I guess I was just meant to be a secretary who doesn't take shorthand. I'm a lousy typist, too - 33 words a minute.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
When you work with somebody for a long period of time, you develop a shorthand with everything.
You can tell a lot in shorthand.
There's shorthand that happens when you work with someone you know where you can almost finish each other's sentences. There's just a certain back and forth that becomes much easier with someone you've worked with for so long.
I have made this letter longer than usual, only because I have not had the time to make it shorter.
I was an office secretary for a long time. A good secretary.
I write pretty quickly. Write pretty fast. I was an old press service man. That was part of the necessity of that occupation.
I was the fastest typist in my school, and I had an obsession with spelling and memorizing.
I am my own secretary; I dictate, I compose, I copy all myself.
I'm really fortunate that I type 120 words a minute.
I answer two or three letters a day. I'm just not the he-has-a-secretary kind of guy.