Quote Originally Posted by Brett
Ya know this time of year you tend to think of how some people have it in life, and tonight was one of those nights. We ordered Papa Johns for dinner and our doorbell rings about 45 minutes later and the delivery person is a little old lady in her 70's, Thats sad enough but then to have to work on such a cold night at that age, That really bothers me. I feel for anyone in thier 70's who has to work but as a delivery driver, That just is not right.
Just to play Devil's Advocate a little, what if she worked as a delivery driver by choice? No one's going to hurt an older person usually, and the money can be pretty good. If you enjoy driving then it's not exactly a horrible way to supplement whatever retirement you might already have from other things like pensions and retirement funds. Then again, it's also possible they never saved up any money for retirement and have to work because of that. I don't feel bad for anyone who has to work for a living and makes the choice to work in a profession. If they trully don't enjoy their job then I feel they should move to something they do enjoy. Being a Wal-mart greeter for example. Or any of a hundred other jobs that I see "senior citizens" doing every day. Hell, my grandfather poured concrete in Atlanta for 20 plus years, pouring floors and foundations on a number of more prominent buildings all around Atlanta and poured 'crete before that. He's 75 now and only retired about 6 years ago from working five days a week, 12 hours a day starting at 4 or 5 in the morning most days and working year round, when the company he worked for literally FORCED him to retire because of a medical condition. He almost went to work for another company before my mom talked him out of it.

Like I said, I'm only playing Devil's advocate for some of that, but I trully don't feel bad for anyone who is working. I feel bad for those who want to work but cant (disabled, bad situations, lacking job training for new career) but not for people who work. Just...*shrug* personal feeling, I guess. I do hope she keeps warm though.

On a sidenote: I've noticed alot of pizza delivery people in the Kennesaw area (especially Papa Johns actually now that I think about it) are not college kids but actually older adults, typically over 40 for most of 'em. Weird.