Chapter 50 Retirees are bored

About 17 or 18 years ago, I saw a Hollywood film about the post-war society (I can’t remember the title), in which there was a retired admiral (who seemed to be starring Freddie Marquez) ), because he had nothing to do all day long, and was so idle that he almost went crazy, so he refitted a house to look like the interior of a warship, and ordered his children to wear sailor uniforms. The chickens and dogs were restless, so angry that his wife roared louder than his commanding voice! Although this is a comedy, the meaning of tolerance is not general.It represents a general person who has been active in society. Once he retires from society, if he is not old and has no other suitable work to divert his energy, he will be idle and flustered. It seems to be a neurotic behavior, but in fact it is sour in my heart.

Recently, I saw a piece of foreign news that someone in Japan proposed to set up a smart bank, so that some experienced and retired people from all walks of life can still continue to do things and contribute their talents. .Whether this proposal will be realized is unknown.However, compared with the above-mentioned film story, the situation is the same. It can be seen that the problem did not start today, but the situation today is more common and more serious.The reason is that today's living standards and medical care are more advanced than before, and people's life expectancy and health conditions are also higher, so there are more such problems.

Most countries in the world set the retirement age at around 60 years old. I heard that some countries are discussing to advance it by ten or five years to allow more new generations to take over.However, no matter whether it is postponed or advanced, it will still not be able to solve the problems arising from premature retirement or premature replacement.The fundamental reason is that the birth rate of the world population must be further reduced.Otherwise, this new social problem will continue to increase in the future. Ordinarily, from birth to completion of university education and professional training, a person reaches the age of 30, and then works for 20 to 30 years. When the experience and wisdom have matured and reached a stable level, they retire at this point.And at the age of 40 or 50, in the heyday of the spring and Autumn period, they are not qualified to be employed, which is a great loss to the individual and the society!

As for whether the two generations of the family are separated, there are advantages and disadvantages to the above situation.It is true that the separated children will make the life of the retired parents feel lonely; but those who live together, there are also children who will not understand their daily idleness at the square table, so that some people just want to find a Funny things happen where you go to work without a salary. I wonder if we can also imitate the nature of some American missions, and give these people meaningful and appropriate voluntary duties?There are still many places we need to develop and serve!