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17. I'm probably going to be joining them in a few years, provided I EVER get

Reply to TheMastersNemesis (Original post)

Sun Nov 24, 2013, 11:09 AM

Nov 2013

full-time or even regular part-time work again.

I have a sister who is 73 years old, and she is STILL working. She drives cars for Hertz.

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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