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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2014 18:41:48 GMT -5
I know travel agents are still around.
A few years ago, all but one of the local travel agents had closed down. Some have since re-opened. I still use one occasionally. Not for straight flights, but if it's "complicated", I'd rather deal with a human. When DD went to Cali for her internship last year, I wanted to book a Paris-CA, and NY-Paris return for 6 months later. The internet sites wouldn't let me book without booking the CA-NY leg as well, so I went to the travel agency, and they did it without a problem. (DD booked that herself later.) I also had to get her health insurance, which wasn't available for 6+ months on the internet.
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Post by Plain Old Petunia on Jan 7, 2014 19:44:56 GMT -5
My first job was as a carhop at an A&W in my hometown. Technically, the job isn't extinct. Sonic has carhops, but I haven't seen an A&W use them in years and years. There is one left in the country, and it happens to be just a few blocks from my office.
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Post by Cookies Galore on Jan 7, 2014 20:05:28 GMT -5
I was surprised photographer wasn't on the list.
With good cameras and editing software available and affordable to most people, you don't need a professional photographer to take your family photos. If you want good pictures you want a pro. I've seen some terrible wedding photos from people who have a good camera, software, and no talent or eye for lighting.
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Post by Anne_in_VA on Jan 7, 2014 21:39:34 GMT -5
My first job in high school was as a grocery store cashier. That one paid very well for the time. I made 4.10 per hour in 1966. A couple of years later I was a keypunch operator at an insurance company. My next job was as a switchboard operator and long distance operator at the phone company.
So I've held three of those jobs.
All of my local grocery stores still have cashiers. They have the self checkout lines too, but I seldom see people use those.
There are still long distance operators, but I'm not sure what they do anymore.
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Post by msventoux on Jan 7, 2014 21:49:36 GMT -5
I was surprised photographer wasn't on the list.
With good cameras and editing software available and affordable to most people, you don't need a professional photographer to take your family photos. If you want good pictures you want a pro. I've seen some terrible wedding photos from people who have a good camera, software, and no talent or eye for lighting. I have a family member that thinks they're the greatest photographer ever and always wants to "volunteer" for a fee at any event going on. Most of the pictures are truly lousy. I do just as well or better with my camera phone.
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Post by Apple on Jan 7, 2014 22:20:59 GMT -5
Age 10-13, Paperboy.. Not only are newspapers on long term decline, but our paper is delivered by an adult in a car. I had that job too, 5th grade through 8th grade. I'd read a book while I was delivering them, so I got a little outside exercise while I also got my reading in Never tripped over a curb or anything like that, but if I got REALLY into a paragraph, I might accidentally skip a house, and have to walk back. I can still walk through a store reading an ad, not run into anyone, and not bump into anything, but only if I'm not pushing a cart. One of my old coworkers used to work in a plant where they manufactured slide rules. He felt old when I told him I'd heard of them, knew what they were for, but I'd never actually seen one.
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Post by Tennesseer on Jan 7, 2014 22:28:03 GMT -5
My first job was as a carhop at an A&W in my hometown. Technically, the job isn't extinct. Sonic has carhops, but I haven't seen an A&W use them in years and years. There is one left in the country, and it happens to be just a few blocks from my office. Does A&W still have the various size glass mugs (little kid size to big/tall adult size) like they used to 50 years ago? Or ìs ìt plastic cups now. The glass mugs was what made them special.
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Post by skubikky on Jan 8, 2014 7:52:07 GMT -5
I have a family member that thinks they're the greatest photographer ever and always wants to "volunteer" for a fee at any event going on. Most of the pictures are truly lousy. I do just as well or better with my camera phone.And that's just it. For many people, camera phones take a reasonably good shot and that's just fine. The cost of having a photographer and the difference in quality might not be worth it to some people. I'm sure there will always be a place for "professional" photography but more and more for everyday shots, camera phones are taking the greatest number of photographs.
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Post by Plain Old Petunia on Jan 8, 2014 11:37:49 GMT -5
There is one left in the country, and it happens to be just a few blocks from my office. Does A&W still have the various size glass mugs (little kid size to big/tall adult size) like they used to 50 years ago? Or ìs ìt plastic cups now. The glass mugs was what made them special. At the drive-in with carhops, they do.
