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In reply to the discussion: Employers Are Baffled as U.S. Benefits End and Jobs Go Begging [View all]PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,928 posts)And I was never quite at the bottom of the work barrel.
In recent years I've come across people who retired from some job (usually a local government job with an excellent retirement plan) and then decided they were "bored" staying home and took another job. At the risk of repeating myself, I have never had a job that was better than not working, so I honestly cannot begin to comprehend taking another job when you have good retirement. That's just me, I guess.
Maybe it's because most of my jobs have involved shift work, meaning NOT having weekends and holidays off. Meaning working extra hard on holidays because regular office workers have their joyous time off and haven't a clue that the people who are serving them on those days are also real human beings.
As an aside, this is why I oppose Election Day as a holiday. Trust me, if that happens then every single, wait, maybe I should shout this, EVERY SINGLE RETAIL WORKER WILL BE WORKING A 12 HOUR SHIFT THAT DAY TO STAFF THE ELECTION DAY SALES!!! and have zero opportunity to go out and vote.
Really, everyone should be obligated to work retail or food service or as an airline ticket agent (what I did for ten years) to understand the nature of shift work, and why those who work ordinary 8 to 5 jobs with weekends and holidays off haven't a clue.