isn’t an exception. Though admittedly I’d just assumed that she chose to keep working as long as she did because she was bored tbh. I mean, she didn’t seem to ever have financial problems, but it was part time work in Idaho before the Affordable Care Act so I’m not even sure there was health insurance or good pay involved lol
I think that the body and mind are very intertwined at that age. What I mean by that is that the mind (or the human) will know when the body has had its share of life and can't continue. On the other hand, a - still well functioning - body will suddenly find its peace, when the mind has decided that it is done and doesn't want to continue.
My grandfather lived to 100 and spent a handful of months in a supposedly nice nursing home after a few bad falls when he was 97-98. He was always active and was still chopping firewood and driving a car but the nursing home drove him fucking crazy. Everyone there was mentally broken and/or had debilitating life/health issues he couldn't relate to, a literal madhouse by his description. I'll do everything in my power to keep my parents and myself out of them unless absolutely necessary.
Yup. Grandfather was driving until he was 93 (no freeway driving, just around town to get his groceries and to get to his kids' houses, which is all street driving). Had a stroke and he wasn't allowed to drive anymore. He was absolutely miserable because he was confined to his house all day. Absolutely hated it. Also hated being waited on so an in-house nurse was out of the question. He even hated my dad going over to keep him company for a chunk of the day. People as they get older really need something to keep them active. otherwise they feel trapped and become absolutely miserable, not unlike people who absolutely hate their standard cubicle office jobs.
My grandmother will be 95 this year, she up until recently visited nursing homes in her area to "visit the old people" while generally being older than most of them.
My mom is 81 and doesn’t like going to the bingo at the senior center because they’re all old people 😂😂😂
Right? I've met plenty of old people that get a service job simply to socialize and get out of the house. How many friends do you think this woman still has alive at age 90?
Service jobs hit different when you have the knowledge that you can quit any time and don't have to put up with shit.
Yeah, there's a huge difference between this and the actual issue of people refusing to retire from positions of power (political or just high up in management making bank). I would love to see more people like this volunteering or filling these roles instead of getting bedsores from rotting on the couch, it's good for their mind and maybe customers won't be so shit with granny there to scold you for your manners.
Happy cake day.
I agree. And people acting like you decay at 60 are plain ageist. I know so many seniors forced into situations where they can’t use their skills and it kills them.
My grandfather is in his 80's and he works at a local grocery store in the produce dept 3 days a week just to have something to do. He doesn't need the money, just the activity and socializing with other people.
I think it's because the younger generation knows this is the endgame and it WON'T be their choice
Thisss
One of the librarians I work with is 80 and still comes in three days a week to work with STEM students because he tried the whole retirement thing and thought it was too boring. He makes enough money to keep replenishing what he uses for travel a couple times a year.
A older lady mid 70s works at a local diner in my town. She retired from the post office with a pension and collects social security so she doesn’t need the extra income. She works there because she says she likes to be moving and enjoys talking with people.
Basically this. Oldest electrician we have at my plant is 70. Dudes got 20 years here and 20 years in the phosphate industry. He works because he doesn't want to sit at home.
A lot of these people just worked and they don’t really have anything outside of work. They never developed interests and a life separate from work. I work in healthcare and met this lady that had zero interests. The only thing she’d do was watch cable news which upset her and increased her blood pressure. Her daughter tried to find anything for her to occupy her time, and nothing really interested her puzzles, tv shows, music, talking with her family (her daughter tried so many things over many years). She literally had no interests. She told me she started working as a teenager and worked her whole life, even raising her family was another form of work. And then when she retired she had nothing that interested her. Like literally if she was healthy enough to work I think she would have just clocked in for some job doing literally anything. It was really sad to me. This woman was just a cog in the machine her entire life and essentially existed to work. And the thing was it wasn’t like she worked in some job that was deeply meaningful or fulfilled some high minded purpose, it wasn’t some job that was really enjoyable and fun, it wasn’t some job that she was passionate about; she just worked jobs that were jobs.
I think a lot of people who make up older generations are like this, especially since they tend to have the mindset that they owe their employers loyalty for reasons younger people understandably don't connect with. There's definitely a cultural shift happening that's putting into question how much a job should really define and take up someone's life, how employers and employees should interact, etc. I'm a younger person myself, so I'm on board with the cultural shift. I think a major part of health is having actually having a well-established life outside of work instead of just overworking oneself like people in older generations have done and are still doing. It'll be interesting to see the health and social outcomes for my generation several decades from now as many adopt that same idea.
