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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-15-07 11:34 AM
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the modern office in 1978
if you look very closely, you can see the ashtrays on the desks

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Dervill Crow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-15-07 11:40 AM
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1. LOL - I remember typing with one hand, holding a cigarette in the other.
Those were the good old days, when a pack of Marlboro reds cost a quarter. March of 1978 when they banned smoking in my building is when I quit--I didn't enjoy being relegated to wind tunnel that they deemed an appropriate smoking area. :eyes:
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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-15-07 11:43 AM
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2. the last office i was able to smoke in was in chicago
in 2000 - early 2001.
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YDogg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-15-07 11:44 AM
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3. I remember typing with one hand, too.
O8)
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davsand Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-15-07 11:46 AM
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4. In the mid 80's I was working in an office with ashtrays.
Most of us smoked and didn't think anything about it until a client would come in and throw a fit about smelling smoke. Even then (knowing smoking was a problem) we were all kind of offended that anybody would actually SAY anything negative about the office policy.

Literally, when I quit smoking while working there I put my cigarettes in the boss's office. I knew that if I wanted a smoke I had to go in there and get one--it REALLY helped me quit because he was an absolute turd.

:evilgrin:


Laura
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Sanity Claws Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-15-07 11:47 AM
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5. What are washing machines doing in an office?
Oops, my bad. They're printers!!
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-15-07 12:05 PM
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6. dumb tubes and males with no bellies.
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baldguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-15-07 12:08 PM
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7. The birth of the cubicle.
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