Washington.- Ruth Shuster, a woman who has worked for the American fast food giant McDonald’s for more than two decades, has just blown out 100 candles on her birthday cake, but she says she has not yet thought about retiring.
“It doesn’t feel different,” Shuster told local television channels that interviewed her on her anniversary.
The celebration has attracted so much sympathy among customers and residents of North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, that McDonald’s has set up a special mailbox for her to receive greeting cards and messages.
This woman, who reached 100 years old last Wednesday, began working in the restaurant chain in 1994, when she was 73 years old, and 27 years later she continues to fulfill her role.
“I became a widow when I was 50 years old, and I have been working always, always, since then, and I like to work,” said Shuster, of small build and great vitality, who wore a black uniform and a cap of the same color.
Three days a week, Shuster does his job. Before the pandemic, she was in charge of cleaning tables and greeting customers, but now she misses receiving people as she used to.
Remember especially Fridays, when they received customers singing ‘You are my sunshine’ (“You are my sun”) and dancing.
You can’t dance anywhere. There are no dances, ”lamented this woman, who considers herself lucky to continue working at her age.
And when asked about her plans to retire, she stated bluntly: “No way. I don’t even think about it.