I’m so old …

[sartre play]

AM so old I remember when we had lots of stores to shop in,
and lots of helpful workers, helping us with our choices.

 

[BackAgain]

They would actually be stewards, it's a term leftover from passenger ships.

On trains they were porters.

Correct. The feminine ending was only applied to the women.

 

[sartre play]

And i remember when we had a little sense of humor.

 

[MisterBeale]

And i remember when we had a little sense of humor.

We all had a sense of humor in those days!

 

[d0gbreath]

I can still remember thinking that the adults knew what the Hell they were doing.

 

[Unkotare]

No. It was far more recent. And even as to flight attendants, nobody called a male flight attendant a “stewardess.”

Yeah, "flight attendant" came before actresses were called "actors."

 

[d0gbreath]

What about male nurses? Why do they feel the need to indicate that a particular nurse is a man?

 

[Coyote]

Me too. I like my pajama bottoms but I sure don’t wanna be seen in them by neighbors. I get my jeans on to answer a door.

You wouldn’t believe what I see …. and it isn’t just Walmart!

 

[MisterBeale]

You wouldn’t believe what I see …. and it isn’t just Walmart!

Agreed.

IMO? The pandemic only accelerated trends.