Please don’t ask me if I’ve retired or “still work”

I haven’t retired. I still work. And frankly, I resent anyone thinking otherwise.

Friends,

It happened again this morning.

I was in the locker room of a local gym when someone I didn’t know asked me: “So, are you retired?”

I mumbled something indecipherable and looked away.

I hate that question. Just as bad is: “So, you still working?”

They make me feel ancient. Why would anyone ask them of a complete stranger unless the stranger looke…