Snopes – Transportation magazine ran a “Guide to Hiring Women” article in 1943. – TRUE

Out of date things make me laugh. Below are some of my favorites and you can read the rest here.

  • While there are exceptions, of course, to this rule, general experience indicates that “husky” girls — those who are just a little on the heavy side — are likely to be more even-tempered and efficient than their underweight sisters.
  • Give the female employe in garage or office a definite day-long schedule of duties so that she’ll keep busy without bothering the management for instructions every few minutes.
  • Give every girl an adequate number of rest periods during the day. Companies that are already using large numbers of women stress the fact that you have to make some allowances for feminine psychology. A girl has more confidence and consequently is more efficient if she can keep her hair tidied, apply fresh lipstick and wash her hands several times a day.
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Starbucks in the Mormon capital of the world

I don’t know a whole lot about Mormons or the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. And I certainly don’t want to offend any of my Mormon readers, well, at least today. But from my understanding Mormons do not consume caffeine. So just for the heck of it, I decided to go to the Starbucks webpage and search for Salt Lake City Starbuck locations. I was suprised to discover a total of 21 locations.

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