# 80 years on the job.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80-years-on-the-job/116215>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 27, 2002, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80-years-on-the-job/116215 "2002-06-27T12:46:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80-years-on-the-job/116215/1 "2002-06-27T12:46:24Z")

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Ever since Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her 50 years as Monarch, I have wondered \*who \* has held a job in the real world the longest.

This morning, admist the MidEast Crisis and the Elizabeth Smart Kidnap case, et al, comes this little gem of \*\*Annie Milner \*\*  
who has worked at Marshall Fields since 1919. She just turned 100. She works 6 hours a day, five days a week.

(I can’t find a link, presently, on the CNN/HLN site.)

On the day of her 100th birthday she was given a limo ride to work, given (presumably) 100 roses and a hallway lined with coworkers applauding her.

But this woman is a gem.

Thus concludes the warm and fuzzy breakfast moment.

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**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80-years-on-the-job/116215/2 "2002-06-27T13:17:47Z")

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Way to go **Annie Milner**!

There are times when one day at my job feels like eighty years. 🙂