99 Year Old Secretary Celebrates her 80th Year On The Job

[movingforward]

I guess it works for her and the school but I have to wonder if they keep her around more because she has become somewhat of a "fixture" at the school.  Her mind does still seem pretty sharp in the video.  I guess if you live that long and are active you need something to do...



www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/wellness/99-year-old-secretary-celebrates-her-80th-year-on-the-job-and-has-no-plans-to-retire/ar-AAiCqic?li=BBnbfcL&ocid=SL5IDHP

[Peace Of Mind]

I'm happy that she gets to do what I hope is what she wanted to do and didn't have to do. I know she said it is what she wanted but I'm wondering if that was her only social connections?   


But it's not a choice I'd ever make.  And God I hope I never live that long! 

[emma1420]

Sept 8, 2016 16:40:40 GMT -5 movingforward said:

I guess it works for her and the school but I have to wonder if they keep her around more because she has become somewhat of a "fixture" at the school.  Her mind does still seem pretty sharp in the video.  I guess if you live that long and are active you need something to do...



www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/wellness/99-year-old-secretary-celebrates-her-80th-year-on-the-job-and-has-no-plans-to-retire/ar-AAiCqic?li=BBnbfcL&ocid=SL5IDHP

it's great that it works well for them, but given that she uses a typewriter and not a computer tells me that it's probably more of a fixture thing.  One of our administrative assistants is in her 70s, and she's lovely.  She adds a ton to the organization on a personal level, but I have to admit that someone with more computer skills would probably be better.

[973beachbum]

The GC has a few employees that are in their 80's.  One man works in produce, and he is 86.  He doesn't do everything now but he does most of it.  I think he said he draws the line as picking up 70lb boxes off the floor.  So someone else has to move the boxes to where they need to be stocked on the shelf and he does the stocking.  So he still lifts the watermelons, just not the boxes of watermelons.

One is a cashier who is 80.  She has worked there for 30 years.  She got cancer and went on disability.  She actually got mad that she was "made" to take time off.  So she showed them and came in everyday anyway.  

She actually does love the interaction with everyone plus it does keep her physically active.  She has kids and grand kids but this is different. 

[Anne_in_VA]

She's an inspiration to me!  I'm one of the oldest employees at my location and unless I told you my age, you wouldn't know that I'm almost 70.  I do, however, keep up with technology and keep my skills current.  

We were set to acquire another company this year, but that didn't happen, and we now think it will happen next year.  My skill set is something no one else in our organization does, so I can work as long as I want and feel able to.  My manager is a year older than I am and she's still going strong, so I guess I'm safe for a little longer.  

[alabamagal]

I've posted before about my mom who is 77, she works part time as a virtual assistant to 2 psychiatrists.  She is great with technology and does most of her work from home or traveling.  She has said that she plans to work for them until they retire and they are older than her.

[movingforward]

Personally, I am more amazed at the fact she has worked at the same place for 80 years! I can't even imagine working at the same place for 10 years!

[sesfw]

May this be me at that age ........... YEA for her

[Tennesseer]

Sept 8, 2016 18:38:20 GMT -5 Peace Of Mind said:

I'm happy that she gets to do what I hope is what she wanted to do and didn't have to do. I know she said it is what she wanted but I'm wondering if that was her only social connections?   


But it's not a choice I'd ever make.  And God I hope I never live that long! 

If you never shook hands with John Coffey, you are good to go.

[yogiii]

Sept 8, 2016 18:38:20 GMT -5 Peace Of Mind said:

 And God I hope I never live that long! 

That was my first thought!

[Tired Tess]

I wouldn't mind being 99 if I could take care of my personal needs.  Also, I don't want to be the last man standing.  The thought of burying all my family and friends is overwhelming heartbreaking.

[souldoubt]

Good for her.  My great aunt had a male "friend" some years back who was an electrician in his early 90's who was still climbing under houses, getting up on ladders and so on doing electrical work in his small town.  There was some stuff he no longer did but this guy was still as sharp as people who were young enough to be his kids, had some great stories and although I only met him once he's one of my favorite people I ever met.  Whatever keeps you going.   

[suesinfl]

I have a typewriter in my office, although I have no idea why. Ive only been there not quite 2 months and I sure hope they don't expect me to use it, because they are in for a world of hurt.

[cronewitch]

I was talking to another retired lady who is living a hectic life now. She is trying to fix up the old house to sell and living in the new house, adult children who lean on her and a boyfriend of 16 years. She baked cookies for my ISO for taking care of the chickens so came over. I said something about retired is better than working and she said maybe not. When working you don't take on so much other stuff and have structure. They were selling the old place to her son who now backed out of buying it and her bum daughter moved back. So her boyfriend is mad at her for supporting her kids and her son for breaking a lease and not buying the house after they counted on it to buy the new farm so now stuck with two farms and dog sitting two of her son's dogs. Sometimes going to work and back every day and not having to buy and sell houses and other things you can do when retired would be just easier, you can tell people you don't have time to do things for them and you get a paycheck.

[Green Eyed Lady]

I think it's wonderful. Good for her. She's probably reached 99 years of age because she's stays sharp and active.   

By the way, can someone tell me what ISO stands for? I've seen it a couple of times and I don't know what it means.

[cronewitch]

Sept 16, 2016 8:02:21 GMT -5 Green Eyed Lady said:

I think it's wonderful. Good for her. She's probably reached 99 years of age because she's stays sharp and active.   

By the way, can someone tell me what ISO stands for? I've seen it a couple of times and I don't know what it means.

ISO is insignificant other, someone who isn't a DH or SO.

[Green Eyed Lady]

I see. Thank you, cronewitch.

[Sam_2.0]

We had a guy here who reached 80 years. They finally made him retire - a 90+ yr old man at a power plant isn't really able to do the work required. Man died 2 weeks after he retired I always felt bad for him, that working here was his greatest joy in life. It's ok, but if I walked out the door tomorrow I would be fine too (at least personally, not financially, lol).

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Sept 20, 2016 15:19:25 GMT -5 Sam_2.0 said:

We had a guy here who reached 80 years. They finally made him retire - a 90+ yr old man at a power plant isn't really able to do the work required. Man died 2 weeks after he retired I always felt bad for him, that working here was his greatest joy in life. It's ok, but if I walked out the door tomorrow I would be fine too (at least personally, not financially, lol).

Same thing happened to an old janitor lady here.  We were a privately owned company and when we were bought out the new owners said we can clean up after ourselves on the floor and they'd contract out the office cleaning, so Della got let go.  She'd been here since forever and loved her job.  I saw her a few months later working in Shopko and she told me how much she missed her job, then not much later I'd heard she passed away.

[countrygirl]

DH worked till 69 wanted to do 1 more year and the job died so he retired. He is still working

now on houses. It's going to end, I'm skeptical of decent renters around here. We are not

going to continue dumping our savings into them. The current one should be done in a couple of weeks,

the next in a couple of months or less. Last will be in the spring.