A month after retiring, 100-year-old transit worker dies


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GramFan

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'Mr. Reliable' missed just one day of work in over 70 years

Friday, April 14, 2006; Posted: 6:50 p.m. EDT (22:50 GMT)

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Less than a month after retiring on his 100th birthday, longtime Los Angeles County transit employee Arthur Winston died in his sleep, his family said Friday.

The man co-workers celebrated as Mr. Reliable had recently been admitted to a hospital for exhaustion and dehydration, but returned to his home April 6. He died Thursday evening.

To his former colleagues at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Winston was more than a model employee known for his energy, punctuality and longevity. He was a legend.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/04/14/100yrold.obit.ap/index.html
 
I'm gonna have to re-think the retiring at 45 thing. I dont know how many times I've read or heard of situations where people retire and die shortly thereafter.
 



GramFan said:
I'm gonna have to re-think the retiring at 45 thing. I dont know how many times I've read or heard of situations where people retire and die shortly thereafter.
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That's people who have been on a job for a long ARSE time. Sometimes people live for their job. In this case he lived for his job...he missed one day.
 
GramFan said:
I'm gonna have to re-think the retiring at 45 thing. I dont know how many times I've read or heard of situations where people retire and die shortly thereafter.
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It happens all the time, but you must realize that

1) People in their senior years who know they have an illness, work to pay accumulating medical bills until they are too weak to do anything. Thus, as in this situation....

2) Seniors who work well into their "season", have no hobbies at home or friends that they can share time with. These are the ones who when forced out, tragically end up with broken-hearts and feelings of abandonment. Remember, they are the ones who believe in loyalty to the company. They are the ones who were reared to believe that as long as you're loyal to the company, they will be there for you.

3) Most of the friends of working seniors only exist at their work place. If their is no "breakfast club" or "walking club" of acquaintances, then they have no one else. They depend on independence and family...without them, they feel as if they have nothing. You've seen family or friends of the family who have sent seniors to convalescence homes and don't visit them. Some people treat their dogs better. Loneliness is a mother....

All I know is if you live long enough, you'll be a senior one day too! You reap what you sow!!!
 
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