19 Jobs From Your Parents' Era That Would Make Gen Alpha Say "Wait, People Actually Did That?"

Published: May 14, 2026 10:31 AM • Updated: May 14, 2026 12:34 PM • Original source

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“I had one call where the guy had a shoe fetish and just kept asking weird questions about the shoes in the catalog. It took me way too long to figure out what was going on.”