Things only 90s office workers will understand
If you could just look through this ... that'd be greaaat
Just 90s office things that we remember before smartphones and instant messaging services, workers in the 1990s had to fumble with bulky calculators and CRT monitors.
Getting your floppy disk stuck in the drive
Actually taking a lunch break
Using fax machines
Women's jackets having shoulder pads
PHOTO: Fran Drescher Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/BLIA1_ADwTU/?taken-by=officialfrandrescher&hl=en
Having a hole puncher nearby
PHOTO: Wikimedia commons
Sneaking in some time to play Windows Solitaire
Crunching numbers on an obnoxiously huge calculator
PHOTO: Darren Shaw/SXC
Using a rolodex
PHOTO: Creative Commons CC-BY-SA-2.5
Smoking in the office
PHOTO: Darron Cummings, AP
Using a phonebook
PHOTO: AP
Getting "too" into custom business cards
PHOTO: Photo: Kerry Hayes, Lions Gate Films
Just 90s office things that we remember before smartphones and instant messaging services, workers in the 1990s had to fumble with bulky calculators and CRT monitors.
Getting your floppy disk stuck in the drive
Actually taking a lunch break
Using fax machines
Women's jackets having shoulder pads
PHOTO: Fran Drescher Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/BLIA1_ADwTU/?taken-by=officialfrandrescher&hl=en
Having a hole puncher nearby
PHOTO: Wikimedia commons
Sneaking in some time to play Windows Solitaire
Crunching numbers on an obnoxiously huge calculator
PHOTO: Darren Shaw/SXC
Using a rolodex
PHOTO: Creative Commons CC-BY-SA-2.5
Smoking in the office
PHOTO: Darron Cummings, AP
Using a phonebook
PHOTO: AP
Getting "too" into custom business cards
PHOTO: Photo: Kerry Hayes, Lions Gate Films
Just 90s office things that we remember before smartphones and instant messaging services, workers in the 1990s had to fumble with bulky calculators and CRT monitors.
Getting your floppy disk stuck in the drive
Actually taking a lunch break
Using fax machines
Women's jackets having shoulder pads
PHOTO: Fran Drescher Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/BLIA1_ADwTU/?taken-by=officialfrandrescher&hl=en
Having a hole puncher nearby
PHOTO: Wikimedia commons
Sneaking in some time to play Windows Solitaire
Crunching numbers on an obnoxiously huge calculator
PHOTO: Darren Shaw/SXC
Using a rolodex
PHOTO: Creative Commons CC-BY-SA-2.5
Smoking in the office
PHOTO: Darron Cummings, AP
Using a phonebook
PHOTO: AP
Getting "too" into custom business cards
PHOTO: Photo: Kerry Hayes, Lions Gate Films
If you could just look through this ... that'd be greaaat
In my day, you had to get out of your chair, find a secluded nook in the office and whisper if you wanted to talk smack about your boss. Now all these kids can just use Slack or AIM and snicker at their desks. Bah humbug!
We compiled a list of things that employees and managers will remember about the 1990s that some people just starting in the work force will never know about.