In the November 9th issue of Newsweek, columnist Ellis Cose wrote about "the idiocy of axing older employees". According to his essay, 6.8% of workers 55+ are unemployed and it takes us roughly 33 weeks to find a new position.
Perhaps we should be looking into new professions where we could shine. My suggestion? Spying. Face it -- as we get older we become more and more invisible anyway so why not make a bit of cash out of being ignored. Who would ever suspect a geezer of espionage?
We're reliable, hardworking and we've been to enough cocktail parties and rubber chicken dinners to know when to blend in and keep our mouth shut. Cover blown? Threatened with torture? Ha! Torture was sharing a room with Dolores from accounting at that weekend retreat.
Plus we make natural masters of disguise. Hair -- grayer week by week. Wrinkles -- deeper week by week. Jowls -- saggier week by week (well, maybe that's just me).
Age -- it's the perfect cover.
2 comments:
I am laughing so hard on this one. You are so right. I am already pretty sneaky so being a spy would be awesome.
Steph
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