My dad used to run a print shop and we always had to help with the front desk and if a shipment came in, then we had to help unload the truck. I miss those days, of having cool t shirts before anyone else did. My dad used to always let us see the new funny t shirt designs before anyone else. Then if we wore them to school and our friends like them, they would ask their parents to take them to my dad’s shop and get one.

This was very smart on my dad’s part, even though I never realized what he was doing until I was much older. I just figured that he wanted us to have the cool t shirts before anyone else got them.

When I was sixteen, I got to learn how to run the big print machine. I had always watched my older brothers make the funny t shirt designs appear on different t shirts and had wanted to help. I was always told that I was too little and would have to wait until I was bigger. The day I got to finally run it, I was so happy.

My dad sold his print shop about two years later, and retired. I do not think that the new owners had the shop very long before it seemed that the internet was where everyone was getting their cool t shirts. I miss the old print shop; it is a great memory from my childhood.