Thread: A pension

I was a teenager when I started doing union ironwork. One of the things older folks told me was that someday I would be glad to have the pension benefits. Knowing I wouldn't live to be 30 I didn't appreciate that. When I passed 30 I still didn't think much about it, it was so far away.

I did 20 years erecting structural steel and got out of it due to injuries incurred on the job. The dark cloud, worst thing in the world at the time, had a silver lining and I've been a pro tattooer since then.

Today I will cash my first pension benefit check. It is not that much but enough to cover my mortgage and go out to dinner with the change. To all of you young folks out there, if you can get a job that offers pension benefits grab it.