Telephone management skills, 1957 edition: Stephen Potter

From the wonderful blog "Vintage Scans," a page from Lifemanship lesson from Stephen Potter, 1957 (11th impression). Potter was a British writer known for dry, mocking, self-help books, and the TV and film projects they inspired.

Boing Boing editor/partner and tech culture journalist Xeni Jardin hosts and produces Boing Boing's in-flight TV channel on Virgin America airlines (#10 on the dial), and writes about living with breast cancer. Diagnosed in 2011. @xeni on Twitter. email: xeni@boingboing.net.

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http://www.luketemplewalsh.com/ Luke Temple Walsh

School for Scoundrels is a great film.
eldueno

These are important recommendations during a time before the mute button was invented.
http://lemoutan.blogspot.com/ Lemoutan

Terry-Thomas is missed.
robdobbs

Wait, back of the head is okay but hand isn’t?
I guess it’s all about the covering the shape of the mouth hole on the phone, and not looking casual to those who can actually see you.
http://twitter.com/anderalert Pat Eisel

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