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Lost Art of Listening n NEW YORK AP Are you 5 looking for a profitable hobby hobb or ora to good postre postre- a way earn a 1 income j jWell Well WeB why not become a paid listener Its It's a new and wide open field Hardly anybody in America listens any more dont don't listen to their i employers t Children dont don't listen to their parents Students dont don't listen to their teachers Husbands dont don't listen to their wives Waiters dont don't listen to their customers There are even signs si ns that Congress no longer hears ery e e ery- ery thing that Lyndon B. B Johnson says The art of listening is about as dead as scrimshaw which is the theart theart theart art of carving on whalebone People will do almost any any- anything anything anything thing for each other except listen lis lis- listen listen ten to each other The guy who ho will gladly gladly- give you the shirt off his back balks at merely lend lend- lending lending ing you his ear car Today its it's even hard for a minister to recite the marriage ritual without either the bride or the bridegroom in interrupting in- in interrupting him to ask Hows that again What did you say About the only people who do listen are psychiatrists and those who are paid to bug your telephones And there is consid consid- considerable considerable considerable erable suspicion among patients Hal rr Boyle that psychiatrists dont don't really reany listen list n all an the time While no one is willing wilting to lis Its listen ten everybody r. is more than willing to talk Everyone has something he wants to get off his chest This means there has to be a II tremendous market for good listeners Why not tap it Why Q not nol turn your idle hours to fi financial Ii fi advantage by becoming a paid listener Why not rent your ear As soon as I get my pension Im I'm going to start a new ns career as a listener Whenever anyone grabs ma mo maby moby meby by the lapels and starts wagging his jawbone Ill I'll silently hand band him a printed folder which says You are speaking to a B man who earns his living by listen listen- ing So please button y lr mouth unless you are willing to pay my rates What do you think of the idea What you didn't hear a word I Isaid Isaid Isaid said See what I mean Nobody listens
Object Description
| Title | Columbia Missourian Newspaper 1966-08-17 |
| Description | 58th Year, No. 283 |
| Subject |
Columbia (Mo.) -- Newspapers Boone County (Mo.) -- Newspapers |
| Coverage | United States -- Missouri -- Boone County -- Columbia |
| Language | English |
| Date | 1966-08-17 |
| Type | Newspapers |
| Format | |
| Collection Name |
Columbia Missourian Newspaper Collection |
| Publisher.Digital | University of Missouri Library Systems |
| Rights | These pages may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for distribution or publication. |
| Contributing Institution |
State Historical Society of Missouri University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Journalism |
| Copy Request |
Contact the State Historical Society of Missouri at: (800) 747-6366 or (573) 882-7083 or email contact@shsmo.org. Some fees apply: http://shsmo.org/research/researchfees |
| County |
Boone County (Mo.) |
Description
| Title | Columbia Missourian 1966-08-17 Lost: Art of Listening |
| Date | 1966-08-17 |
| Type | article |
| Collection Name | Columbia Missourian Newspaper Collection |
| Item.Transcript | Lost Art of Listening n NEW YORK AP Are you 5 looking for a profitable hobby hobb or ora to good postre postre- a way earn a 1 income j jWell Well WeB why not become a paid listener Its It's a new and wide open field Hardly anybody in America listens any more dont don't listen to their i employers t Children dont don't listen to their parents Students dont don't listen to their teachers Husbands dont don't listen to their wives Waiters dont don't listen to their customers There are even signs si ns that Congress no longer hears ery e e ery- ery thing that Lyndon B. B Johnson says The art of listening is about as dead as scrimshaw which is the theart theart theart art of carving on whalebone People will do almost any any- anything anything anything thing for each other except listen lis lis- listen listen ten to each other The guy who ho will gladly gladly- give you the shirt off his back balks at merely lend lend- lending lending ing you his ear car Today its it's even hard for a minister to recite the marriage ritual without either the bride or the bridegroom in interrupting in- in interrupting him to ask Hows that again What did you say About the only people who do listen are psychiatrists and those who are paid to bug your telephones And there is consid consid- considerable considerable considerable erable suspicion among patients Hal rr Boyle that psychiatrists dont don't really reany listen list n all an the time While no one is willing wilting to lis Its listen ten everybody r. is more than willing to talk Everyone has something he wants to get off his chest This means there has to be a II tremendous market for good listeners Why not tap it Why Q not nol turn your idle hours to fi financial Ii fi advantage by becoming a paid listener Why not rent your ear As soon as I get my pension Im I'm going to start a new ns career as a listener Whenever anyone grabs ma mo maby moby meby by the lapels and starts wagging his jawbone Ill I'll silently hand band him a printed folder which says You are speaking to a B man who earns his living by listen listen- ing So please button y lr mouth unless you are willing to pay my rates What do you think of the idea What you didn't hear a word I Isaid Isaid Isaid said See what I mean Nobody listens |
