With all this talk about recycling the workforce, I wonder if this is indeed the best way.

So now, not only we get to retire later, we are expected to continue working after we retire. So effectively, we have to work till we can work no more, or we make it big, although I think most of us will have to work till we die...

But then, does this really help the economy? I dunno for sure but I have my doubts.

Sure, on a micro level, if I continue to work after retirement, I can still still bring home some bacon bits, if not the whole bacon so that I can ease the family's burden and of course I can keep myself occupied, but of course the 2nd reason is valid, provided I do not have to work just to make ends meet (keeping oneself occupied is different from occupied to make one's keep)

On the macro level, I dun really think it helps the economy much.

First of all, the average elderly, cannot think as fast or move as fast. Sure they have the experience but in most cases, they will not be able to continue working in the commercial world as they will be too expensive to hire.

True, they can take a paycut but most employers would rather use that money to employ someone younger who can pick things up faster and cost a fraction of the salary that the old folks are drawing. That's just make economic sense, right?


So then they will end up working as cleaners or in fast food restaurants. And they add a whole new different meaning to the term fast food. IT IS NO LONGER FAST!!!

The poor elders cannot handle multiple orders and special orders, they cannot move as fast as the 15-16 year olds and I have to wait like 15 minutes before I got my BK breakfast. So I ended up late for work. Multiply that to the other customers in queue whom subsequently got affected and that should roughly tell you how much productivity was lost in the process.


So my point is, the gahmen maybe should have some kinda welfare scheme for the elderly so that we can truly enjoy our golden years after sacrificing so many years of our youth contributing to the economy so that our dear ministers can continously have their pay revisions.


Anyways, back to my car servicing, it makes my blood boil! So it turns out that my exhuast pipe is the cause of the rubber linings wear and tear. And its not suppose to happen cuz the body kit should come with a BIGGER exhaust pipe, the bloody C&C people forgot to change the pipe when they fix the body kit!

And so I need my sales agent to give them the paperwork so that the technical staff can charge the cost to the correct party. At my expense lor, KNN I have to waste time and make another 2 trips at least before they can fix things up.


And if that's not enough, drivers seem to have this habit of stealing tire caps, those silver caps that you need to unscrew when you need to pump your tires. 3 out of my 4 caps got stolen, Not that it's a big deal but still ... CCB!!! And after looking around, I noticed that most cars parked in mutli storey carparks got victimised. My bro's Latio kanna too =(



p.s. Not really safe to park cars in multi storey carparks, although parking there helps to keep your car from the elements so you do not have to wash cars so often.


p.p.s C&C is not as good as they say it is, been distributors for the much acclaimed Mercs does not mean that their servive is more superior than other agents. Or maybe C&C-Mercs is of a different breed than C&C-Mitsubishi and C&C-Kia?