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Post by shanendoah on Jan 8, 2014 12:45:52 GMT -5
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Post by Phoenix84 on Jan 8, 2014 14:23:58 GMT -5
I was surprised photographer wasn't on the list.
With good cameras and editing software available and affordable to most people, you don't need a professional photographer to take your family photos. If you want good pictures you want a pro. I've seen some terrible wedding photos from people who have a good camera, software, and no talent or eye for lighting. Perhaps. I don't think professional photographers will go away entirely. People will always want to get absolutely perfect wedding photos after all. But for the vast majority of people for every day use, a camer phone or just a regular digital camera will do the trick just fine. I think the result will be a net decline in the number of professional photographers.
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Post by Phoenix84 on Jan 8, 2014 14:28:09 GMT -5
It's kinda funny. If you think about it, two major superheros have jobs in the newspaper industry. Clark Kent/Superman, and Peter Parker/Spiderman, both work as a newspaper reporter and newspaper photographer respectively. I think they may have to come up with new occupations for those folks.
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Post by Phoenix84 on Jan 8, 2014 14:31:27 GMT -5
I worked as an aide in an institution... That institution is gone, as are many, although some still exist. I think that's more of an evolve though... Going towards community care... Oh yeah, I totally forgot about that. They closed down pretty much all the mental hospitals in the 80's didn't they?
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Post by kilroy on Jan 8, 2014 14:32:56 GMT -5
I have a Master's in Library Science, so technically a librarian, and I work as a researcher in the news industry, which is a nearly extinct job. Why count on a trained researcher when you can Google stuff?
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Post by Phoenix84 on Jan 8, 2014 14:46:16 GMT -5
Umpires extinct? What a weird article. I was a papergirl. I was surprised to see umpires/officials on the list too. I'm not sure where they got that. Every game I know of, even youth sports, has an official. I'm not sure what the alternative is, have everyone who's watching the game take a vote on their smartphones to see if it was a complete pass or not?
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Post by Apple on Jan 9, 2014 0:30:18 GMT -5
With the photography thing... I know that some are having a harder time now that newspapers and magazines are publishing more and more "contributor photos". Regular joes are sending their picks to the paper and the paper publishes them, and they don't have to pay for the photo since most people just want the bragging rights. A French newspaper printed an edition with no photos, to show the value the paid photographers add. www.theverge.com/2013/11/15/5107034/liberation-french-newspaper-removes-all-photos-from-print-editionI think you can have an eye and the skill, without being a professional, but the professionals are the ones who get to spend the majority of their time honing those skills and techniques. But either way, I think a good photographer knows their limitations. My sister wanted one of my coworkers to do her wedding because he takes amazing photographs. Of flowers/landscapes. When I asked him for her, he said no because "I can't do people".
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Post by tloonya on Jan 9, 2014 14:35:41 GMT -5
I was a newspaper reporter! Nuff said LOL. (I know they are not totally extinct, but still.) Speaking of which, where is KGB these days? You mean a member of this forum, kgb? If not - who cares? I do know though... They all lost their kgb jobs, became politicians (using their former connections) and who ever is the luckiest got close to natural resources that they are stealing and selling to whomever around the world. They have basically became that so-called Russian mafia.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2014 14:39:31 GMT -5
Yes Loony, I meant the forum member, KGB18 (I think it's 18). LOL.
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Post by tloonya on Jan 9, 2014 14:46:43 GMT -5
Yes Loony, I meant the forum member, KGB18 (I think it's 18). LOL. So I gave you more than you bargained for...I demand something back!
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Post by Rocky Mtn Saver on Jan 9, 2014 14:52:16 GMT -5
I know travel agents are still around.A few years ago, all but one of the local travel agents had closed down. Some have since re-opened. I still use one occasionally. Not for straight flights, but if it's "complicated", I'd rather deal with a human. When DD went to Cali for her internship last year, I wanted to book a Paris-CA, and NY-Paris return for 6 months later. The internet sites wouldn't let me book without booking the CA-NY leg as well, so I went to the travel agency, and they did it without a problem. (DD booked that herself later.) I also had to get her health insurance, which wasn't available for 6+ months on the internet. Why didn't you just book them as two separate transactions? I just did that a few weeks ago when I decided a week later to use a different carrier for the return trip. The computer didn't know the difference.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2014 14:57:07 GMT -5
Why didn't you just book them as two separate transactions?
