Dorothy Shooster, standing in front of an original Tascom terminal. Dec. 1984
Ding-a-Ling Interior 1987
proudly, “Ding-a-Ling Answering Service.” It could be seen from Oakland Park Boule vard by all the traffic coming and going to the beach. Up until that point, all of our business was done on the phone. I did not know what to expect with a retail location, but we were up for the challenge. At first, I was all alone in that large room. While sitting there at my desk, I sometimes wondered if I was crazy paying all the addition- al rent on a hope and a prayer that somehow we would come to need it. Stephen joined me making a little room for himself across from my desk. Then Dorothy and soon a few more. We also placed signs in the window, BEEPERS FOR SALE. Clients walked in off the street. One day news cameras came rolling in with a reporter trying to intimidate us with a scam story associated with answering services he was working on. We had nothing to hide. I smiled from ear-to-ear and gave them a tour, too. Answering services are used by all kinds of clients, from doctors to plumbers, carpet installers to any kind of service or sales busi- ness, including individuals that wanted their calls screened privacy.
Wendy Shooster-Leuchter Aug. 8, 1987
Diane Shooster, 1987
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