RE: The age of convenience [EN/PT]

Reading this has reminded me of my grandfather and my uncle. They both owned a large general store in our town. They worked together as father and son and were partners, and it was impressive to watch them mentally add up the prices while they watched the items a customer was ordering and placing them on the counter. Then, at the end of the transaction, they would tell the total account mount without making a mistake. And they both also wore a small pencil behind their ear, and when they were serving several customers at the same time, they would "to lean on a little" writing totals on paper. I'm talking about the mid-70s to late 80s here in my town. For me, it's still fascinating to remember, and it seemed to me that they had a "superpower" 😂 because I was a boy in school then, but I got my first calculator (a CASIO M-1, I remember it very well) when I was 8 years old, and I never learned to add or do other operations with the mental agility that my uncle and grandfather had. In fact, they both used to make fun of me. A little bit of me challenging myself to add by quickly dictating numbers to me! 🤣... My uncle died a decade ago. He was blind for the last 30 years of his life, but he was always at his hardware store (a business he founded after my grandfather died and the grocery store closed). The hardware store was run by his employees, but my uncle still had his ability to add, multiply, divide, and subtract by hearing numbers. Furthermore, because of his blindness, he memorized the locations of products on the shelves and would often tell the employees where to find things customers were asking for. In fact, my uncle died of a sudden heart attack, sitting near the order fulfillment area of ​​his hardware store. He never stopped working, literally! Thank you for this post. You write very well, and what you write evokes personal experiences in the reader. That's a gift, and I'm glad you have it!...

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