my dad is a mad men
the steps my dad takes to send me an email:
- on his morning commute, he dictates his letter to me. “dear raynor comma new line i have been very busy lately comma but wanted to respond to your latest email period.”
- upon arriving at his office, he hands the dictation tape (it’s real magnetic tape, not a digital one) to his secretary.
- his secretary transcribes the dictation and then prints it out.
- my dad then checks the printout for typos and corrects them as needed.
- his secretary then incorporates the changes (and my dad proofreads as necessary), and finally sends me the email.
i have never received a text from my dad but can only imagine the machinations that would go into that.
