在同一个小镇工作了 64 年，他于 80 岁正式退休

作者: BBC News

出处: BBC News

翻译: Frank Zhang

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Ron German 在他的耄耋之年的最后一次上岗位

一位 80 岁的屠夫在同一个镇上工作了 64 年之后，最后一次挂上了他的围裙，放下了他的切肉刀。

周五，Ron German 在芬兰镇的 March Quality Meats 进行了最后一次轮班，标志着他的 80 岁。

3 月份，他在几家肉店工作，肉类一直是他的爱好。

“我看到了一些变化，”他说。 “1957 年你只能买到两种香肠——而现在我们有 40 种。”

他说：“当时夏天也没有烧烤这回事。”

这位八十多岁的老人补充说，当时鸡肉也不常见。

“你一年只能吃两次鸡肉或火鸡——在复活节和圣诞节。”

German 先生在 16 岁离开文法学校时最初想在办公室工作，但工作很难找到。

当他的祖父母说镇上的屠夫正在寻求帮助时，年轻的罗恩抓住了这个机会，开始了他漫长的行业职业生涯。

German的最后一天在岗位也是他的八十岁大寿

他在学校很喜欢生物学，并说：“骨骼结构和其他的一切——我认为这就是我对屠宰贸易如此感兴趣的原因。”

Ron and Maureen married in 1966

当一位名叫莫琳的年轻女子和她的祖父母走进他的店时，肉也让他找到了他一生的挚爱。

Ron 和Maureen 于 1966年结婚

Maureen 和Ron 55年前在这家肉店相遇

Ron 其中一份退休礼物是一束他最爱的“香肠”鲜花（PS：看着好像人的手指啊）

在他 70 多岁时，他减少了工作时间并在大流行期间休假，但在肉店重新开业时又回到了肉店。

“他总是说他想坚持到 80 岁，”她说。

在他 80 岁生日和他在店里的最后一天时，German 先生说：“我已经这样做了很长时间，所以 — 没错，我会想念这个的。”

资料来源：

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-essex-59009713

An 80-year-old butcher has hung up his apron and put down his cleaver for the last time, after working in the trade in the same town for 64 years.

Ron German marked his 80th on Friday by putting in his final shift at March Quality Meats in the Fenland town.

He worked at several butcher's shops in March in his time and meat has always been his passion.

"I've seen some changes," he said. "You could only get two types of sausages in 1957 - and now we've got 40."

He said: "There was no such thing as having a barbecue in the summer."

Chicken was not common back then, either, the octogenarian added.

"You'd only really have chicken or turkey twice a year - at Easter and Christmas."

Mr German initially wanted to work in an office when he left grammar school at 16, but jobs were hard to come by.

When his grandparents said the town's butcher was looking for help, young Ron leapt at the chance, and so began his long career in the industry.

He had enjoyed biology at school, and said: "The bone structure, and everything - I think that's what I found so interesting about the butchery trade."

Meat also led him to the love of his life, when a young woman called Maureen came into his shop with her grandparents.

Maureen and Ron married in 1966.

His wife said although her husband gave up work when he reached retirement age at 65, "he went back after a month".

In his 70s he cut back his hours and was furloughed during the pandemic, but returned to the butcher's shop when it reopened.

"He always said he wanted to carry on until he was 80," she said.

Speaking on his 80th birthday, and his last day at the shop, Mr German said: "I've been doing it such a long while, so yes, I will miss this."