McDonald’s employee turns 100 and still doesn’t think about retiring

Washington. Ruth Shuster, A woman who for more than two decades works for the American fast food giant McDonald’s, has just extinguished 100 candles on her birthday cake, but, she says, still does not think about retiring .

“She doesn’t feel any different,” Shuster told local TV channels that interviewed her on the occasion of her birthday.

The celebration has aroused so much sympathy among customers and residents in North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, that McDonald’s has enabled a special mailbox for her to receive cards and congratulatory messages.

This woman, who turned 100 on March 3, began working in the restaurant chain in 1994, when she was 73, and 27 years later continues to fulfill her role.

“I became a widow when I was 50, and I’ve been working always, always, ever since, and I like to work,” said Shuster, of small stature and great vitality and who wore a black uniform and cap of the same color.

Three days a week, Shuster does his job. Before the pandemic he was in charge of cleaning the tables and greeting customers, but now it is strange to receive people as he used to do.

He especially remembers Fridays, when they greeted customers by singing ‘You are my sunshine’ and dancing.

“You can’t dance anywhere. There are no dances,” lamented the woman, who considers herself fortunate to continue working at her age.

And when asked about her plans to retire, she stated bluntly, “By no means. I don’t even think about it.”