1943
Posted by Deutlich on January 23rd, 2008 | Filed under: UncategorizedWOW! I would have loved working back in 1943. I mean, just look at this article? It’s obviously a recipe for an enormously successful and fantastically splendid work environment!
… except not.
January 23rd, 2008 at 3:15 pm
Ah…it was a different time back then.
January 23rd, 2008 at 3:24 pm
Wow. How forward thinking.
Ugh.
January 23rd, 2008 at 3:32 pm
I’m kind of amused by this though. I mean, to some degree, while some of the points are absurd, they get the female psychology more then than they do now. If that makes sense at all. I for one am all for having different sizes if there must be a uniform code. No one wants to see boobies bulging out of a top that’s too big on the bottom.
January 23rd, 2008 at 3:45 pm
This is hanging in my office.
January 23rd, 2008 at 4:55 pm
Dude, I’m all about a job that makes some allowances for feminine psychologies. If my hair is untidied, I CAN’T WORK. I’m glad they were so enlightened about this back in 1943.
January 23rd, 2008 at 4:57 pm
Wow. Yeah that’s all I have to say. Wow.
January 23rd, 2008 at 5:02 pm
Dude. This is ridiculous. I can’t even help but laugh at how ridiculous.
I’ll make sure when I get a “real” job (not as an off the books nanny), I’ll tell them I need plenty of breaks to refresh my lipstick and fix my hair!
January 23rd, 2008 at 5:34 pm
Well it’s nice to know that we’ve come a long way.
January 23rd, 2008 at 5:37 pm
Oh, GREAT! Now everyone is gonna know my secret hiring tips!
DAMMIT!
January 23rd, 2008 at 5:49 pm
Stacy – It sure was.
Sequined – you know, that was my thought exactly.
Distracted – But.. but.. what if I did? *ahem*
Verybad – that’s hilarious
Jess – You know, now that you put it that way… that’s a damn fine point!
Lacey – Hahaha. Likewise.
Jamie – I DARE you too.
Ashley – Very true. Very, very true.
TK – You crack me the hell up.
January 23rd, 2008 at 6:05 pm
I wrote a paper in my Food & Society class in college that compared women’s relationship with food and other stuff as seen through Good Housekeeping magazine in the late 1940s vs. the late 1990s. The articles and advertisements blew my mind completely.
January 23rd, 2008 at 6:17 pm
Wait, what’s wrong with this article? It’s all true.
January 23rd, 2008 at 6:38 pm
WTF?! This is kind of amusing actually. Crazy how people used to think. Thank goodness I wasn’t a working girl in 1943. Well I’d probably have some other issues in 1943 as well, so thank goodness all around I wasn’t born back then. #3 is my favorite!
By the way I went to print out this article from your blog and ended up printing out your entire blog. You’ll be happy to know it is 25 pages. I shredded it.
January 23rd, 2008 at 7:57 pm
im down with keping women hapy, but as a black man, dont know if i would have liked 1943. nice blog chk me out one day
January 23rd, 2008 at 8:55 pm
Oh my god, that is just awful!
January 23rd, 2008 at 8:57 pm
Nicole – I’d be quite interested to see that, actually.
Ex – bwaaahahahahaha
1218 – Dude, you and me both! I’d be fucked on both ends, being black AND German, after all. Woah. PS: Thank you for shredding it. I’m not sure it needs to see the light of day other than on the internets, hahaha.
Torrance – See above.
January 23rd, 2008 at 9:28 pm
Wow. I have actually seen something similar to that before, it’s quite ridiculous.
January 23rd, 2008 at 11:25 pm
I’d be cool with a strong language rule and frequent lipstick breaks!
January 24th, 2008 at 1:38 am
that totally how I decide who to date. husky young married women with no “female troubles” downstairs! holla!
January 24th, 2008 at 4:14 am
I like the frequent break thing. Keep me happy, that’s what I say.