Workplaces no fun anymore, it doesn't have to be this way

[renard_ruse]

We hear all the time about how "uptight" and "uncool" America was prior to the rise of modern (post-60s/70s) liberalism.

Yet, people had a lot more fun at work. Men and women not only openly flirted, they actually even dated and screwed each other. People would go out for a business lunch and have a drink, or two, or three. People even smoked, and cursed, and had a good time during the workday (I'm not advocating a return to tobacco smoking indoors mind you just sayin).

And, guess what, productivity and morale was just as high or higher as our repressed, morally stringent, and uptight workplaces of today.

 

[renard_ruse]

Heck, businesses even used to decorate for Christmas.

How could they do such a terrible thing?

 

[Doom_Guy]

When I was in high school, I made fun of the intellect of special education placements and was threatened with jail because of it.

If I did that 50-60 years ago, nothing would have come of it.

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

Two words:

Human Resources.

 

[renard_ruse]

Now people go to work with dour faces, act as though they are completely asexual and have no sexual attraction to anyone, are afraid to laugh or joke or have a good time.

Even the Seven Dwarfs said you should whistle while you work. Try whistling at most modern workplaces and see what happens. For that matter dare saying the word dwarf at most modern workplaces and see what happens.

Things just suck now, and for the most part its the allegedly open minded liberals who demanded these changes.

 

[Doom_Guy]

Here is a book that was written by a New York attorney explaining (in great detail) the reasons behind the excessive and overreaching bureaucracy in schools and workplaces.

http://philipkhoward.com/book/the-death-of-common-sense/

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

Two words:


Human Resources.

 

[Doom_Guy]

The United States civil justice system has been taken over by civil extortion artists who have completely rewritten the legal framework governing the scope and limitations of civil law in America.

For what reason?

Money.

Lots and lots of money!

 

[bronzeage]

The really bizarre aspect of this thread is the idea renard has a job.

 

[Disgustipated]

The really bizarre aspect of this thread is the idea Mike Yates has a job.

FYPYW

 

[thør]

"If you don't like your job, you don't go on strike. You just go in every day and do it really half-assed - that's the American way."

- Homer Simpson

 

[phrodeau]

Now people go to work with dour faces, act as though they are completely asexual and have no sexual attraction to anyone, are afraid to laugh or joke or have a good time.

Even the Seven Dwarfs said you should whistle while you work. Try whistling at most modern workplaces and see what happens. For that matter dare saying the word dwarf at most modern workplaces and see what happens.

Things just suck now, and for the most part its the allegedly open minded liberals who demanded these changes.

In that case, I suggest you send an application to Disneyland.

 

[Noor]

It was actually only fun for the white males back then, now it's just equally no fun for everyone

 

[NOIRTRASH]

I worked a few places where female staff got fucked atop their desks or in the boss's office. But I got invited home, a few times, by female staff.

 

[Aella_]

I worked a few places where female staff got fucked atop their desks or in the boss's office. But I got invited home, a few times, by female staff.

What for? To replace the lightbulb?

 

[Lancecastor]

Half of all workers have been involved in at least 1 workplace romance.

Renard must be hanging with the other half.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/adventures-in-dating/201306/workplace-romance-motives

 

[Aella_]

That's some contrast.
Noirtrash talks about people getting at it atop their desks, and Lance talks about workplace romance.

 

[SgtSpiderMan]

Now people go to work with dour faces, act as though they are completely asexual and have no sexual attraction to anyone, are afraid to laugh or joke or have a good time.

Even the Seven Dwarfs said you should whistle while you work. Try whistling at most modern workplaces and see what happens. For that matter dare saying the word dwarf at most modern workplaces and see what happens.

Things just suck now, and for the most part its the allegedly open minded liberals who demanded these changes.

I can name a Fortune 100 company that makes employees dress up as dwarves.

 

[Lancecastor]

That's some contrast.
Noirtrash talks about people getting at it atop their desks, and Lance talks about workplace romance.

There's a difference?

 

[gardenia19]

The new president at my work would prefer it if we never had a holiday party. He thinks it's stupid to close the office for a half day twice a year. The fucking horror. we lost our half day for the Christmas holiday party and just had lunch.

 

[Lancecastor]

The Office Christmas Party.... If Bill Cosby is guilty of anything, then 25-50% of all male executives from his era should also be charged with rape.

Put all the penii in jail!

 

[NOIRTRASH]

What for? To replace the lightbulb?

Copulation.

 

[RobDownSouth]

It was actually only fun for the white males back then, now it's just equally no fun for everyone

Exactly.

Renard's lamenting the loss of his precious white male privilege of days of yore.

(yeesh....autocorrect had an "Ishmael moment" and changed the above to "days of you're".)

 

[Queersetti]

The really bizarre aspect of this thread is the idea renard has a job.

He does not actually indicate that he has a job, merely that he had one at some point in the distant past.

 

[Aella_]

We hear all the time about how "uptight" and "uncool" America was prior to the rise of modern (post-60s/70s) liberalism.

Yet, people had a lot more fun at work. Men and women not only openly flirted, they actually even dated and screwed each other. People would go out for a business lunch and have a drink, or two, or three. People even smoked, and cursed, and had a good time during the workday (I'm not advocating a return to tobacco smoking indoors mind you just sayin).

And, guess what, productivity and morale was just as high or higher as our repressed, morally stringent, and uptight workplaces of today.

I think that it also depends on the manager, who sets the tone.

If the manager is easy-going and supportive: people enjoy and have fun doing their job.

But if the manager is paranoid and fault-finding: people become tense and guarded, and some of them start throwing complaints at each other, in order to cover their backs".