Talk:Sally Gerber

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That bit about personally answering each of the 800,000 customer letters per year since 1938 has to be wrong. Unless I'm missing something, that's basically saying that she's worked a 16-hour day every single day of the year, answering on average one letter every thirty seconds, since she was 10 years old. If she were my daughter I'd have told her to go outside and get some air, for crying out loud.

I can imagine that they might get 800,000 letters per year nowadays, but has anyone got some slightly more credible info relating to Sally Gerber's personal involvement in this operation? That's a mailbag approaching North-Pole proportions.

Here's a snip from another source: "[Gerber Products'] Consumer Relations Department responds to 800,000 consumer questions a year. The department was set up in 1938, with Dorothy Gerber personally responding to each letter."

So, it doesn't sound like she personally responds to each letter nowadays, and I should hope not. If she were my grandma I'd tell her to put her feet up and watch the telly.

Anyways, just thought I'd post this in Talk in the hope that someone might be able to dig a little deeper and format it properly.

Cheers