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- gdog05, on 10/10/2007, -9/+194"Nothing says job well done like a firm, open-palmed, smack on the ass..."
- surilamin, on 10/10/2007, -10/+102Rule 0: Avoid hiring women if you can, and if you do have to hire them, fire them before they get pregnant.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -7/+96As if those rules aren't 100% accurate.
- gossipninja, on 10/10/2007, -3/+89TFA (in case is goes down...and that is only a rule for white house interns and pr0n stars)
The following is an excerpt from the July 1943 issue of Transportation Magazine. This was quite serious at its time and written for male supervisors of women in the work force during World War II - a mere 58 years ago! Obviously, the intent was not to be "funny," but by today's standards, this is hilarious!
For those of you with efficiency issues, pay attention to #8.
There is no longer any question whether transit companies should hire women for jobs formerly held by men. The draft and manpower shortage has settled that point. The important things now are to select the most efficient women available and how to use them to the best advantage.
Here are eleven helpful tips on the subject:
1. Pick young married women. They usually have more of a sense of responsibility than their unmarried sisters. They are less likely to be flirtatious. They need the work, or they would not be doing it. They still have the pep and interest to work hard and to deal with the public efficiently.
2. When you have to use older women, try to get ones who have worked outside the home at some time in their lives. Older women who have never contacted the public have a hard time adapting themselves and are inclined to be cantankerous and fussy. It is always well to impress upon older women, the importance of friendliness and courtesy.
3. General experience indicates that "husky" girls - those who are just a little on the heavy side - are more even-tempered and efficient than their underweight sisters.
4. Retain a physician to give each woman you hire a special physical examination - one covering female conditions. This step not only protects the property against the possibilities of lawsuit, but also reveals whether the employee-to-be has any female weaknesses that would make her mentally or physically unfit for the job.
5. Stress, at the outset, the importance of time; the fact that a minute or two lost here and there makes serious inroads on schedules. Until this point is gotten across, service is likely to be slowed up.
6. Give the female employee a definite daylong schedule of duties so that they will keep busy without bothering the management for instructions every few minutes. Numerous properties say that women make excellent workers when they have their jobs cut out for them, but that they lack initiative in finding work themselves.
7. Whenever possible, let the inside employee change from one job to another at some time during the day. Women are inclined to be less nervous and happier with change.
8. Give every girl an adequate number of rest periods during the day. You have to make some allowances for feminine psychology. A girl has more confidence and is more efficient if she can keep her hair tidied, apply fresh lipstick and wash her hands several times a day.
9. Be tactful when issuing instructions or in making criticisms. Women are often sensitive; they cannot shrug off harsh words the way men do. Never ridicule a woman - it breaks her spirit and cuts off her efficiency.
10. Be reasonably considerate about using strong language around women. Even though a girl's husband or father may swear vociferously, she will grow to dislike a place of business where she hears too much of this.
11. Get enough size variety in operator's uniforms so that each girl can have a proper fit. This point cannot be stressed too much in keeping women happy. - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -7/+92Bartender: "You know, times are changing. Ladies can do stuff now and you're going to learn how to deal with it."
Ron Burgundy: "What? Were you saying something? Look, I don't speak Spanish." - doctorfungi, on 10/10/2007, -14/+92"Never ridicule a woman - it breaks her spirit and cuts off her efficiency."
But... But... But that's why it's fun! - Magistrate, on 10/10/2007, -6/+79While dated and pretty blatant about talking down to women, these rules on a whole are good guidelines on how to run any business that employs men and women.
1. Pick employees who have a reason to be working.
2. Get employees who have previous work experience.
3. Find employees who are even-tempered and good at dealing with stressful situations.
4. Give employees medical care to eliminate any down-time due to illness.
5. Present everyone with guidelines on how to perform their jobs and maintain efficiency.
6. Make sure employees know exactly what they're expected to perform.
7. Provide different jobs to workers so they stay focused and don't get bored.
8. Provide employees with adequate time off.
9. Use constructive criticism when addressing performance issues with employees.
10. Do not use inappropriate language in the work place.
11. Provide employees with proper uniforms to increase safety. - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -6/+74haha fat girls are better employees.
- 1337Einstein, on 10/10/2007, -1/+67It's like reading digg comments.
- brstilson, on 10/10/2007, -9/+73If you want to be happy for the rest of your life, never make a pretty woman your wife. If you want my personal point of view, get an ugly girl to marry you
- uncertain, on 10/10/2007, -1/+52This is a repeat. I saw it on line in 1944
- webcure, on 10/10/2007, -4/+51This is hilarious! I loved number #1.
Pick young married women. They usually have more of a sense of responsibility than their unmarried sisters. They are less likely to be flirtatious.
Ah yes... - yunus, on 10/10/2007, -5/+48We used to be so smart and refined as a society. What happened to us?
- canewediggit, on 10/10/2007, -19/+62 "Be tactful when issuing instructions" - unless you're writing this guide
- leethemanpowell, on 10/10/2007, -5/+47no, $20 says he married a "husky" girl.
- surilamin, on 10/10/2007, -9/+47The old golden rule of "Never trust anything that bleeds for 5 days and doesn't doesn't die," went out the window.
- spyrochaete, on 10/10/2007, -18/+55Buried as inaccurate. Nothing about beating her with a nice sack of valencia oranges. They show her who's boss and they don't leave a bruise.
