I worked as an information operator for the telephone co. in Southern Calif. I was a college drop out. The money was pretty good then. Problem was the supervisor would listen in to see how fast you looked up #'s etc. I am a pretty social person(today I am a tour director)they put me in this little cubicle OMG, someone would call looking for a # guess what??I would recognize the voice then have a personal conversation. Caught so many times, they still wouldn't fire me. One day I was offered a temporary job as a hostess at the Long Beach Sail Boat show, instead of asking if I could have the time off, I just hung up my headphones and left, they still didn't fire me!!! Finally after the longest year of my life they did!! To this day I am still really good at looking up #'s, One problem I have, I have trouble reading the phone book today!!!That damn print is so small!! That year probably ruined my eyesight.