Alan,

On Sat, 2 Jun 2007 13:15:50 +0100, Alan B. Pearce wrote:

> >It always amazed me that punchgirls (they were always girls)
> >could hold a perfectly good conversation with several others
> >while doing their work at full speed (which could be well
> >into 3 figures of keystrokes per minute).
> 
> Yeah, and the machine software logged their speed allowing payments by 
> keystroke type of operations.

It did log their keystroke-speeds, along with error rates, but at the place I worked they weren't paid according to that, it was just watched to see 
that everyone was pulling their weight.  And perhaps as a means for deciding on promotions - but certainly not for a week-by-week pay adjustment.
 
> And yes, they were always girls - the hard as nails sort that meant you 
> didn't venture into the punch room without reason ....

Good grief, did you work at the same place as I?  :-)))  As I said though, we had to walk through there to get to our office - and new 
wet-behind-the-ears programmers always got whistled at as they went through!

Cheers,


Howard Winter
St.Albans, England


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