Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
I saw the made for tv movie about the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory when I was in elementary school or junior high and that left a lasting impact on me.
Oh shit -- I must have seen that, too, and forgotten. When American Experience did a film about it a couple of years ago, I couldn't figure out why other people didn't know the story at all, but I was so into it. ("Into it" in a horrified way, I mean.)
There's absolutely no reason (economically) to make the design more ergonomic or better for the workers.
A well-designed workplace with workers who have some flexibility is usually cheaper to run, in the long run.
in the long run.
I think you found the problem.
I think you found the problem.
Yeah, the emphasis on quarterly results and managing stock prices so the rich get richer has played havoc with the long run.
When American Experience did a film about it a couple of years ago, I couldn't figure out why other people didn't know the story at all, but I was so into it. ("Into it" in a horrified way, I mean.)
It's part of NYU's campus now, since 1926 or so, and there was stuff up everywhere about it. I feel like I knew about it before that, though.
I definitely knew about it before I lived in NYC, so that's why I'm thinking it was the tv movie. I mean, not that I don't know random things from who knows where.
I'd be interested in seeing the movie now through adult eyes because I was traumatized as a kid. nightmares. all that.
The American Experience one was pretty traumatic for me just recently, so.