The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[Figgy1]

 

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[Songbird76]

@Figgy1 , @Cesar R M , @StarWarsGirl , did you see the thing with the guy who stopped on the road to rescue a kitten and ended up with 13 of them???

 

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[Figgy1]

@Figgy1 , @Cesar R M , @StarWarsGirl , did you see the thing with the guy who stopped on the road to rescue a kitten and ended up with 13 of them???

Yes but thank you it was worth seeing again!

 

[MinnieM123]

I told my dad he should work as a greeter at Walmart. My dad LOVED to talk to people. He'd wait by out-of-state cars in a parking lot until the owners came back and then he'd go "How are things in California?" and people would be very confused because they didn't know him and he'd just be standing there by their car. At least if he had worked at Walmart, he'd have gotten paid to talk to people.

That's funny. By the way, I wonder if they still have the greeters? (I've only been to a Walmart maybe three times in my life, as none are near me. So I'm unfamiliar with their current procedures.)

 

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[Figgy1]

That's funny. By the way, I wonder if they still have the greeters? (I've only been to a Walmart maybe three times in my life, as none are near me. So I'm unfamiliar with their current procedures.)

I saw one when I had to run into one a couple of weeks ago

 

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[MinnieM123]

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Figgy, your attachment didn't open.

Edit -- I see the falafel one now -- assuming that's the one that didn't open up before.

 

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Figgy, your attachment didn't open.

Fixed

 

[Figgy1]

Figgy, your attachment didn't open.

Edit -- I see the falafel one now -- assuming that's the one that didn't open up before.

It must have been a glitch

 

[MinnieM123]

It must have been a glitch

There's a lot of that going around . . .

 

[Goofyernmost]

I’d say the opposite. Some I know love being retired. No longer in the work rat race can be a great feeling. Some say though they have to work until they die.

I never said that I didn't enjoy being retired. I worked my butt off for nearly 50 years and I'm happy to not have to do a damn thing if I don't what too. My point is that there is a downside that can make it anything but happy. Not because one isn't working it is because it becomes the last stage in the cycle of life. I have had a relatively good life. I have traveled, become a parent and grandparent, survived a war, found a way to put both my children through very good colleges and always had food to eat and a roof over our heads. It's just that aging knows no boundaries and that can take a lot of joy out of it at times. It can become a very lonely and scary time. It doesn't always but the threat is always looming.

I have regrets about some of the decisions I made years ago that shaped the rest of my life and limited my freedom to have an easy existence in retirement. That said, however, it could have been a lot worse and other than an occasional pity party, all is well.

 

[Goofyernmost]

That's funny. By the way, I wonder if they still have the greeters? (I've only been to a Walmart maybe three times in my life, as none are near me. So I'm unfamiliar with their current procedures.)

They are actually more "departers" now. Charged with checking items against receipts and then saying, have a good day when everything checks out.

 

[Lilofan]

That's funny. By the way, I wonder if they still have the greeters? (I've only been to a Walmart maybe three times in my life, as none are near me. So I'm unfamiliar with their current procedures.)

There was greeter cast member at the Grand Floridian, Richard Gerth that passed away a few years ago. He worked until his 90s. He surely loved what he did.