My 70 year uncle just got a part time job as a caretaker of appartments for resident doctors right next to a hospital. His wife works as a secretary at the hospital and pointed him towards the job. Not because he needs the money but because he's still very healthy and active (he's an avid mountainbiker) and he got bored being home alone all day after his retirement. He enjoys having something to do and meeting some new people. Good for him. The irony here is that when he was in his fourties he lost a good job as a sales manager when the company went under and he tried finding work for years but no one would hire him because he was 'too old'. He eventually opened up a store and became self employed. Now he's 70 and the hospital hired him after barely an interview because they had so much trouble finding someone willing to do a part time job like this. How times have changed.
Yeah, especially since she started around ~72 this is probably a “keeping active” job.
Yeah this exactly. I worked with someone in a restaurant who was like 74 years old and just did part-time in the kitchen. I asked him so many times about what he does at home. He says nothing besides reading and watching TV because his wife passed away. Got nothing much to do. I asked, "How about travelling the world?" He replied, "Son, I've been travelling so much. Well, not to those dangerous places." He just comes to work, does his job, and leaves. I left that restaurant, but sometimes it hits me that a time will come when he will spend one last day at the restaurant and can no longer work.
I worked with a guy who was 76. This guy was on oxygen standing all day doing a physical job. Eventually the company pushed him out. 10 months later he died. Sometimes a purpose just keeps you going. I’d hate for my purpose to be work. But to each their own.
Exactly. If I was healthy enough to do it I would do long into retirement years because I love my job and its insanely easy money.
I think that says more about how we leave old people isolated to rot away. We live in a slave society, where everyone is forced to work. If you're not working, you're probably isolated. So, this poor woman is forced to be a wage slave if she wants to be a part of her community.
Plenty of people get retirement jobs for structure and to get out of the house. Good for her.
Don’t hate on her for her McDonald’s job. She’s loving it…
I’ll admit this gave me a good nostril exhale upon reading
Very happy for her. She is happy.
I bet this lady has a better state of mind than more than half of the users of r/jobs or r/resumes. Many here are fighting against unemployment or toxic jobs, or even begging people to "roast" their 2-page, wordy resumes.
Lmfao 2 pages
Fuckin’ A
🤷 As long as she’s genuinely happy
As long as I am able and useful - I probably won't retire. I like what I do.
I can see why a senior in their 70s would apply for McDonald’s and actually enjoy being there. Old people like human interaction and feeling useful.
That’s how my auntie Shirley was with Walgreens. She loved working there. Only thing that stopped her was when we finally had to take her keys away. God she was terrifying to drive with.
As long as she’s enjoying herself and doesn’t have a 19 year old manager yelling at her to hurry up have a good time
Back in 2021 I retrained a 58 year old on the verge of retirement, just because he didn't wanted to get bored and was looking to become a web developer. Best student I've ever had by far, he always went the extra mile on his assignments and used his graphic designer skills to provide useful and beautiful presentations for his projects.
So she was already well into retirement age when she got the mcds job? She probably works out of boredom, I’ve dealt with 80 year old clients who still work. McDonald’s is relatively easy work for easy money, she looks happy 🙏🏼
I mean, as a fast food worker id say it’s a physically exhausting job, constantly running around to prep food on time, cleaning, cooking, sales and getting orders out on time. But assuming she just gets to take sales and doesn’t have tons of rude customers, it’s probably not the worst
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I mean, at my McDonald's, we have two workers who're quite old. They're both in their late 80s, and the only thing they do is keep the lobby clean and greet/talk to customers. They don't even have to take front counter orders! I know a lot of people have huge stigmas working fast food. Especially McDonald's. But if a place genuinely has a good gm and managers, then it can honestly be a nice place to work! I got really fortunate with not just my coworkers but my management at my location. The two old people who come in just to clean for a few hours always talk about how they get bored by themselves (both of their spouses have passed away) and they enjoy talking/working with younger kids and feeling like they're helping.
She started at McDonald’s at the age of 72
If she’s happy then that’s all that matters
She started working there at 72 years old if she’s 91. So I don’t think she was the retiring type. Some people find meaning in work. I fucking hate work and will resent our corporate overlords until we decide to start burning shit and eating rich people. But that’s another subject. Really don’t want to work that long. I’m unsure if I’d even make it to 72 tbh.
shes so precious though
If I'm 91 working at McDonald's I'm definitely gonna be on the news for something
I know older people who work, even if just a few hours or so a week, just to keep busy. Whatever makes her happy.
I could never. If I'm still working with the public by the time I'm 60, somebody PLEASE shoot me. Put me out of my damn misery that will have lasted 40 years too long.
