When 69-year-old Hermien de Wit decided to retire, she only received a box of Merci chocolates and a €10 voucher in her letterbox.
“A token of appreciation would have been nice”, says de Wit. She worked for PostNL for over 17 years, until last week, when she delivered her letter, according to RTL Nieuws.
Na 16 jaar en 9 maanden trouwe dienst liep mijn moeder (69) gisteren haar laatste wijk bij @PostNL. Einde van een era, want ze was wat je noemt een toegewijde verantwoordelijke, flexibele en trouwe werknemer. Van ons kreeg ze champagne, van Postnl kreeg ze een doos mercietjes 😱 pic.twitter.com/McICoFQos6
“Dedicated, responsible, flexible and loyal”
This is how PostNL described her in their standard retirement template. While these might not be someone’s most personal attributes, it looks like they are pretty accurate on De Wit.
She was supposed to stop working years ago, but the company asked her to stay because of the huge shortage of postal workers.
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A bouquet of dignity
Her daughter said on the Dutch talk show Jinek that, in her view, postal workers lost their honour and dignity in recent years.
Instead, de Wit received a massive bouquet on behalf of the city of Hoevelaken, where she was working.
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Seriously, you expect the Dutch to spend ?