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The amount of old people I see working menial jobs these days is way too high
Posted on 2/27/23 at 7:45 am
Posted on 2/27/23 at 7:45 am
I routinely see old people working pizza delivery, doordash, instacart, in grocery stores, in WalMart, etc. I saw an old guy at the grocery store this morning struggling to fill an instacart order.
Wtf happened?
Wtf happened?
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Posted on 2/27/23 at 7:46 am to GetCocky11
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Wtf happened?
Collective ignorance of monetary policy
Posted on 2/27/23 at 7:46 am to GetCocky11
They’re still feeding their 30 year old children living at home.
Posted on 2/27/23 at 7:47 am to GetCocky11
Every time I see one, I say a prayer that I’m not still working at that age.
Posted on 2/27/23 at 7:49 am to GetCocky11
Breakdown of the family structure and normal order of things. They should be living with relatives and helping care for the young people in their extended family. Instead they are alone and struggling to make ends meet. Meanwhile their family is spread across the country and paying some stranger to care for their young children.
Posted on 2/27/23 at 7:49 am to GetCocky11
Some of them are probably bored.
Posted on 2/27/23 at 7:49 am to GeauxxxTigers23
quote:did they have kids when they were 45?
They’re still feeding their 30 year old children living at home.
Posted on 2/27/23 at 7:50 am to GetCocky11
Same things that happen to young people- refuse to buy a smaller house, refuse to drive older cars, taking care of kids/grandkids, unexpected big medical bills, etc.
Posted on 2/27/23 at 7:50 am to GetCocky11
Cost of living jacked for older folks so they had to go back to work
Kids under 30 don't want to work
Bigger issue is what happens pretty soon when the older folks can no longer work at all and the kids still don't want to work
Probably have a economic crash that makes the Great Depression look like nothing
Kids under 30 don't want to work
Bigger issue is what happens pretty soon when the older folks can no longer work at all and the kids still don't want to work
Probably have a economic crash that makes the Great Depression look like nothing
Posted on 2/27/23 at 7:51 am to TigerCoon
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Some of them are probably bored.
The bored ones get jobs as school crossing guards or WalMart door greeters.
Posted on 2/27/23 at 7:52 am to madamsquirrel
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refuse to buy a smaller house
The neighborhood behind me....big houses, multiple bedrooms, just from observing, I swear that like 70% of the houses are full of empty nest old people.
Posted on 2/27/23 at 7:52 am to GetCocky11
If you do what you love you’ll never work a day in your life right boomers?
Posted on 2/27/23 at 7:55 am to GetCocky11
If they work hard enough, they can eventually become CEO like the old days.
Posted on 2/27/23 at 7:55 am to GetCocky11
It's not always what it seems when you see old people with these low paying jobs. Some do it to keep themselves occupied.
I have a cousin who is an MD, mid 60's, and he retired a couple of years ago, got bored, and got a part time job at a neighborhood hardware store. He's always been a DIYer, and he says he enjoys interacting with people who come to the hardware store and help them with their home maintenance questions. I know he doesn't do it for the money, he lives in a house that is probably worth 750k to 1M.
I have a cousin who is an MD, mid 60's, and he retired a couple of years ago, got bored, and got a part time job at a neighborhood hardware store. He's always been a DIYer, and he says he enjoys interacting with people who come to the hardware store and help them with their home maintenance questions. I know he doesn't do it for the money, he lives in a house that is probably worth 750k to 1M.
Posted on 2/27/23 at 7:55 am to GetCocky11
My Grandmother is on a fixed income (lives in the small 2 bedroom house my mom and uncle grew up in) and her check is about $1200 a month. That goes pretty quick with medication, electric, water, car insurance, and food. She’s 86.
Thankfully we all chip in and make sure she’s ok. But I honestly don’t know what she’d do without that.
Thankfully we all chip in and make sure she’s ok. But I honestly don’t know what she’d do without that.
This post was edited on 2/27/23 at 7:58 am
Posted on 2/27/23 at 7:56 am to GetCocky11
My dad does that. He’s an entry-level guy at Lowe’s. He does it because he retired from a career in banking thinking he would spend time with us and the kids during the week. Didn’t take long to realize that we have work/school/practice/etc during the week and can’t really “hang out”.
Retirement took his reason to roll out of bed in the morning. He was depressed. Started the job at Lowe’s and perked right back up. That store has several “old guys” with 40+ years experience in mid to upper management and runs like a frigging clock.
Sad part is the millennials that are terrified of anything that resembles labor. There will be trouble when the old guys go away.
Retirement took his reason to roll out of bed in the morning. He was depressed. Started the job at Lowe’s and perked right back up. That store has several “old guys” with 40+ years experience in mid to upper management and runs like a frigging clock.
Sad part is the millennials that are terrified of anything that resembles labor. There will be trouble when the old guys go away.
Posted on 2/27/23 at 7:58 am to GetCocky11
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instacart
Yep, older guy in front of me at line had a couple items. Friendly dude. Went out and passed him up getting in his car and he was filling a couple instacart baskets.
I wonder if it is the money is just good enough to do it on the side?
Posted on 2/27/23 at 7:58 am to BamaCoaster
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Collective ignorance of monetary policy
More like collective ignorance of personal finances.
If these boomers couldn’t grow wealth over the last few decades, it’s their own damn fault. Gonna be much harder for us moving forward.
This post was edited on 2/27/23 at 7:59 am
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