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Age Discrimination Is Rampant

Age Discrimination is Rampant By Elton Camp Younger folks don’t think about such stuff You will if you manage to live long enough I didn’t experience it until after I retired And looked for a new place to be hired Jobs for which I was extremely qualified My visage, interviewers suspiciously eyed Just because I wasn’t young any more I found that I couldn’t get past the door Actually the money I didn’t really need But wanted to keep ability up to speed Computers I have taught students to use Yet, tech incompetence some did accuse And at one place, this young gutter snipe Assumed I didn’t even know how to type I was ignored or some false reason told Not a one dared say that I was too old But despite prejudice and unspoken jeers, I found a job and worked for several years

Copyright © | Year Posted 2011




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Date: 11/25/2011 10:25:00 PM
I agree how every thing is corrupted... thank you for the thought provoking poem... Have a wonderful one...p.d.
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Date: 11/25/2011 9:06:00 PM
Tragic, yet unfortunately true in this day and age. Good rhymes.
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Elton Camp
Date: 11/25/2011 9:25:00 PM
Daniel, thanks for reading and taking time to comment. I have mixed feelings about old people continuing to work when there is no financial imperative. That's why I retired, but I hadn't expected to experience such discrimination when I applied for various part-time jobs. Some old folks really NEED to work and should get the chance if capable. Elton

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