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- **Posted:** 2023-10-02T17:03:58.000+00:00
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Meet Tamiko Honda: the 90-year-old McDonald’s employee that doesn’t plan on quitting any time soon.⁠
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Honda believes that working in a job is key to her health, and she plans to continue doing it until her centennial years.⁠
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Before her time at the fast-food chain, Honda spent most of her working life employed as part of a nursing staff at a hospital in Kumamoto City, reported the Mainichi Shimbun. She was forced to retire at the hospital after reaching the mandatory retirement age of 61, and later worked as part of the cleaning staff at a local university until she was 67.⁠
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Honda recalls applying to the fast-food chain in 2000 after learning about the company’s lack of age restrictions for its applicants from her daughter, who died from cancer 12 years ago at the age of 58.⁠
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Before heading to work, Honda reportedly says “I’m off” to a picture of her daughter before leaving for her home in Nishi Ward, Kumamoto City. She would then take a 20-minute bus ride from her ward to her McDonald’s job in the city’s Shimotori shopping arcade, where she works three hours per day beginning at 7:30 a.m., five days a week, with Wednesday and Sundays off.⁠
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Honda’s co-workers, who call her “Tamiko-san” or “Tami-chan,” described the nonagenarian as a hardworking person who has an infectious smile and is beloved by everyone.⁠
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The 51-year-old manager of the branch, who is in the same generation as Honda’s grandchildren, reportedly said that they could relax whenever they hear the woman’s “good morning” at the start of the day, adding that not only does she give “everyone around her energy and comfort,” but Honda is also a “stable and indispensable presence” in their store.⁠
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