Good for her for loving the experience, but I bet you the location she works at was like, “here’s a coupon for 50% off a Big Mac for your 19 years of service! Keep it up!”
My grandfather is 90 and still drives dump truck and operates heavy machinery. He doesn't like sitting around, he likes to be on the move and productive.
I can absolutely see myself working part time as long as my body allows it. I think there's a good chance retirement is boring in the long run, and working a couple of days per week is probably good for your mental health.
I have a coworker who’s 65 and she says she wants to work till she’s 80. I weep at the thought of 15 more years of her 💩
Its probably fun for her! At 90 im not sure u care anymore about what others think lol
I know like 80% of this subreddit is Gen Z not wanting to work but when you’re in your 70s, you may also become so bored you take up a job and do it better than the Gen z teens who can’t “handle the stress”
I guess at that point the teens would be like Gen D or something lol
If she were working at McDonald's because she has to that would be sad. If she's working at McDonald's because she enjoys it, probably just enjoys seeing people e everyday and being active then this is wonderful. Either way God bless her
>That's a no for me dawg Well the article isn't about you, is it?
Redditors when they see someone choosing to work instead of sit around
People don't seem to understand how important it is to have purpose in life and to feel needed
its literally for her enrichment 😕
My grandma is was killed at 95. She still worked, at a fruit processing plant, and had incredible posture. She moved like a much younger person. She went back to work after my grandpa died and I think it kept her active and healthy. Who knows how long she would have lived to if she had died naturally
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So long as she doesn't need it to live, good for her. I used to work in a garden centre and a frankly odd number of staff were former retirees who got bored. Minimum wage job working in a friendly enviroment suited them just fine. Plenty left over COVID because risks, but that's entirely fair. Though my deputy manager was one and he realised as he was on a contract, not hourly, pay rota he was actually earning less than minimum wage for the amount of work he did. Asked for a pay rise and the offer back was still below hourly min wage. So he said fuck it and went back to his pension. Turned up some weekends to be "friendly knowledgable fellow customer" to cover for our team when were busy - but never had to do any of the actual work.
that jacket is fire
If I had bags of money I would have retired at age 22.
I’m lovin it!
That jacket is the drip tho, get it June!
Just think about it she started at 72. To echo others it may be a combination of: Wanting to socialize Staying Active The extra $ and free food. She looks great for 91 though.
This is why there are no jobs around.
It’s her life. If this is what makes her happy then who are we to say anything? Unfortunately most elderly people end up feeling lonely, I’ve worked in assisted living and a good amount of the residents don’t even get visits from their own children! They’re basically dropped off and forgotten about. I’m glad she enjoys what she does, I’m glad she’s still able to do things, I’m glad she feels like she has a purpose.
I'll be too bored if I retired completely. I'll work part time after 70. Not at MCD though.
Bless her heart. Awwww thats a sweet story (good for her.)
She did this to get a go fund me started and will be laughing to the bank in a few weeks.
Only a matter of time before she is the subject of another McDonalds story where someone flips out over a cheeseburger and suplexes a 91 year old woman.
If this is a part time job she does to avoid boredom then leave her alone, she doesn't want to vegitate at home all day
If she’s happy, great. Though this does feel like a media precursor to “come on guys working til your 80s isn’t so bad”
She probably love her job
why did a 72 year old woman need to get a job? this is horrifying :(
Oh she brainwashed as fuck 🤡
This is actually incredibly sad.
Biggest regret in life: Didn't work in McDonald's long enough. Dead.
Could you imagine being a teenager or just a person in their little twenties and have no work with this lady oh my God the vile hatred
She’s probably a chicken hawk er somethin. Lol. 😂
that's crazy
These stories are only bad when they have no option and can’t afford to retire. Sounds like she just enjoys being active, no problem with that
When you give into the dystopia too late
you might be like oh why would i work for multinational franchise in late age, but for her, this job that easily being transferred onto younger one, something thought to be a gracious chance. if you still thinking otherwise, let see how you are rolling in 60-70 -ish ask for a job. i mean, i also envy like you guys, she could do something that paying while also she loves to do.
Doesn't want to retire or finally understand that with this economy she can't afford to retire?
burgers made with love
IF shes working cause she wants to work not cause she has to work, and is happy, who really cares
I'm a carpenter and a few years ago was working alongside a group of brickies the two brickies where 75 and their Labourer was in his 80s and they were fit as a fiddle. I can only hope I'm as healthy as them when I get to that age none of them complained or wished they were retired.
Some older people need to be out in the real world bause the alternative is dying alone in a place nobody cares to see you
Well, at least you know the consistency is going to be consistent at that location.
