Rustic23
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
I really did not know how to title this, but I found this interesting.
Today while checking out at the grocery store, I struck up a conversation with the clerk. She indicated that she was going to retire next month. I said that was great and as if her employer offered a good retirement plan.
She looked at me as if I had just dropped in from outer space. She said they have a 401K plan you can contribute to, but it's not much money. I ask her what the match was, and she said she didn't know.
She went on to say, that it was not much and you would think that if you worked for a company for 15 years you should be able to retire comfortably!
I said that I had heard that to retire comfortably, financial experts suggest you need to save 15% of your paycheck. She said, 'Who could live on that'.
I figured it was time to exit, so I didn't tell her that she would have to save a whole lot more than 15% if she was going to retire comfortably in 15 years.
As I said, no social redeeming grace here, I just thought it was a little insight in to how some or one 62 year old looks forward to retirement.
Today while checking out at the grocery store, I struck up a conversation with the clerk. She indicated that she was going to retire next month. I said that was great and as if her employer offered a good retirement plan.
She looked at me as if I had just dropped in from outer space. She said they have a 401K plan you can contribute to, but it's not much money. I ask her what the match was, and she said she didn't know.
She went on to say, that it was not much and you would think that if you worked for a company for 15 years you should be able to retire comfortably!
I said that I had heard that to retire comfortably, financial experts suggest you need to save 15% of your paycheck. She said, 'Who could live on that'.
I figured it was time to exit, so I didn't tell her that she would have to save a whole lot more than 15% if she was going to retire comfortably in 15 years.
As I said, no social redeeming grace here, I just thought it was a little insight in to how some or one 62 year old looks forward to retirement.