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Violet severely disliked this particular part of the job in the glove department, but it was all clearly ordained in her job description, and she endured it with a dutiful, if sullen politeness.
After trying on a new pair for size, a customer would remove the gloves and then, summarily slap her face with them, in order to assess them for "slapability" and "impertinence-correction" - necessary qualities expected of a gentleman's glove.






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#302 Tue, Nov 28th, 2000
Daze of Our Lives by
Martin Archer
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