Environmental Apocalypse Stock Photo Theater
Detroit 1926
“Did you hear Henry Ford is instituting a five-day work week down at the plant?
“Henry Ford has gone soft. The employees are running the asylum! If industry adopts a five-day workweek America is finished. Idle hands do the devil’s work!”
“I hear he says it will increase efficiency.”
“Since when does working less result in more efficiency? This is madness! How long until the workers are agitating for a four-day workweek?”
“I give it a year.”
Present Day
“The company just announced a four-day workweek!”
“Sweet. Now I’ll have more time to coach my son’s team, care for my parents, and volunteer in the community.”
“How long has the five-day workweek been the norm?”
“Who knows? Probably forever.
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