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[pitdakota]

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@RoughDraft wrote:

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@Reever wrote:
I guess so prefer a more formal newscast. The television anchor should have the demeanor of Walter Cronkite. Grown men on air dancing while taking a bite of food ? I pine for the Golden era which sadly will never return. Social media is to blame in my opinion. Lax dress codes are the norm. A woman at my local bank was wearing jeans. A teenage boy wearing a baseball cap at Applebees last week. I see these instances too often to count. I believe that professionalism will lead to sales not gimmicks or faux atmospheres that try to make these people be our friends. Don't like the direction our once great country is heading. I know younger people will disagree but things are not better today. Health care is in a crisis, wages are stagnant, home ownership is on the decline, young people can't afford to stay home and raise children. I really think we are at a crisis point in America.

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That's it, blame a coffee mug!  

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@RoughDraft, not to mention the 1960s were plagued with the assassination of 3 prominent political figures, major riots, the Cuban Missile crisis, the Vietnam War, etc., etc.  Not saying we don't have major issues now, but to over glamorize the 1960s by some fond remembrance of professionalism to blame a lack of it as the root of today's challenges just doesn't seem to really address those current challenges.   At least not to my way of thinking.

A state that borders my state, just closed the largest inland ship builder in the United States today.  They had been in business more than 100 years.  Lots of people lost their jobs today.  I wish the answer for those that lost their jobs today was as simple as people drinking coffee on a TV show.    

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[RoughDraft]

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@pitdakota wrote:

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@RoughDraft wrote:

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@Reever wrote:
I guess so prefer a more formal newscast. The television anchor should have the demeanor of Walter Cronkite. Grown men on air dancing while taking a bite of food ? I pine for the Golden era which sadly will never return. Social media is to blame in my opinion. Lax dress codes are the norm. A woman at my local bank was wearing jeans. A teenage boy wearing a baseball cap at Applebees last week. I see these instances too often to count. I believe that professionalism will lead to sales not gimmicks or faux atmospheres that try to make these people be our friends. Don't like the direction our once great country is heading. I know younger people will disagree but things are not better today. Health care is in a crisis, wages are stagnant, home ownership is on the decline, young people can't afford to stay home and raise children. I really think we are at a crisis point in America.

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That's it, blame a coffee mug!  

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@RoughDraft, not to mention the 1960s were plagued with the assassination of 3 prominent political figures, major riots, the Cuban Missile crisis, the Vietnam War, etc., etc.  Not saying we don't have major issues now, but to over glamorize the 1960s by some fond remembrance of professionalism to blame a lack of it as the root of today's challenges just doesn't seem to really address those current challenges.   At least not to my way of thinking.

A state that borders my state, just closed the largest inland ship builder in the United States today.  They had been in business more than 100 years.  Lots of people lost their jobs today.  I wish the answer for those that lost their jobs today was as simple as people drinking coffee on a TV show.    

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@pitdakota I know.  What I don't understand is why some find comfort (?) in comparing generations and trying to place blame.  Will it cure anything?  Humanity really hasn't changed much from decade to decade.  A young man wearing a baseball cap in Applebees...really?  And just when baseball caps seem to be the norm (if you get my drift).

I'm sorry about the ship yard layoffs.  My dad was a welder in a ship yard during WW!!.  That ship yard is no more.  But I digress.

[JCF]

@Reever

The coffee or tea, whichever it is, doesn't bother me as much as the wine.

I think wine on air is demeaning and not a good thing for anyone especially the younger ones, if they are out of school and watching.

Teens have enough pressure with other drugs etc.  Now there's wine on the job.  What a terrible example!!!!!

[151949]

Where I worked there was simply no effort made to provide any breaks or lunchtimes so we drank and ate at our desk , which was outside our patient's room.Usually while we did our charting or other paperwork. Until the last few years we did not eat/drink when it was visiting hours so the families did not see us but then it became in vogue for 24/7 visiting so we had no choice.When you are working 12 - 16 and sometimes 24 straight hours you MUST eat. Beside that we did hard physical work - lifting & turning patients all day long. Anyway visitors often complained to management they saw us eating at our desks - then management would come down on us about it - but they still never supplied the necessary relief people so we could leave the unit to go and eat. A nursing supervisor once told me it wouldn't kill anyone to go a few days without food and she better never see us eating or drinking at work. So we were to work 12 hour shifts without even water to drink. Needless to say - she was ignored.

[makena]

How do you know it's coffee?  It's probably water.  I don't see what the big deal is.  They are talking a lot and probably get thirsty.  This isn't 1960 and it's not coffee break time.  They are not stopping their job to sit down and have a 10-15 minute break.  In these types of jobs there are no breaks.  They are on for hours so if they are thirsty, so let them drink.

[RoughDraft]

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@JCF wrote:

@Reever

The coffee or tea, whichever it is, doesn't bother me as much as the wine.

I think wine on air is demeaning and not a good thing for anyone especially the younger ones, if they are out of school and watching.

Teens have enough pressure with other drugs etc.  Now there's wine on the job.  What a terrible example!!!!!

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Who's drinking wine on the job?  

[NycVixen]

It's also seems to become commonplace that observations and assumptions are now factual statements.

I assume hosts and vendors should be denied beverages while they talk almost non-stop on air in order to save workplace professionalism for some viewers.

Please watch stand-up comedians; they have a glass of water nearby.  I thought it was common knowledge that a person needs to drink water etc. when talking continuously. I guess the OP has never been to a talk or a conference. Even the POTUS has water nearby when giving a speech.

I honestly don't understand why "a big white mug" next to a vendor on air is a problem. There seems to be many posts in these forums that find issues where there are none. So much judgment for so little reason.

[september]

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@RoughDraft wrote:

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@JCF wrote:

@Reever

The coffee or tea, whichever it is, doesn't bother me as much as the wine.

I think wine on air is demeaning and not a good thing for anyone especially the younger ones, if they are out of school and watching.

Teens have enough pressure with other drugs etc.  Now there's wine on the job.  What a terrible example!!!!!

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Who's drinking wine on the job?  

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There may be a few hosts (on QVC) who sip wine on air, since occasionally this shopping channel does sell wine.  

So much to do about nothing!

[GingerPeach]

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@NycVixen wrote:

It's also seems to become commonplace that observations and assumptions are now factual statements.

I assume hosts and vendors should be denied beverages while they talk almost non-stop on air in order to save workplace professionalism for some viewers.

Please watch stand-up comedians; they have a glass of water nearby.  I thought it was common knowledge that a person needs to drink water when talking continuously. I guess the OP has never been to a talk or a conference. Even the POTUS has water nearby when giving a speech.

I honestly don't understand why "a big white mug" next to a vendor on air is a problem. There seems to be many posts in these forums that seem to find issues where there are none. So much judgment for so little reason.

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Indeed, @NycVixen

And unfortunately, alternative facts are still prevalent.

[qbetzforreal]

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@RoughDraft wrote:

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@JCF wrote:

@Reever

The coffee or tea, whichever it is, doesn't bother me as much as the wine.

I think wine on air is demeaning and not a good thing for anyone especially the younger ones, if they are out of school and watching.

Teens have enough pressure with other drugs etc.  Now there's wine on the job.  What a terrible example!!!!!

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Who's drinking wine on the job?  

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Kathie Lee and Hoda.  Although, I seriously doubt teens are influenced by the Today Show.