"its a pity old people:60" have to work for a living. right or wrong.

Hats off to you, for having such a wonderful attitude to life! Best of Luck. Angelie

hats off to both of you. you know darned well sixty is not over the hill.now days we are more healthy than ever before and more of us are staying in the workforce for many different reasons. some have careers some simply have to work to eat pay bills as they come in.

hi I wo rked as a page in the Tustin library' shelving books, dvds andcds,magazines and all other media and I loved it and the crew too.

you have really seen what I was trying to say and answered so beautifully too. yes it is up to the' person. if a person loves her job and is healthy then why make her quit. people that age should have the choice of working or quitting. I worked until I was eighty and loved doing it. I felt needed' And Alive and making a contribution to life.

You worked till you were 80 ! Wow! What work did you do? I hope I feel as good as that if I get to my 70's 80's! Angelie

I would like to retire, or work fewer hours, but this is one of the few really professional jobs I have had. I like it, most of the time. There is a lot of stress at times, but I believe I am transitioning to some staff that can handle some of the responsibility I hold. I have not had a day off for eleven days, tomorrow will make twelve. I am getting out of town tomorrow night.

Well after working that many days in a row you deserve to really enjoy your night out, good for you! Huggles. Ellie :D

hi ellie long time no see. here in the US they had talked about upping the retirement age to 70 but as yet they havent done anything about it. I think if a person is healhy and capable why not let him. many need the money and many need to feel need

I have worked harder the last ten years than I ever could have in my twenties.

That's the problem with work, it does not get easier as we get older The last five years I worked were the hardest of the 25.

catdla hi oh I do so agree with you that people should work as long as they want as long as their health is okay ,they are the backbone os many companies and industries whether 'or not the kids of 30 and 40 want to acknowledge it. we'keep our wits about us and we can be depended unlike some 20['s who want to play and call in sick.

hi catdlai yes we older ones were brought up to think' that when you work 8 to 5 that means you are starting work at 8,not just leaving your apt at 8 and we often stay a bit later than 5 to finish any last minute 'details.

Exactly! We show up on time, and leave 5 minutes late at the end of a shift. And, as an added bonus, if asked, we can count change...correctly. LOL.

hi nenuphar good on you. keep on as long as youcan.it 'should indeed be ones own choice.i kept working for three reasons,one I liked my job, 2 it gave me something worthwhile to do ,and three I needed the money as my husband was disabled.

I agree completely with your point of view. At least in your countries you have social security for the aged…here in India we have nothing at all. As per traditional society, parents are at the sole mercy of their children and to be fair to the children, things are becoming so expensive its really difficult for them to manage all ends simultaneously. So you can well imagine the condition of the elderly here and then we have retirement age at 58 in most places so people over 60 are not the choice for employment. Personally, I have a little pension scheme going which should pay me just enough for bread and butter after 60…that’s my sole plan and consolation that maybe I would not have to depend on my son for sustenance and if I do have to, I would not really like one bit of it.

hi sudipta this is whats so great about MyLOt you are in INdia and I did not know that you dont'have social security for your elderly.I did know that you have great esteem for your elderly but it must at times' put a great burden on their children to support them'w when they can no longer work.Yet I know that the children have great respect anyway for their elders.

that poster was a mere child of 20 who was taught that anyone over fifty was old old old and thats not ' right. my doctor says that 60 is considered middle aged and old is 75 to 100 and damn right.we all think whenwe are young that after 'fifty we are old senile and a burden.come on it is not'true.this really tees me off.and p;eople my age hate having to rely on the crumbs that a lot of their children dole out to them.we no longer have any respect for the feelings of people 60 to 100 who are not idiots and deserve to be treated like they themselves would like to be treated. as intelligent human beings not senile idiots. myson is out'of work so he doesnt have to dole out twenty dollars for an aged burden mom,I have social security and ssi that pays for my room and board here at Gold crest plus the remainder of 125 which is mine to use as I see fit over the month. some here have kids who cringe and give them twenty dollars to see them through the month. twenty puny'dollars,these kids were raised by these moms, they were fed and c clothed and cared for and loved, and for this twenty dollars? no me I would damned well find a way to make my own money no matter how old I was.

hi grandma sixty is indeed not old nor senile they are a great' part of the workforce and they are more dependible than most twenty year olds who play hookey from working to go to the beach or other fun places. we work and only when we are really ill do we ask to stay home.

