I believe they went away with the last secretary I had, you know the one who answered my phone!
I’d come back from lunch and there would be 10 of those slips on my desk, sometimes all from the same person who couldn’t understand the concept of “She’ll call you back .” I remember once I was in a meeting and returned to 7 messages from the same branch manager. He felt the need to keep calling even though my very good secretary had marked ‘Urgent’ ‘Please call immediately’ and “this manager is going crazy, please call him.” I did call him back and scolded him for being a pest. He said he didn’t want me to go home for the day before calling him (I was in Mpls and he was in Washington state. Believe it or not, it was a simple issue and I answered his question without having to call the Supreme Court for a ruling.
We still use those in my workplace. My big boss doesn’t believe in voicemail and had it taken off the phone system. My part of the department is in a different building, so we have voicemail, but we still have them. Some people refuse to leave voicemails and go back to the secretary.
I once worked with a terrible person. (Once? Hah!) This was in the late ‘80s. We worked for a consulting firm, so getting new clients and selling work was important. The Terrible Person and I had both presented at a conference. A prospective client from the conference called me and our secretary took a message on one of the pink slips. The TP took the message slip and called back the prospect herself. I was livid, and the prospect was confused.
I was in California for work this week. Eating breakfast at the Hampton Inn, the TV was showing the local morning news. They were doing a story on the Brady Bunch house, which can be toured in what they called The Brady Experience.
The 2 young men sitting near me were clearly confused and trying to figure out what it was. I overheard them wondering if it was related somehow to Tom Brady.
One of our kids was very interested about pagers, wanted to know what they were and how they worked.
I think our old fax number is still on our business stationary. Of course, we never use business stationary anymore!
We got rid of our landline finally. I liked having it because it worked when the power went off. Now when I sign up on some sites, they want to send a code by text to the landline phone! And there’s no way to change the number without logging in.
In my downsizing efforts I recently opened the box with folders from the classes for my graduate degree in library and information science in the mid-1990s. So much time spent learning what reference books to consult to answer specific questions. I loved those assignments. And those books. All those notes went into my recycling bin. I did keep a 1995 paper about “the internet” though.
It’s the very important person who makes important decision like telling your kid when they call that yes they can have a snack, but then they have to start their homework
I loved my admin person…
Young people were finding adorable, incredible, sweet .. in short, remarkable the fact the main character in a show (53 yo) has matching pajamas.
All my PJs have matching tops and bottoms, (though in the summer I may mismatch the short sleeved ones replacing the top with an old tee shirt) .. but I’ve been informed that’s very GenX.
Apparently nowadays you just buy the bottoms..
(? Is that true? )
I also don’t wear regular pajamas (I wear a pair of lightweight running shorts and a nice worn in but not tattered tshirt and putting them on at the end of the day - or earlier - is my favorite dressing moment of the day!) but definitely you can buy the tops and bottoms separately, a good thing so that people can get things sized right for THEIR top and bottom body.
I think that “matched sets” are also a popular thing now especially in athleisure. But as always, “you do you”.
I also have “lounge wear” I put on when I come home and remove work clothes - yoga pants, sweet shirts, etc.
I had no idea pajamas had become uncommon (it’s not a commonly discussed topic )
Raise your hand if you are old enough to remember the pretty terrible but cheap Mateus rose’ wine that came in a bottle that everyone had in their dorm rooms and put candles in that dripped down decoratively. Mateus sold off that wine production and the rights to their house design on the label (no real loss, the stuff was pretty bad) and it’s still made, in a more contemporary bottle. The wines that the family now produces (Mateus is not the family name- it means bushes) are much better.
.. in short, remarkable the fact the main character in a show (53 yo) has matching pajamas.
- is my favorite dressing moment of the day!) but definitely you can buy the tops and bottoms separately, a good thing so that people can get things sized right for THEIR top and bottom body.
- yoga pants, sweet shirts, etc.
if you are old enough to remember the pretty terrible but cheap Mateus rose’ wine that came in a bottle that everyone had in their dorm rooms and put candles in that dripped down decoratively. Mateus sold off that wine production and the rights to their house design on the label (no real loss, the stuff was pretty bad) and it’s still made, in a more contemporary bottle. The wines that the family now produces (Mateus is not the family name- it means bushes) are much better.