- herrferret, on 04/03/2008, -4/+39in a world not gone political-correctness mad its actually quite reasonable, of course its somewhat sexist and is a bit clichéd however women are different to men! Even though the section about lipstick and hand washing may seem terribly sexist, Its blunt and to the point. Men have a higher tolerance for scruffiness.
Even the bit about sizing uniforms seems sane, I think its awful when I see female postal workers, police and uniformed staff are wearing baggy men's clothes. it says 'We care so little about you that you wear what we tell you to wear'. The fashions of the 1940's for uniformed workers were classy and smart.
Down with sexism and political correctness. Hurrah for sanity! - mstoneburner, on 10/10/2007, -7/+41There's not a single thing about that list that doesn't apply today.
- logosx1, on 10/10/2007, -1/+35Hard to imagine, since honesty has gone extinct.
- troyfoley, on 10/10/2007, -11/+44$20 says brstilson is an ugly chick.
- indyGuy, on 10/10/2007, -6/+39This explains so much about my female employees... if only they'd taught this in business school.
- freebsdmike, on 10/10/2007, -1/+32Actually my grand mother was taught math. She also programed in Fortran.
- eean, on 10/10/2007, -0/+30"4. Retain a physician to give each woman you hire a special physical examination - one covering female conditions. This step not only protects the property against the possibilities of lawsuit, but also reveals whether the employee-to-be has any female weaknesses that would make her mentally or physically unfit for the job."
Is that just a complicated way of saying make sure she isn't pregnant? Wtf are they talking about? - jrizzo, on 10/10/2007, -3/+33While lacking tact, this actually DOES reflect the modern management manual. Women like uniforms that fit snug, like to take a few bathroom breaks, have special medical needs, etc... Nothing wrong with any of that. Some of the stuff about initiative and work-load makes a few too many generalizations, but other than that, this says the truth without sugar.
- d7415, on 10/10/2007, -0/+30Ah, but the guide isn't aimed at women, is it?
- airiox, on 10/10/2007, -2/+29"General experience indicates that "husky" girls - those who are just a little on the heavy side - are more even-tempered and efficient than their underweight sisters."
gotta love that one. - tcpip4lyfe, on 10/10/2007, -9/+35No. They aren't.
- PaperMonkey, on 10/10/2007, -1/+27Paste brstilson's comment into Google, hit I'm feeling lucky and allow the music education portion of your day to commence..
- dezmo, on 10/10/2007, -3/+28just cuz your wife cheats on you doesn't mean they all do idiot
- akatherder, on 10/10/2007, -9/+34#11 Always hire the applicant with the biggest *****.
- Tigress74, on 10/10/2007, -2/+27Back then they knew, a well fed woman was a happy woman.
- manstein01, on 10/10/2007, -4/+29I see you have read the Wal-Mart guide to hiring.
- JDRay, on 10/10/2007, -1/+23Thanks. The link is indeed down.
As a small business owner who has, over the last year, employed more women than men by a slight margin, I can say that several of these things ring true, regardless of their "PC-ness." OTOH, the great portion of them apply to everyone, regardless of gender. Oh and, in my experience, #6 applies to men far, far more than it does women. - spidoman, on 10/10/2007, -2/+24gah! I read that and then not a second later a fat chick walked by. And because I haven't had caffeine yet today, I thought hmmmm maaaaybe.
I hate you more than anything in the world right now. - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -2/+24Actually, that guide was spot on... what... whad I say?
- anandadaydream, on 10/10/2007, -2/+24I hate to admit it, but, being a woman, I can... yeah I have to say they're pretty much right. ^^; Only, as others have pointed out, a lot of those guidelines are true for young employees in general.
- MasterBeowulf, on 10/10/2007, -2/+24"husky" girls FTW
- yojiffyskippy, on 10/10/2007, -2/+23Your comment was hilarious. I regret that I have but one Digg to give you.
- Kinkistyle, on 10/10/2007, -12/+32"Pretty" and "Ugly" are relative terms.
- RxDaniel, on 10/10/2007, -1/+21That's because you are gonna ram into the driver side of my car.
- DirtySnachez, on 10/10/2007, -8/+28very politically incorrect, but hits the nail on the head in most cases.
- jdoe562, on 10/10/2007, -4/+22I didn't realize that hiring fatties was a guideline still used today.
- DangerStepp, on 10/10/2007, -9/+27What's so funny about it? Everything contained therein was completely true!
- mysterioushouse, on 10/10/2007, -10/+27The article itself is hardly that bad, considered in its cultural context, but wtf - dudes. I've never seen so many misogynist comments at a time. Don't any of you have girlfriends?
..wait. This is digg. I forgot. - diggitizer, on 10/10/2007, -6/+23What I love about it is, despite being from the 1940's its entirely relevant and undated.
What I am sad about it how the feminazis take valid points (about employing people in general) and tout INSANE ideas of their own as the PC solution.
Feminism is to sex as racism is to race. - sdcarter, on 10/10/2007, -2/+19Ain't it the truth?! Plus there's more cushion for the pushin'.
- SierraAlpha, on 10/10/2007, -2/+18Don't tell me what to do.
- sonaboy, on 10/10/2007, -4/+20In agreement, I'd also like to say, "*****." Women were taught math, because women taught math to other students. They were going to college, they were in the workforce - just not in the factory workforce yet. This was 1947, not 1747.
Jesus Krist you guys are lame. -
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