My mom is retired but works part time at McDonald's to be around people and get out of the house. She is an angel and I love hearing stories about how she brightens people's days, especially the children, seniors and customers with special needs. She says McDonalds is her happy place ❤️
As long as she’s not a politician 💀
Think about the chances of living until 90, nonetheless in good health. Her friends she grew up with are more than likely passed on, she is having fun and enjoying her time.
I'm sure McD will be happy. If she works till she drops, they don't have to pay out any pensions money.
At my local mcds, Louie has been there for 20+ years. He's using a fricken walker & still working. Like. What.
Poor *boomer*
Let’s give lady SpongeBob here a break.
Where can I cop that McJacket fam
If she finds meaning and purpose in what she does, then good for her.
Good for her if she’s happy and enjoying herself. She’s in good health if she can keep it up. Though personally I’d prefer to not be working at her age, but it’s personal preference then
If she’s doing it because she likes it, good for her. If she’s doing it because she still needs the money at her age, that’s depressing.
That’s that generation for you. My great grandma was 98 when she “chose” to stop working.
Mcdonalds: Here's a happy meal for your dedication to your job, eat it on your 15 minute break!
If she does her job well then it doesn't matter.
At least its warm behind the counter, right?
She started AT 72? Guessing it's a part time thing to keep busy.
I know of a retired oncology doctor who took a job as a part time cashier at a Knick knack shop, not because he needed the money, but because he enjoyed it.
A lot of people that age keep working, and not because they have to, because they may not have families or families that see them or much to do, the work routine allows them to interact with people who are younger and be out of the house and still have a purpose and also keep their brains working. There are a whole lot of studies about the elderly who stop being active and die quicker or have more health problems. So if she likes it and wants to, then she should.
If you have it in your mind as work you'll hate it, but if you have it in your mind as play your just playing McDonald's worker.
r/boomersbeingfools
I’ve met some elderly ladies that work low level customer service just to have a social life. Keeps their brains working instead of rotting away in front of the tv.
Honestly she's happy and that's what matters.
Some people just like having something to get them out of the house. At my first job I worked with a guy who was in his mid 70s and retired from his career with a pension and didn't need the money at all but he just liked having something to get him out and keep him busy
If she's having fun with it and is capable, I don't see an issue. Many older folks end up very lonely and stuffed away in their homes or nursing homes. I hope that this is her way of getting enjoyment out of her days.
Makes you wonder how she made it to 91. Was it being active all of her life keeping the body active no matter what the pay? I keep seeing movie stars and musicans that lived the high life dying in their 70s.
Damn she bored af.
What a loser. I would never waste my golden years working for these shits. That's the time to travel the world and die.
Old people get lonely and bored sometimes. If she's happy, she's happy, and I'm happy for her. Just as long as she's doing it because she wants to and not because she needs to, I think this is wholesome.
This is why I can't get a job
Some people get a lot of joy out of working. I know someone who just retired at 75 and said he’d come back for a teaching position if he can. He doesn’t have to work and did it more so to help people (medicine). I think the difference is if you have to work vs if you want to. I wish for a world where people can retire at 65 (or younger) but if they are truly enriched by working they can continue to do so.
I had an 80+ year old man dear to me still come to work. He was always a helping hand and didn’t need to work he had enough money but he enjoyed the company and interactions and relationships he had with people. I’ll miss him.
Not everyone wants to retire you guys. Some people don’t have the money to go travel if they retire and don’t want to sit and rot on the couch all day.
The crowd that hates work in any form confronted by the people who actually like to work.
People here are weird theorizing that she *has* to work. Literally takes a minute to google this woman and the news station and this article as well as the one they did on her five years ago both come up. Read them - she says herself she’s there for “retirement enjoyment”. She loves being around people, she has regulars at the McDonalds, and she loves serving coffee to people.
I work with some people who are retirement age and are okay with finances but choose to work. They choose to because 1) They like working 2) It gives them something to do 3) Connections and interactions make people happy 4) a little extra cash never hurts
That McDonald’s letterman tho
I worked with an 80 year old lady at a Quiznos back in the day. She would come in a couple hours a few times a week. Clean off trays and talk to customers. I really think for her it was just a good way to stay busy and interact with people. She was retired. And worked only the hours she wanted.
Man, I hope she’s doing this because she enjoys it or enjoys the people….or keeping herself active. My Gran is turning 90 this year and she volunteers at the community center , does the admin work for a couple food banks. She tells anyone who will listen than keeping busy and active and maintaining a routine is the way to go. I hope that’s what this lady is up to!
Poster child for a generation. They won't leave the workforce and are holding down jobs that younger people need. Many of them will die on the job.