Wednesday, January 7, 2009

In Response to John's Inquiry in the Comment Section

Here's what Wiki says about the ol pink slip>

Pink slip refers to the American practice, by a personnel department, of including a discharge notice (printed on pink paper) in an employee's pay envelope to notify the worker of his or her termination of employment or layoff.[1] According to an article in The New York Times, the editors of the Random House Dictionary dated the term to at least 1910.[1] Originally the color of the paper had no particular significance. In the UK and Ireland the equivalent of a pink slip is a P45, in Belgium the equivalent is known as a C4. - Wikipedia

-It seems the pink slip dates back to a time before people like "Enis" and "sensitivity training" existed. A time when men drank whiskey in the office and women prepared a sumptuous roast, while chain smoking and fantasizing about the latest blender to hit the market. ~P

1 comment:

  1. Don't forget the botched abortions. According to "Revolutionary Road" that was also quite the '50's housewife activity.

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