It was while I was in the Traffic Department of an import/resale operation. No-one liked anyone. There were actual and regular fistfights among the salesmen, and one particularly memorable fistfight among the teletype operators. One of the vice-presidents was also the office manager. She was so hated some of us would begin our days with a perusal of the obituaries with our fingers crossed and high hopes. Whenever she traveled there was an office pool that either her flight out or her flight home would be "breaking news." I can still recall the sense of relief and well-being I experienced the day I decided to cut my losses, got up and walked out of that hellhole.
In those times, it was common for men to wear hats, shirts, ties, and jackets and women wear dresses and hats to baseball stadiums:
How things have changed:
Your frustration is understood and shared by a great many, but I implore you to reconsider risky behavior. Death from C19 is one of the ugliest imaginable.
You guys have opened my eyes and dimmed the shine of this particular fantasy of mine. I was not aware of his OF activities. I have no appreciation of exploitative initiatives. Now I must regard him as just another smoking hot looking dude I would jump in a heartbeat!
I stand corrected. I became aware of them when I was about six. My mom was probably aware of them much earlier, I just don't remember snatching them off their rollers until I was about six. That was fun.
The introduction of:
Tissues
Varieties of bathroom tissues
Electric automobile windshield wipers
Electric automobile windows and door locks
Automobile automatic transmissions
Automobiles without directional signals
Automobiles had the gear shift on the floor only
Electric can opener
YIKES!!
All indications are that Covid-19 maintains its strength and communicability from the ramprant ignorance and arrogance of the general populations. If the standard precautions had been practiced by all at the beginning, we would very likely be in the final stages of this by now.