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Article: Are you fit for seniority?
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- Sunday News Lancaster, PA
- Article date:
- May 13, 2007
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Sunday's Guest
As recently as the 1970s, a gold watch was a symbolic death
sentence. I have attended numerous corporate retirement parties where
the loyal employee is lauded for his many years of service and
dedication to the company, feted with cookies and punch, and
presented his watch.
Friends give him the "Don't bother me, I'm retired" T-shirt and
diligently inquire as to what he will do with his newly found free
time. "I'll visit the kids, spend sometime rearranging the garage and
probably go fishing. I really don't plan to do very much." Sedentary
at work for years, no fan of bowling or exercise, this recently
retired couch potato is likely headed for an early grave. ...
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