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hee! *sigh* but, hee!
Oct. 3rd, 2008 11:20 amSomeone opened his review of one of our books with the following:
"There comes a time in every life when common cultural references stop having any meaning for other people. It came for me when I tried to explain to a younger colleague what "cc" on a letter means and realized I first had to explain what a typewriter was."*
Which does remind me that a few weeks ago, one of our student employees was helping to train another new student employee. I had to wince a little bit when I walked by and heard her explaining how to use the typewriter.
Ouch!
(Yes, we do still have typewriters here. For certain things/forms a computer and printer won't do.)
*I wonder if he also went on to explain what carbon paper was.
"There comes a time in every life when common cultural references stop having any meaning for other people. It came for me when I tried to explain to a younger colleague what "cc" on a letter means and realized I first had to explain what a typewriter was."*
Which does remind me that a few weeks ago, one of our student employees was helping to train another new student employee. I had to wince a little bit when I walked by and heard her explaining how to use the typewriter.
Ouch!
(Yes, we do still have typewriters here. For certain things/forms a computer and printer won't do.)
*I wonder if he also went on to explain what carbon paper was.