A secretary’s work

Seated at home in a rocking chair near a lovely stone fireplace, Marguerite Cormier explains the ins and outs of her work as a secretary at Lafayette.

Transcript:

I was Mr. Cook’s and Mr. Bergeron’s secretary.  Bergeron was the general manager; Mr. Cook was the owner.  Me, I wrote out correspondence in shorthand, English-French.  Afterward, I’d type it out, I made the production tags and when I had time, we’d go do accounting with the accountant.  Get the money… Everything was paid in cash.  We had a hundred or so employees, and it was all paid in cash.  We counted the cash, put it in the envelopes.  And he called us the litt’e girls.  (He said:) « Comme put money in the pay ».  We did it. But it was always done without any fuss. I call it that.