There were four official cashiers during my shift, and I was the youngest by about 30 years.
Here are a few things I learned:
- Ball point pens were introduced in the mid 1940's at a cost of $26 per pen. You could shave $8 off that cost if you were purchasing them in the military.
- A good calculator in 1972 cost about $85.
- Everyone over the age of 70 moves at their own speed and they certainly DO NOT multitask.
I envied the pace of my septuagenarian colleagues. I am always looking forward, always "on task." Everything I do is in a hurry. But my friends at the library attended to their duties with care and calm, with focus on the now. I think I need to take a lesson from that. And maybe I'll find some time to revisit a children's book. There certainly are alot of them. And you can buy them cheap at the library book sale!
tlc