英語日記 父、退職

Today I heard from my wife that my father had suddenly resigned from his taxi driving job several days ago. My mother told my wife so when she dropped at my house. The news took me by surprise although I had been encouraging him to do so because of his age, 78. I had started saying he might as well already retire a couple of years ago, but he didn’t take it seriously.

According to my wife, the reason why he decided was a minor accident he had on duty. When he went to pick up a customer at a kindergarten and tried to park the car, the car hit a hedge. It was just a fender bender, so luckily there was no one injured. However, it would seem to be a sign for him. He seemed disappointed with himself after the accident. He said to my mother something like “making such an accident would be too unprofessional”. Next day, he turned in his resignation.

I think it was the right decision. I’m relieved that he hadn’t had any severe accidents in driving. As for their income, I don’t worry too much since they seem to have some savings and receive national pensions. What makes me worry is that he might get too bored without a job after having worked long hours regularly over almost 40 years: he had started working as a taxi driver when he was 40 and the only thing he seemed motivated by was his job. I think he was desperate to support his family. He still looks young for his age. He has rather become a cheerful person as he aged. I wonder if not having a job might have some influence on his morale, making him too slack or something. I hope he can find his another passion in life.

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My mother told my wife so when she dropped at my house.

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My mother told my wife when she dropped in at my house.

The news took me by surprise although I had been encouraging him to do so because of his age, 78.

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The news took me by surprise although I had been encouraging him to retire because of his age, he's 78.

I had started saying he might as well already retire a couple of years ago, but he didn’t take it seriously.

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I had started saying that he might as well already retire a couple of years ago, but he didn’t take it seriously.

According to my wife, the reason why he decided was a minor accident he had on duty.

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According to my wife, the reason why he decided to retire was because of a minor accident he had while on duty.

When he went to pick up a customer at a kindergarten and tried to park the car, the car hit a hedge.

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When he went to pick up a customer at a kindergarten and when he tried to park the car, he hit a hedge.

It was just a fender bender, so luckily there was no one injured.

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It was just hitting a hedge, so luckily no one was injured. (I think you actually have to hit another car for it to be a fender bender).

However, it would seem to be a sign for him.

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However, it seemed to be a sign for him.

He said to my mother something like “making such an accident would be too unprofessional”.

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He said to my mother something like “having such an accident makes me unprofessional”.

Next day, he turned in his resignation.

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The next day, he turned in his resignation.

I’m relieved that he hadn’t had any severe accidents in driving.

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I’m relieved that he hadn’t had any severe accidents while driving.

As for their income, I don’t worry too much since they seem to have some savings and receive national pensions.

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As for their income, I don’t have to worry too much since they seem to have some savings and receive the national pension already.

What makes me worry is that he might get too bored without a job after having worked long hours regularly over almost 40 years: he had started working as a taxi driver when he was 40 and the only thing he seemed motivated by was his job.

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What makes me worry is that he might get too bored without a job after having worked long hours regularly for over almost 40 years: he had started working as a taxi driver when he was 40 and the only thing he seemed motivated about was his job.

I wonder if not having a job might have some influence on his morale, making him too slack or something.

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I wonder if not having a job might have some sort of influence on his morale, making him too relaxed or something.