Did you do that internationally? Two international one-way tickets?! I think I tried and it was something like 4K or 5K LOL.
ETA: It is possible that the US travel sites are more liberal, but it didn't work here, at least not at an affordable price.
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Post by Phoenix84 on Jan 9, 2014 14:57:53 GMT -5
I don't think you need to be a professional to have a good eye for photography. But as Apple said, professionals typically take the time to hone those skills.
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Post by TheOtherMe on Jan 12, 2014 21:57:11 GMT -5
My first job out of high school was taking shorthand. I doubt there is much of that happening any more.
I remember those early fax machines. It took up an entire room and was so slow.
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Post by taz157 on Jan 14, 2014 0:05:00 GMT -5
Yes Loony, I meant the forum member, KGB18 (I think it's 18). LOL. She's fine. I'm friends with her in FB and she mentioned that she's gotten too busy to be on the boards anymore.
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Post by taz157 on Jan 14, 2014 0:06:51 GMT -5
My first job out of high school was taking shorthand. I doubt there is much of that happening any more. My mom used to teach short hand, in addition to other business classes before I was born. She still uses it herself when needed though.
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Post by busymom on Jan 14, 2014 0:16:51 GMT -5
Taz, my Mom used to teach "secretarial skills" too!
When I was a kid, I worked a summer or two as a locker room attendant at the community pool. So many kids were dropped off & left there for lessons, my main job was making sure they behaved in the locker room. $2 an hour as a glorified babysitter!
After college, I did a long stint in customer service. With so much automation, there's not so many of those folks now.
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Post by steff on Jan 14, 2014 2:14:09 GMT -5
In high school I worked as a file clerk in an accounts payable dept.
I worked at an answering service. The overnight shift. It was all apt maintenance calls & body calls. We got to call the funeral homes to go pick up bodies. It was a trippy job. Me & one other person in a dark little smokey room in an unmarked strip center office in the middle of the night.
I did data entry keying in the credit card applications you used to be able to tear out of magazines. That was another night job. A bunch of women sitting in a cube farm with dim lights. But we could wear headphones & that's where I learned the faster the music, the faster I type. I went from entry person to verifier really quickly. Got the job thru a temp agency.
I did data entry for real estate lots. That was a work at home job. The company was hired by the state or county or something to record every lot in the state. I picked up boxes & boxes of papers & typed until I went thru them. I got $0.65 a page. And made a fortune! The faster the music, the faster the typing paid off on this one.
I did cell phone programming. Opened boxes of phones, plugged them in, hit a few buttons on a computer, waiting while the stuff downloaded & then put the phones back in the boxes. A monkey could have done the job. Was a temp job I did shortly after we moved to Georgia for Xmas money.
I don't know if they still do inventory this way, but I've done a TON of inventory data entry. Keying in the product numbers & the counts. We had to do it twice a year at a pool wholesale company I worked at. We would spend a Friday-Monday with the building closed doing physical inventory. (going down each shelf, one person with a huge printout book of product numbers & one person counting the inventory. Book person would fill in the count & then Tuesday - Friday I'd be locked in an office keying the counts in.
and then I grew up & became a bartender. LOL
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Post by TheOtherMe on Jan 16, 2014 21:28:27 GMT -5
My first job out of high school was taking shorthand. I doubt there is much of that happening any more. My mom used to teach short hand, in addition to other business classes before I was born. She still uses it herself when needed though. I do still remember some of my shorthand. My goal when I graduated high school was to work a few years and become a shorthand and typing teacher. Somehow I ended up graduating with an accounting degree.
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Post by ZaireinHD on Jan 16, 2014 23:51:17 GMT -5
when I went to Brazil I used a Travel agent. he booked me on three tours that I wouldn't have thought of doing as a plan. but maybe when I would have gotten their I would have signed up? also he arranged a taxi or guide to pick me up from the airport and bring me to the hotel and pick once it was time to leave. when I read travel agent - on second thought as an assistant I used to make flight arrangements for management all the time, then have to reschedule flights and make hotel reservations. so does that count me as travel agent?
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Post by grits on Jan 17, 2014 1:16:31 GMT -5
I played music on my armpits for the weddings of clowns, and standup comics.
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