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TheMastersNemesis

(10,602 posts) Sun Nov 24, 2013, 09:13 AM Nov 2013

"I See Old People" Taking Over The Service Job Economy [View all]

More and more I am seeing retirees in jobs that were considered "entry level" work in the past. I have even seen some with oxygen tanks in tow in the retail industry. In fact I even saw an old grocery bagger with his little tank. These "retired" and tired seniors are in just about every sector of the service economy and are as common as snow on a mountain. McD's, Home Depot, Walfart, Lowe's, , et al are our new senior centers.

America is supposed to be better than this. It is despicable that seniors are now in this fix when they should be enjoying their older years with dignity and a reasonable sense of economic security. This trend reveals how sick his country is now. And the GOP and its allies want to make the older hers intolerable.

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"I See Old People" Taking Over The Service Job Economy [View all] TheMastersNemesis Nov 2013 OP

Quite sick, yes. Laelth Nov 2013 #1

Fucking hell Cal Carpenter Nov 2013 #21

Me too. I was shocked by those statistics. n/t Laelth Nov 2013 #25

Maybe they need to quit organizing them to support Walmart and find ways to quit supporting jtuck004 Nov 2013 #35

I don't know what the answer is. Laelth Nov 2013 #45

I do think that would be a good one as well. It hasn't kept up at all. n/t jtuck004 Nov 2013 #47

Quite. Not even close. Laelth Nov 2013 #48

not enough money on social security and medicare pays only 80% madrchsod Nov 2013 #2

When I was a kid America had a lot of opportunities to move up, true, not for RKP5637 Nov 2013 #6

You forgot women CountAllVotes Nov 2013 #53

So true, thank you! Equality in American is often a joke, we boast about it to RKP5637 Nov 2013 #58

I've got news for you. JNelson6563 Nov 2013 #3

Most of us need to suppliment our SSI. I have three part time jobs. I'd love to give up two ... marble falls Nov 2013 #11

Note that they are in "good" jobs magical thyme Nov 2013 #18

I think you should enlightenment Nov 2013 #65

+1 CountAllVotes Nov 2013 #69

well that was pretty rude and uncalled for. magical thyme Nov 2013 #75

Yeah - that's sure what you enlightenment Nov 2013 #78

With single payer health care and expanded Social Security, she could eridani Nov 2013 #86

she's already on Social Security magical thyme Nov 2013 #89

Don't be so certain they are being honest with you, A Simple Game Nov 2013 #34

This is a small town. JNelson6563 Nov 2013 #44

A lot of people support other family members. Awknid Nov 2013 #56

One way to tell the difference... TeeYiYi Nov 2013 #49

Yes, agreed! JNelson6563 Nov 2013 #50

Oh, hell - just go enlightenment Nov 2013 #68

Very enlightened comment. JNelson6563 Nov 2013 #71

Your snark enlightenment Nov 2013 #73

What's NOT impressive... TeeYiYi Nov 2013 #79

"hold jobs they don't need." Who made you the arbiter? In the U.S., "What do you do?" is crucial to WinkyDink Nov 2013 #57

Yes, because it's so much fun to bag groceries when you're on oxygen. kiva Nov 2013 #66

lolz JNelson6563 Nov 2013 #70

You posted in a thread that was specifically about seniors working in kiva Nov 2013 #80

Your attitude used to be an enforced norm. noamnety Nov 2013 #82

Wow! Well done! JNelson6563 Nov 2013 #84

And the future for all of us as America marches forward into full dystopia. Young people RKP5637 Nov 2013 #4

What young people are seeing is that they can't find a job now Marrah_G Nov 2013 #14

Yep, much as I said in my reply #19 to you just recently, the model is broken. n/t RKP5637 Nov 2013 #23

Totally! Marrah_G Nov 2013 #24

Maybe they'll vote in the midterms flamingdem Nov 2013 #30

The problem is... awoke_in_2003 Nov 2013 #38

I hope so, because I don't think any are going to do much for them, we seem to be RKP5637 Nov 2013 #40

Excellent observations Enthusiast Nov 2013 #36

My grandfather still works even though he has 2 pensions, 1 of which is military. Nuclear Unicorn Nov 2013 #5

