Hi Jean and Spiders, That takes me back! In the mid-1960s I was working in the same company as my father, and one of the hats I wore was Relief Telephonist, and we had one of the boards where the plugs were put into the holes.
One of the funniest moments was when I rang through to the Chief Buyer (now even more unromantically called the Chief Procurer!) which was my Dad, to tell him a rep. was waiting to see him. This chap spend the waiting time trying to chat me up, wanting to take me out to lunch, and Dad listened to several minutes of this whilst 'lurking' in his doorway to the office. When he did make himself known, the rep. was somewhat embarrassed, and told the Buyer - who he didn't realise was my Dad - what a lovely girl I was. To which Dad replied "Yes, I know she is - she's lived with me for some time!" The poor rep was covered in confusion, and I don't know whether Dad told him the truth in the end, or whether the poor man got the order he wanted either. Carol - in Suffolk UK Subject: [lace-chat] Telephone sticks in holes > > The person doing it is a telephonist or switchboard operator. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
