Originally Posted by
tandempower
Maybe, but coincidentally I was watching an interview w/ Orson Wells on Dick Cavett from the 1970s where Wells also mentioned that if you showed up to perform in a radio show sponsored by a certain brand of cigarettes and you had a different brand with you to smoke, they would fire you on the spot. Maybe he was just making up lies to start conspiracies, the way he tricked people with the War of the Worlds broadcast, but maybe he was talking about a real culture of employer discrimination that's been outlawed in at least some places with laws restricting employers from requiring the purchase of company products as a condition of hiring and/or retention.
You realise that "the 1970s" was 45-ish years ago, right? Almost half a century. There have been a few changes since then.
Originally Posted by
tandempower
How would you know about the car companies anyway, though? Do you work for one?
How would he know? How about research! Some of us actually research things. It's a great way to learn.
