90-Year-Old Japanese Woman Works At McDonald’s 5 Days A Week, Finds It Rewarding

90-Year-Old Japanese Woman Is Oldest Female McDonald’s Employee In Country

When it comes to keeping active, such habits are especially important for the older generation to cultivate. Otherwise, they might possibly find it difficult to maintain a healthy lifestyle.

Fortunately, a woman in Japan has proven that she’s more than adept at it. She recently made headlines in the country for being the oldest female employee at McDonald’s.

What’s more, she has no plans to stop anytime soon, despite her family’s desire for her to retire.

90-year-old Japanese woman works at McDonald’s

According to the media site Kumanichi, 90-year-old Tamiko Honda is the oldest among the 190,000 female McDonald’s employees in Japan.

Affectionately known as “genki grandma”, she now works at an outlet in Chuo-ku, Kumamoto City, having done so for the past 23 years.

Tamiko’s day starts when she wakes up at 4am in the morning, reaching the eatery by bus and reporting for her three-hour shifts five days a week at 7.30am.

Her duties involve cleaning the outlet’s premises and the surrounding arcade as well.

Despite her age and petite stature, Tamiko’s able to move around with ease, not requiring additional support to mop the floors. Customers often thank her for her effort, which she finds rewarding.

Company has diverse hiring policy

Kumanichi reports that McDonald’s has a diverse hiring policy that does not discriminate based on age, gender, nationality, or disability. Neither do they set a retirement age for employees.

While there is a 95-year-old male staff member at an outlet in Toyama Prefecture, Tamiko has worked for the longest.

Hiromi Ushijima, the manager of the store, praised her as an “indispensable presence”. “She always works hard with a smile,” he said.

Tamiko shared that the secret to staying healthy is living positively.

Interacting with people at work, exercising, and ending each day thinking she did her best gives her energy for the coming day.

She also expresses gratitude for being able to perform her duties.

Tamiko also said that her family has encouraged her to retire. However, she has insisted on working in an effort to stay healthy.

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Featured image adapted from Kumanichi.