If 30 is the new 20, and 40 is the new 30, do you ever get the feeling that when it comes time to retire they are going to tell you that 75 is the new 65?
I was going to say nasty things about 20 and then realized it wasn't too bad. Looking back, I probably should have watched Easy Rider every other day and not purchased the plaid pants.
Isn't it duty to add some disclaimer about the fact that SS was actually set up when life-expectancy was 65 years?
In my (extremely liberal) view, retirement is over-rated, and it only helps perpetuate the idea that older people are useless in the workplace. ...I'm not sure it's such a good concept, especially in a society where high employee turnover is encouraged. ...I've known plenty of valuable men who've lost their jobs around 58-62, and are undesirable, because no one wants to take an employee that close to retirement.
Bugs me.
My word verification today was "noids". Whatever that implies.
I'm fairly certain that the dream of retirement is what keeps several of my co-workers from going postal. The nightmare of factory life without end is too much for most people. Of course their retirements to a life of sitting in the living room chatting on the phone to their other retired friends about their grandchildren holds no appeal for the likes of me, but it's better than dodging bullets.
"the dream of retirement is what keeps several of my co-workers from going postal"
If that were the case, then the term "going postal" wouldn't exist since postal workers get a much better retirement package than anyone at your plant has.
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i wish i was 30 so i could be 20 again.
I was going to say nasty things about 20 and then realized it wasn't too bad. Looking back, I probably should have watched Easy Rider every other day and not purchased the plaid pants.
We'll be lucky to get SS at all, let along at age 75.
Isn't it duty to add some disclaimer about the fact that SS was actually set up when life-expectancy was 65 years?
In my (extremely liberal) view, retirement is over-rated, and it only helps perpetuate the idea that older people are useless in the workplace. ...I'm not sure it's such a good concept, especially in a society where high employee turnover is encouraged. ...I've known plenty of valuable men who've lost their jobs around 58-62, and are undesirable, because no one wants to take an employee that close to retirement.
Bugs me.
My word verification today was "noids". Whatever that implies.
I'm fairly certain that the dream of retirement is what keeps several of my co-workers from going postal. The nightmare of factory life without end is too much for most people. Of course their retirements to a life of sitting in the living room chatting on the phone to their other retired friends about their grandchildren holds no appeal for the likes of me, but it's better than dodging bullets.
"the dream of retirement is what keeps several of my co-workers from going postal"
If that were the case, then the term "going postal" wouldn't exist since postal workers get a much better retirement package than anyone at your plant has.
My coworkers only have to sort through their own junk mail.
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