Age discrimination is not something that I have encountered. The company that I work for call me in on an, as and when basis. Often it's to cover someone who has called in sick, it can be to cover someone's annual leave or it is just a flood of work where they need all hands on deck.
After graduating in business studies I went on to run distribution depots. Those large warehouses that trucks run out of when they take a replenishment load to the supermarket. My particular field was the overnight small parcel market. Overnight simply means, collect one day, deliver the next.
The company where I work now found out, by a chance remark that I made, that I have the appropriate licence to drive those large trucks. Back when I was a student, money was so tight that I might not have been able to complete the course. With help from my Dad, I trained at driving those trucks, got the appropriate licence and worked on a staff agency at weekends. That earned me enough to complete my studies.
Having found out about my licence they have me run the trucks to and from the workshops where they are inspected, serviced and repaired. I get to play truckers every now and then. I probably work about fifteen to twenty hours a week, sometimes I go days without going to work and other times I am in every day. It's like part-time retirement. Did I say my age? I'm 80 next year. I take the view that President Biden was 82 when he left office.
Michael Caine was 90 when he starred in: The Great Escaper. An engaging exploration of love, loss, memory and trauma. The film tells the real story of Royal Navy veteran, Bernard Jordan, who “escaped” from his care home in June 2014 to attend the 70th anniversary of D-Day commemorations in Normandy.
