Jobs that no longer exist.

Aunt Bea said:
Was that one of those jobs where if the uniform fit you got the job or did you have to buy your uniform out of your wages?
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Oh no. I was still in school and was paid 50 cents an hour. Uniform fit pretty good. Had lots of friends as I got five free passes a week to hand out.:sentimental:
 

Typewriter Repair

I remember in the year 2000 a man in the office where I was working used a typewriter to type his own documents, and we had a hard time finding someone to repair it. After paying the bill TPTB told him too either learn to use a computer or pay for repairs out of his pocket. He was stubborn and very anti-computer, but a few years after I left I stopped in and OMG he was using a computer and loved it!
 
These two jobs have been eliminated in our town. Automated, except for one truck driver.

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applecruncher said:
Typewriter Repair

I remember in the year 2000 a man in the office where I was working used a typewriter to type his own documents, and we had a hard time finding someone to repair it. After paying the bill TPTB told him too either learn to use a computer or pay for repairs out of his pocket. He was stubborn and very anti-computer, but a few years after I left I stopped in and OMG he was using a computer and loved it!
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Have a relative that used to do typewriter repair.
Yes, he had to make the switch and train as to how to fix newer machines as fax, copiers, etc. Didn't fix computers, but of course, had to learn how to use one to run the business.
 
I was an elevator operator once for 4 long hours. That job really sucks big time. I was in the Navy at the time, and you don't just quit.
 
The Public Health official (it was always a lady) who came to your house and put a "quarantine" sign on the door when someone had scarlet fever or something of the ilk. She was always dressed in a suit, looked stern and carried a big "important" purse.

Thus the rope-skipping chant:

"Call for the doctor, call for the nurse,
call for the lady with the alligator purse!"
 
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