| The United States is the land of opportunity. There | | | | Another job that is almost gone is the Good Humor |
| are more jobs for people to do than you can | | | | Man. Back in the 50s and 60s you couldn't get Good |
| possibly imagine. And with the advances in | | | | Humor ice cream in stores. The only way was by |
| technology, there are even more jobs for people to | | | | looking out for that famous Good Humor truck. Well, |
| do. Well, actually, that's not really true. See, with the | | | | those trucks are long gone and Good Humor ice |
| advances in technology, there are a lot of old jobs | | | | cream can now be found in your local supermarket. |
| that are pretty much disappearing if not gone | | | | Of course you can't get all the different varieties |
| altogether. We're going to take a look at a few of | | | | that they used to sell, but you can get a few. It's |
| those vanishing dinosaurs in this article. | | | | better than nothing. |
| One job that is almost non existent these days is the | | | | Even tech jobs that were around 20 years ago have |
| job of the shoe salesman, at least in the traditional | | | | vanished. In the early days of computers when |
| sense. Today with stores like Pay Less popping up all | | | | programs were typed up on punch cards we were in |
| over there really is no need for shoe salesmen | | | | desperate need of keypunch operators. Today, with |
| anymore. The reason is because with the new style | | | | programs being able to be typed in directly into the |
| of shoe store, shoes are now openly on display, not | | | | computer by the programmer himself, keypunch |
| just display pairs. You simply go to the rack, pick out | | | | operators are no longer needed. While the skill itself is |
| the shoe you want and if it fits and you like it, you | | | | still somewhat in demand for data entry, that |
| bring it up to the cashier and pay for it. No need for | | | | particular job itself is gone. |
| a salesman. Now those Married With Children | | | | Many repair jobs such as for transistor radios are no |
| episodes become even that much more pathetic. | | | | longer needed because the radios today are so |
| Another job that has gone the way of the dinosaur | | | | cheap, it costs more to fix them than it does to buy |
| is the milk man. Remember how back in the 60s you | | | | a new one. So people just throw away their old |
| used to get your milk delivered right to your door in | | | | radios and buy new ones. So even many tech repair |
| real glass milk bottles. Well, not only have the milk | | | | jobs are vanishing because the cost of making these |
| man jobs vanished but the glass bottles have | | | | things today are so cheap. |
| disappeared as well, not replaced either by paper | | | | No doubt as time moves on, more and more jobs will |
| cartons or plastic jugs. There are still a few dairies | | | | be gone. Let's just hope that they're replaced by |
| sprinkled here and there that deliver milk to your | | | | jobs that your average person can actually do |
| door, but you have to go out hunting for them. | | | | without a degree in advanced calculus. |