An attorney walked in the other morning with a huge stack of documents, almost to her shoulders, and remarked, "I feel sorry for this tree that this came from. Immediately, I began thinking about the light that is flashing on my printer right now, indicating I have less than a thousand pages worth of toner left with which to print, which, to some folks, that wouldn't feel urgent, but in the reporting world, that is an a red alert, for sure.
All of this is a reminder of just how productive we are in our profession, and how needed we are, especially a few days after the governor in California remarked publicly, again, that we don't really need reporters and that court reporting is old fashioned.
Reporting has been around for a long time, I agree. It is "ancient." There are adages, referring to age, that say certain things are as "old as salt and pepper" or a humorous over-the-hill statement I've heard referred to somebody being as "old as sliced bread." That's old. And whereas we get the humor in this, we also can realize that when you have a product or an idea or a profession, mind you, that has lasted for decades and centuries, that technology has not been able to replace, it has proven its worth. With that age and stature and pricesslesness, it deserves high regard and respect, a "toast" with fine wine. There's nobody that can give that deserving respect to us better than ourselves.
Here's to Court reporters everywhere! What a vibrant, high-tech, and needed profession of the 21st Century, and ages to come! Cheers to Court Reporting!
