Just had a call with a friend (~63 YO) who was talking about his crazy travel schedule (6 cities in 10 days) and lack of at-home time (<12 hours this month) and he asked me if I was interested in a near term 2 month contract job. Nope.
Simply say "I'm REALLY retired.."
Why don't you try [Joe]... he was always pretty good at that.
Just had a call with a friend (~63 YO) who was talking about his crazy travel schedule (6 cities in 10 days) and lack of at-home time (<12 hours this month) and he asked me if I was interested in a near term 2 month contract job. Nope.
+1. A polite “No, but thanks for asking” is all I’d say.No need to be gentle. Just be polite and say no thank you. A small explanation of it not being something you want given the retirement life you’re enjoying and leave it at that. Worst thing to to is not shut it down unequivocally. Don’t say you’ll think about it or you would, but . . . [-]Firm and[/-] polite.
Friends don’t ask fired friends to w*rk...
If you raise your rate really high, he might not want to pay. My husband was willing to help out his old boss, but when he told his boss what he wanted, the boss said he didn’t have the budget. He hasn’t called since.
His response was that I had been gone long enough,was probably totally bored and that work helps you live longer. I tried to decline nicely, but he kept insisting. ... He told me I was nuts,....
he's a few year older than I am and is still working full time at 73. Different strokes for different folks. I guess he thinks he will live forever.