She looks so happy on the cover, smiling as she listens to her slick little portable record player. Look at her cute little headband and the excellent position in which she holds the pen! Who wouldn’t want her to be his or her secretary?
Little do they know that she is really a brainless automaton created for the sole purpose of writing shorthand. This record actually kills your soul, one word at a time. As the narrator with the slight southern accent intones “Dear… Sirs… since… the… shipment… of… your… Smith… register… we… are… interested… in… knowing… the… progress… you… are… making… with… the… installation…” each bit of humanity is sucked out of you as you concentrate on why exactly you have this job in the first place.
As a pure listening record, this is the most boring recording ever put to vinyl. As an instuction record, this would make me jump out a window rather than ever go back to my office. Use with caution.
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Can you imagine having to do this 7 days a week just to pay your rent? ::shudder::
NO (I am beginning to feel sleep-yyyyyyyy…)
Wow, man. I picked up No. 4 (100-130wpm) This stuff only goes downhill from here. ;)
It’s funny, a discussion on the boring qualities of this recording and only sharing the intro. I’m curious about this and would appreciate the experience of its full boringnessness.