Funny Girl, My Youngest Dating the 70’s!
So, my younger daughter was interested in going to a dermatologist. I quickly sprang into action and texted her the name, address and phone number of the one I use.
The man is elderly but quite charming and I knew he would fold his arms and begin by getting to know her, ask her questions and tell her some funny stories with his dry humor. I figured she would get a kick out of him. Most of all she needed his professional opinion.
So, here was here text to me as soon as she got to his office. I laughed so uncontrollably that I had to move to the corner of the office in which I was visiting!
“Mom, you’ve got to quit hanging out with old people. This place is ancient, like on the phone they said they don’t do credit cards or electric filing- that’s how they keep prices down and what not. ok. I get it. ‘Get here the front lady is 100!!! Like, I’m not kidding 100 and now I’m waiting on the Dr. And I hear a typewriter. A Freaking typewriter!!!”. ( Not edited ya’ll).
According to her, everything in the office was from the 70’s. She a Millennial, so that is “ancient” as she put it. To keep costs down the doctor’s office does not take credit cards or use electric files but not only that, the lady in the front office was in keeping with the era of no cards or electric items except for one important detail- an electric typewriter which according to my youngest was “just a going!” “Click, click, click, click”, she said. And, she texted, ” A freaking typewriter!” LOL”. “Who uses a typewriter?” she quipped. I had to just bust out laughing!
Then she texted me a photo of the old jars of cotton balls, an old box of BQ swabs and an old machine she insisted was from the dark ages.
Apparently the doc met her needs and she was able to pay cash for her services so I’m assuming all else went well.
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I don’t think the doctor needed to use the 1970’s Microlance white box that was in the room but certainly my daughter came away with a well typed receipt for services rendered.
I’ll bet the elderly lady typed as fast as Barbara Blackburn, who won fastest typer at 150 WPM for 50 minutes offering 37,500 key strokes!
But who uses typewriters any more?
Josie
