Changes - When Baby Boomer Office Workers Retire
Changes - When Baby Boomer Office Workers Retire
The Paper Consumption collapses! Along with filing cabinet usage.
Another Mug with a logo from an obsolete company covered in coffee stains is thrown out.
Another unused Slack account becomes free.
More IT Help Desk calls are eliminated.
Another desk from 1950 is thrown in the dumpster. And no reason to look through its drawers; nothing in there has been relevant for at least a decade.
An office wall is cleared of old photos, mostly showing people who are dead or close to it. Also, Gen Z grabs all the solid oak sales victor plaques going back to 1970 - Knowing how good they will burn in his backyard fire pit!
The water fountain next to the bathrooms has one fewer baby boomer standing in line to use it. Soon, the entire office will be drinking water from the osmosis water machine in the break room.
The old dust-covered knick-knacks proudly displayed on the table in the lobby find their way to the closest trash can.
The outdated condiments with the retiree's name in the break room refrigerator can finally have their trash can funeral.
Another Members Only jacket leaves the office coat closet.
The receptionist has one less name to call over the PA to announce a phone call. Soon, the receptionist who started in 1985 will also retire, and every desk phone in the office will disappear along with the quilt and space heater under the lobby desk.
In the hallway of family pictures, one less grand kid making way for the new hire's labradoodle.
The 1990 Lincoln Town Car will no longer be a threat to the paint jobs of the rest of the cars in the parking lot!
With every retiring baby boomer, the office receptionist hopes it's the one who insists on putting tinsel on the lobby Christmas Tree and refuses to ever touch a broom!
As each baby boomer retires, the office gets quieter, and soon, all employees will be scrolling social media with earbuds in.
Have a great weekend, my friends!
Status quo is the killer of all that will be invented!
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