Wonderful Names from AT&T in the '80s
These are real people who worked for AT&T in the early 1980's...
Pier Guidi -- A manager at Bell Labs. Even though the name may sound slight, this was a tall, good looking man who was direct and quite popular with the women.
Pieta Vegetabile (pronounced veg-a-ta-BEE-lay) -- A woman working at Bell Labs... She was the ultimate librarian, and seemed to be stuck in the role of permanent victim. She hated her name.
Evander Duck -- known to all as Van Duck -- a wonderful man working on computers
Grundy Grossnickel -- A kind, gentle man working in one of the operating companies
Lilla B. Lykes -- A secretary for an executive VP of the company. Several hundred people attended her retirement party.
Frank Blount -- This man was a VP -- eventually was VP of the network. He looked and acted like he had been sent over from central casting to play the role of VP. He was very handsome and had the reputation of being a coxman. He had a sailboat along the Jersey coast that was apparently well known among the AT&T secretaries. He was a fastidious dresser and insisted that people working for him dress sharply in formal business attire. He always dressed in tailored 4 button suits. He got into an elevator with someone wearing a blue blazer one day and cracked, "Where's the Regatta, Admiral?" Another Frank Blount story is that he was walking through the building at AT&T with someone who worked for him, and they saw a shapely woman. Frank said that he thought she was one of the sexiest women in the building and he'd really like to jump her -- or something equally crude. The other guy said he recommended against it. Frank asked why, and the guy said, "Because she's my wife."
Frank Blount is a a double Tom-Swifty. "Let me be blunt," said Frank. "Let me be frank," said Blount.
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