FROM “ELEVEN TIPS ON GETTING MORE EFFICIENCY OUT OF WOMEN EMPLOYEES,” (1943)
• “Give every girl an adequate number of rest periods during the day. A girl is more efficient if she can keep her hair tidied, apply fresh lipstick, and wash her hands several times a day.”• “Be tactful in issuing instructions or in making criticisms. Women can’t shrug off harsh words the way that men do. Never ridicule a woman—it cuts her efficiency.”
• “Give the female employee a definite schedule of duties so that she’ll keep busy without bothering the management for instructions every few minutes.”
• “Be considerate about using strong language around women. Even though a girl’s husband or father may swear vociferously, she’ll grow to dislike a place of business where she hears too much of this.”
That's more unintentionally hilarious - while also deplorable and sad - than Sinbad's comedy act (in my own defense, the reason I was watching Sinbad is that is what channel was already on, and the remote control was nowhere to be found and I was too lazy to get up and look for it - it was under the couch or something).
How did employers think this would be a good idea? Although, now that I think about it, this wasn't even the worst kind of short-sighted prejudice going on - after all, in those days plenty of people still actually believed that folks' skin color should determine which drinking fountain they used.
One other gem that I got recently from my Page-a-Day calendar (what would I do in the off-season withOUT that thing?) was this:
In 2005 Canadian Marc Lachance met and fell in love with a Belgian woman named “Sabine” on a Cuban vacation. Sadly, after the trip, he lost her address and phone number. After some extensive research, he found that there were 3,700 women in Belgium named Sabine and planned to contact all of them until he found the right one. When the European media picked up the story, the real Sabine’s brother heard about it on the radio and told his sister. Moved by the act of love, Sabine tracked down Marc’s phone number, called him, and they made plans to reunite.
I have a couple of thoughts on this item:
- Nothing good happens when you start with Cuba, then mix in a Canadian guy with a Belgian gal. That's just asking for trouble, even if it's at a Waffle House.
- Wasn't this a bad John Cusack/Kate Beckinsale movie a couple of years back? "Serendipity"? I'm thinking it was...
But at least this gives me a good excuse to post a picture of Kate Beckinsale, because Kate Beckinsale = The Hotness.
---JohnnyU
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