I read a book by Alvin Toffler called “The Third Wave”. He also wrote “Future Shock”, which warned us to stop having babies.
Well he was wrong about that but The Third Wave, read back in the late 90’s, described a world with homes that become electronic cottages. Everybody will work from home, it said.
So I began to dream. I was, at that time and am not proud of it, a Women’s Libber. I could bring home the bacon, fry it up in a pan....then something about proving to my husband he’s a man. I worked a full time job, made lots of money but, but, but, I HATED THE COMMUTE TO WORK.
I would dream of living in my electronic cottage and after sleeping until I want to awake I’d stumble into the kitchen, get a coffee, gather my papers and get to work.
I commuted by car from Baltimore to DC. I caught a but after parking in the fire department parking lot. I parked near Baltimore’s Little Italy and walked 12 blocks to my job because a)it was the closest I could park and I’d get good exercise.
The commute was always awful.
Well I’m retired now and wish I had a chance to work from home. I would have loved it.
The commute was a waste of a life.
“The commute was a waste of a life.”
Agreed 100%
#29 When women were women.
Mitzi Gaynor kicks it up in the kitchen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWz_JE4Hauo