This senior is officially on the clock.
A struggling 92-year-old Florida woman forced to continue working to cover her bills got a shocking financial boost this month, landing more than $65,000 in donations from complete strangers hoping to see her retire.
Muriel Connick was manning the dressing room at a Burlington store in Pompano Beach when customer April Steele spotted the elderly employee on her feet.
“There was no smile on her face. In fact she looked angry, I thought I would compliment her to try to make her smile, I said good for you to still be working, she looked at me angrily and said would you want to work at 92,” Steele recalled in a recently launched GoFundMe page.
As the two spoke, Connick told her she had no choice but to clock in and out at the chain store since she was still swimming in monthly bills.
“It’s the rent and it’s the car payment and the car insurance and the telephone, electricity and cable,” Connick listed for WSVN, noting her social security and other benefits don’t cover all her costs.
Her mobile home is also in need of costly new floors, the outlet reported.
But Steele was ready to step in, alerting a local Facebook page about Connick’s plight and starting a fundraiser that instantly took off.
As of Tuesday afternoon, $65,666 has been raised with donations still pouring in.
“People have been so generous,” Steele told CBS 12 recently.
Connick has been shocked by all the help thanks to Steele.
“I was really surprised, and I didn’t know she was going to do all this,” Connick told the station.
“I thought she was just going to give me a card and say, ‘This is to help you.’”