I can understand the need to feel needed and keep busy. Divernan Nov 2013 #7

no Nuclear Unicorn Nov 2013 #8

I agree with you. I have a friend with a high paying gov't job Peregrine Took Nov 2013 #52

Oh, why doesn't she just DIE?! She has a right to her employment. WinkyDink Nov 2013 #60

You and grandson need to MYOB. WinkyDink Nov 2013 #59

My father is the same way... devils chaplain Nov 2013 #55

Lots of retired folks want to work, after all, that is what they have done for most of their lives. lumpy Nov 2013 #76

Well that settles it. Economic insecurity doesn't exist for old people. Warren Stupidity Nov 2013 #83

It's amazing how so many rely on broad assumptions and their own infallibility Nuclear Unicorn Nov 2013 #90

Imagine what happens to those unable to take those low end jobs. eom. Festivito Nov 2013 #9

Yes, the same ones that have not paid into Social Security CountAllVotes Nov 2013 #54

The owners of America don't need an American workforce anymore. They've got the world now. nt valerief Nov 2013 #10

Exactly what is going on. America is just another slot in their portfolio. Many, most? RKP5637 Nov 2013 #15

People actually sign up to get their brains blown out to protect the interests valerief Nov 2013 #26

What keeps coming to mind for me is we have a national Stockholm Syndrome going on ... n/t RKP5637 Nov 2013 #37

My son can't even find a job in fast food Marrah_G Nov 2013 #12

The country does not have jobs to sustain the population. Worker productivity RKP5637 Nov 2013 #19

For some seniors... Stargazer09 Nov 2013 #13

if I'm ever able to retire, I plan to volunteer at a local animal shelter magical thyme Nov 2013 #20

That is my plan too! JNelson6563 Nov 2013 #46

Oh, I agree Stargazer09 Nov 2013 #81

Often ending up in "working themselves to death". Divernan Nov 2013 #16

I've had some older people help me locate things in big box stores and I was really wondering RKP5637 Nov 2013 #22

I'm probably going to be joining them in a few years, provided I EVER get duffyduff Nov 2013 #17

Last night there was a woman who appeared to be well in her 60's Turbineguy Nov 2013 #27

Being well into one's 60s ain't old, nor is it time to head to the pasture. Just saying. :) Hoyt Nov 2013 #28

+1 agree! flamingdem Nov 2013 #31

You are lucky CountAllVotes Nov 2013 #61

I have plenty of issues, but still don't consider myself washed up. I do understand Hoyt Nov 2013 #64

Thank you very much CountAllVotes Nov 2013 #67

Just like they kick our Veterans fredamae Nov 2013 #29

For some the more they grow the MIC, the more $$$$$ they make. And then they RKP5637 Nov 2013 #41

I'm 67 and a full time nurse tavernier Nov 2013 #32

Some of us in our 60s are still putting LibDemAlways Nov 2013 #33

If this is the future, awoke_in_2003 Nov 2013 #39

Sadly, I think it's going to get worse. Also, the cost of food keeps going up and up. It's RKP5637 Nov 2013 #42

They control a mass propaganda machine... awoke_in_2003 Nov 2013 #43

Definitely! Often I think 'what if' a really totalitarian force arose in this country and RKP5637 Nov 2013 #51

When the HELL did it become a "thing" that older workers somehow OWED IT to younger Americans to WinkyDink Nov 2013 #62

Agree CountAllVotes Nov 2013 #63

Well said! mia Nov 2013 #88

You're welcome CountAllVotes Nov 2013 #93

Exactly. HappyMe Nov 2013 #95

USSR used to have babushkas (grandmas) sweeping the streets... grasswire Nov 2013 #72

My mom works in one of those jobs part-time - TBF Nov 2013 #74

the trillions of dollars stockpiled offshore... grasswire Nov 2013 #77

Welcome to life in the age of the Great American Republic Sonny boy. The Midway Rebel Nov 2013 #85

Interesting juxtapositions between nilesobek Nov 2013 #87

It's a set of interesting juxtapositions between a few groups. Igel Nov 2013 #92

Wow, sorry to read this CountAllVotes Nov 2013 #94

There can be so many reasons for this. NCTraveler Nov 2013 #91