hi spicysweetie Its completely wrong to make those kind of statements she made which led me to think she had to be about] 18 or so and anyone over forty is ol l l d d to her. She did not know what she was talking about and i will bet if any older relative of hers read that she would hear from them as older people are very much in evidence in the work force

hi pye I do so agree Iworked until age 80 and loved doing so. I heard no complaints from patrons at thelibrary.we 'older people I think add a lot of energy and intelligence to the work force. If one wants to or has to work at sixty or seventy let them, we all need to feel needed.retirement sometimes is just a lot of time to do nothing so why not instead do something you want to do.

oh yes indeed, I also wanted to work as I needed to'f feel needed and working in the library was a needed job and also I needed the company of other workers'so i got the best of all worlds.

nope and I didnt even get mad.no I was a paid employee,people used to ask me a zillion times a day if I was a volunteer'and Ihad to be civil a nd say nope I am an employee here.the work was strenous but at that time i was up to it.

hi dawnald I think that forced age increase will upset'a lot who had planned on retiring before then. should be voluntary not forece3d.

bunnybon hi I know several waitresses in myfavorite' restaurant who are at least sixty and they are the best ones of 'the whole lot. they never mix up orders and they never slop 'coffee all aroundeither. I also know one nurse who was 75' when she cared for me in the hospital and boy was she good. I was so sick, and vomited and she helped me without being upset at all. I was embarrassed at having thrown up all over'everything but she kept saying,thats okay you are ill 'dont worry about it. and patted myhand.,what a nurse!!!

hi bunnybon even at my age i know some women who are' doing work that doesnt require lifting or heavy exertion and they do a fantastic job too as they still have great intelligence for instance one ' friend that is 83 works as a Notary of Public and 'helps people all day long and nobody thinks a thing 'of her age.

oh i know they are the most experienced. if we could be hired for our experience instead of being expected to keep a fast pace a lot of us would be working longer. i know i could still help with caring for elderly if they didnt expect me to lift or vacuum. i can still cook, do dishes, and most cleaning except vacuum or go at a fast pace.

hi o pal my sentiments entirely.we have been discriminated against just because we are older. we are healthy,we still think well and reason as wellas a 30 year old but we are'more dependable and do not take off as many sick days as the kids'do nor do we fib and take off to go play like the kids.

hi cwong glad to learn about your country.you have a great slant on things about older p eople. we do have some 'wisdom left and we still have intellect that we need to' use to make our older lives much richer and fuller. we 'dont want tos it home doing nothing all day.

hi krause that has to be a comment from a person in their twentys who think thirty five is bordering on senility and sixtyh oh my.everywhere I have worked I have had coworkers in their sixties and they do not consider themselves to be old and they are not. this poster I think came from India or china where they expect anyone over fifty to be Aged and A burden

hi mstickle when I was working I rarely called in sick,and I'was much older than most,yet the youngest ones invariably took at least one day a week off and who covered for the missing so called sick one,me of course, then I my seventies. ha.we are reliable, dependAble] and we do what we say we will do. the younger ones cannot always say that.

well I think that working is not as bad as sitting home out'o work and scared about how to live, working will give you the funds you need to live. think of all those right now who would love'to have just about any job. my fifty year old son needs a job, he was laid 'off in sept last year and he is still looking and not finding and its hell on his ego. so those with jobs get down on you knees and'thank God for the job. and for having a home,and food, and money to pay ' bills.a job means more than just money,it equates of most men as their self worth.

hizhuhuifen okay so its the age for retirement but'surely for those who dont want to retire yet and need the money they can'still work and be productive just the same as the smug 40 year old who will come'to the sixty year old to ask how to do something. I have news for' you we people of 60 do not suddenly turn into drooling idiots'or senile fools just because of a birthday.they are still the intelligent people they were the day before. let them work if they want to.I think it is okay to support yourself at 60,why let someone else dole'out crumbs when you can make a decent paycheck for yourself.

hi thea old age is treated differently in different countries'so' I guess old age varies in idea. but to me 60 is not old' I feel everyone should work as long as they are healthy and' wanting to p roduce. we all need something to do so we dont'go ' cabin crazy just sitting around. we all want to feel productive so we want to work.

hi husky you are so right.we older ones should work as long'as 'we are fit and can do the job. sitting around watching television and staring at four walls is just horrid and those people shouldhave some sort of paying work that ' thy can do.