What on Earth's Happening to Our Money?
Something happened today that made me think: 'what on earth's happening to our money? Times are obviously changing, and they're changing fast, but willVCD311 people notice? Will they do anything about it?
Whilst shopping at my local supermarket this morning I decided to go into the adjoining café and have a quick cup of coffee before I started. I've been going in there for years and most of the girls who work there know me and we usually have a little chat at the till.
Well things were a little different today - they had a couple of new members of staff - 'that's nothing out of the ordinary you might be thinking', but today one new member of staff came over to clear my table, he smiled sheepishly to which I said 'thank you' - then he shuffled away; I say shuffled because this new member of staff was a 'little grey haired old man', slightly bent, and slightly unsteady on his feet, and I was a bit worried that he might drop the trays.
Now this might not be anything strange where you live but it was something I'd only seen on my holiday's abroad before. I've been frequenting this local supermarket and café for 15 years and the staff have always been young girls or sometimes boys, with maybe a couple of slightly older ones as the managers, so it stood out and stayed on my mind.
As I progressed around the shop I started to look around behind the scenes and to my surprise there were at least another four, elderly, well past retirement age folk working there.VDCD410 'Is this unusual occurrence because they've suddenly enforced the law against ageism'? I thought 'or is there something strange going on'?
As I arrived at the checkout I was served by another new elderly member of staff, we started to chat as I often do at the checkout, just passing the time of day, and I casually asked her if she was enjoying her new job, 'not really she said, but you can't afford to retire these days, 'yes' I said, 'I understand'.
Well I know I've read Robert Kiyosaki's books and watched the DVD 'Conspiracy against your money', I'm aware of the faltering global economy and I'm aware that pensions are being hijacked from under our noses, but I didn't realise until today that it's happening all around me
now
my
my
This was a bit of a shock and it's such a shame, but I'm thankful that at least I now have the opportunity to do something about it, before it'sI10-002 too late for me.
'Don't leave it too late for you' - 'financial education' is the key - 'don't turn a blind eye'.
Whilst shopping at my local supermarket this morning I decided to go into the adjoining café and have a quick cup of coffee before I started. I've been going in there for years and most of the girls who work there know me and we usually have a little chat at the till.
Well things were a little different today - they had a couple of new members of staff - 'that's nothing out of the ordinary you might be thinking', but today one new member of staff came over to clear my table, he smiled sheepishly to which I said 'thank you' - then he shuffled away; I say shuffled because this new member of staff was a 'little grey haired old man', slightly bent, and slightly unsteady on his feet, and I was a bit worried that he might drop the trays.
Now this might not be anything strange where you live but it was something I'd only seen on my holiday's abroad before. I've been frequenting this local supermarket and café for 15 years and the staff have always been young girls or sometimes boys, with maybe a couple of slightly older ones as the managers, so it stood out and stayed on my mind.
As I progressed around the shop I started to look around behind the scenes and to my surprise there were at least another four, elderly, well past retirement age folk working there.VDCD410 'Is this unusual occurrence because they've suddenly enforced the law against ageism'? I thought 'or is there something strange going on'?
As I arrived at the checkout I was served by another new elderly member of staff, we started to chat as I often do at the checkout, just passing the time of day, and I casually asked her if she was enjoying her new job, 'not really she said, but you can't afford to retire these days, 'yes' I said, 'I understand'.
Well I know I've read Robert Kiyosaki's books and watched the DVD 'Conspiracy against your money', I'm aware of the faltering global economy and I'm aware that pensions are being hijacked from under our noses, but I didn't realise until today that it's happening all around me
now
my
my
This was a bit of a shock and it's such a shame, but I'm thankful that at least I now have the opportunity to do something about it, before it'sI10-002 too late for me.
'Don't leave it too late for you' - 'financial education' is the key - 'don't turn a blind eye'.
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