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Felimina Rotundo trabalha desde os 15 anos e afirma que estar em atividade e em contato com as pessoas a faz muito feliz

BUFFALO, N.Y. -  Felimina Rotundo works 11 hours day, six days a week at a Buffalo Laundromat and says she has no plans to quit working even though she turned 100 last summer.  She tells WGRZ-TV that she got her first job at 15 during the Great Depression and has been working ever since.  ADVERTISEMENT Rotundo works from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. six days a week washing clothes and handling dry cleaning at the College Laundry Shoppe on Main Street in Buffalo. She says she hasn't considered retirement and will continue working as long as her health is good.  Rotundo, who hit the century mark in August, says she likes being out and working because it "gives her something to do."  She says too many people retire too soon. Her advice to her peers: "Get out and do some work."
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Felimina Rotundo works 11 hours day, six days a week at a Buffalo Laundromat and says she has no plans to quit working even though she turned 100 last summer. She tells WGRZ-TV that she got her first job at 15 during the Great Depression and has been working ever since. ADVERTISEMENT Rotundo works from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. six days a week washing clothes and handling dry cleaning at the College Laundry Shoppe on Main Street in Buffalo. She says she hasn't considered retirement and will continue working as long as her health is good. Rotundo, who hit the century mark in August, says she likes being out and working because it "gives her something to do." She says too many people retire too soon. Her advice to her peers: "Get out and do some work."

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Uma norte-americana de 100 anos ganhou notoriedade após um jornal dos Estados Unidos publicar sua história. Felimina Rotundo trabalha 11 horas por dia, seis dias por semana, em uma lavanderia da cidade de Buffalo, no Estado de Nova Iorque.
Ao jornal “Today” ela afirma: “Eu não acredito na aposentadoria. Se eu me aposentasse aos 65 anos, o que eu teria feito todos esses anos? Estaria louca! Eu trabalho porque eu amo as pessoas. Eu quero estar perto de pessoas.”
De acordo com a reportagem do Today, Felimina trabalha das 6h às 19h, de segunda-feira a sábado lavando e dobrando roupas na College Laundry Shoppe.

Ela trabalha há 85 anos e tem dois filhos. Seu primeiro emprego foi em uma fábrica de sapatos, quando tinha apenas 15 anos.

 

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