Two typists tell trade tips
By Frank Shaw
Of the Emerald
That ten-page paper is due
tomorrow The student is all
thumbs and can't even type his
name without making a mistake
In desperation he picks up the
phone and frantically dials
"Hello?” he says." I have a
paper that I need typed right
away Do you think you could do
it for me?"
Julie Reisner, a Eugene typist
who has been taking in typing
jobs for the past 10 years, has
received her share of such calls
"It just goes to show you how
many different types of people
there are in the world " she
says. "Some people bring their
papers in a week before they're
due, and think the re getting
them in at the last minute
Others bring them an hour or
two before they need them and
think they're ahead of the
game "
"When I was going to col
lege." she says, " I would type
papers for my friends for extra
money I'm doing it for the same
reasons now "
Reisner says she worked as a
secretary for a while, but likes
the feeling of working on her
own, where she can set her own
hours and take her own vaca
tions
"I enjoy typing for students."
she says, " because they're in
teresting.” She estimates that
she can type a maximum of 40
pages a day
Ruth Westlund, another home
typist in the area, has been typ
ing for students for about two
and a half years She recalls one
time when a student called her
at ll:30 at night and asked her to
type a paper for him by the next
morning
"Since he made it clear how
important it was to him," she
says, "and since he offered to
pay twice the going rate. I did
it."
Both Westlund and Reisner
charge $1 per page, and both
will correct spelling errors
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Graphic by Betsy Chartton
Westlund says she will cor
rect only minor grammatical er
rors
"If the student wants to," she
says, "I will arrange to go over
the paper with him and explain
what the problems are There is
another charge for this "
Westlund relies on students
for only about half of her work
The other 50 percent comes
from free-lance work for busi
ness
Both typists agree that typing
for students is seasonal work
Reisner claims there is not en
ough work throughout the term
to keep all the typists busy, but
at the end of the term they have
the chance to make up for the
slow weeks In an effort to im
prove communications be
tween the typists and the
students, Westlund compiled a
list of do's and don t s for
students called "Tips from a
Typist "
Her suggestions include us
ing lined paper, ink only, gener
al neatness and consideration
"Never expect the 20 page
late night job” to look like the
20 page paper scheduled with
typist ahead of time she says
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ride," said Bent teleporting
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