Went to walmart on New Years Eve, I don't like making people work on holidays but wife wanted new snacks for the evening, as we were checking out I got carded for beer and the older check out gave me a hard time for young buck (nearly 40) and mentioned she was 73 years old. I comment “Rough working on New Years Eve, Hopefully you can relax tonight” Her reply “Oh not so much brother passed yesterday, he was suffering from dimensia so he's in a better place”
As an older checkout lady she may of not gone quickly and and got something messed up that she needed help with and I was completely fine but my eldest daughter was with me and after we got outside commented that i was annoyed by her taking so long. Naw, just sad seeing the part of society that shouldn't exist. Knowing that I can't do much to help her directly but to expose my kids to as many people as i can so that it hopefully fosters a sense of care for others and they help change the world to a society where a retiree doesn't need to sustain themselves as such.
Older folks like to stay active, sure. Some don't mind retail, sure. No way is a 73 year old working New Years Eve the day after her brothers passing with bells on, after all in her own her words “I'm the eldest now and need to take care of things”