For someone, this text is nostalgia, and for someone - the history of the ancient world. And between those, the 90s ended not so long ago. But today, when they talk about the 90s, they remember, mostly brothers, shootouts, insane night orgies in restaurants, stalls with Amaretto and raspberry jackets. Meanwhile, besides the fravia on the jeep, in the 90s there was another frontier. No less, by the way, dangerous and fascinating.
It was in the 90s that the class of office clerks was born, which today is contemptuously called lemmings or plankton. The most desperate offices went to the offices: no one knew anything about the "business", the word "foreign trade" sounded as "horror-horror", and one type of customs declaration caused neurodermatitis. But nothing, somehow coped. Survived in the Size of Smoke "Camela", prevented the "piano" with juice, until the morning and hoarsely discussed the terms of delivery and penalties. Traded with clothes, cars, cigarettes, oil. They seemed to themselves cool pioneers and them, in general, and were. Who remembers this now, besides us - firms of cheerful and crazy 90s last centuries? And it was like this: 1. Companies were called firms. There were foreign and simply firms. It was considered prestigious to work on Jofirme, it was considered funny for simply.
2. The salary was obtained in millions. And in envelopes. She grabbed her on cigarettes, food, alcohol piano, juice and subway.
3. Computers were not all firms, but only the coolest. Very cool firms in the offices stood on several computers. Some people knew how to include them even.
4. And there was Norton Commander. AAAA! And lexicon! Do you remember lexicon? And there were no Windows. No. Then appeared. Pretty.
5. Printed letters on a jet printer. Long. Loudly. With difficulty and matwags. A branded form inserted into the printer - and forward. Cartridges changed the capricious masters, which it was necessary to cause strongly and to be caught in every way.
6. And there was a fax! Also, the miracle is wonderful, because everyone is accustomed to teleclosure, and the fax was considered pampering. In addition, he always fell, and the rollers (rolls!) Thermobumagi cost indecent money.
7. Five-linked floppy disks. Lord!
8. Smoked in the workplace. All smoked. Smoked a lot. I smoked a lot.
9. All smoked and played in Tetris and Pakman. Some played very well.
10. NotBuki called Lappopami, cost as cars and were considered pampering.
11. And there were no mobile phones. Were (pretty later) pagers and radio telephones. ABOUT! Firmach with a radiotelephone is unattainable cool.
12. By the way, it was customary to drink in the workplace. In the evening. Sometimes day. Well, why not drink something? What prevents? Work is not a wolf - it will not run into the forest.
13. All important things were solved in restaurants and saunas with girls. No girls - no contract.
14. The words "Corporate" did not exist. Corporates, actually, too. People just gathered in the office, men organized a drink, the girls were preparing salads, sitting for a long time, mentally, with songs and dancing. Well, and every still happened.
15. Timbilding was also not - everyone just went beyond the city on the kebab. And there are no games and trendling in the fresh air. Meat, beer, songs, mosquitoes. 16. Drivers necessarily worked on all firms. All the chefs went on foreign cars with personal schons, because in a different way it was considered unsolonged, and after the sauna it is difficult to sit behind the wheel right.
17. The office did not stand at any coolers and coffee machines. All saw soluble coffee. Well, or alcohol piano, or gin-tonic.
18. Office managers were called secretaries. They answered calls, soapped cups in the toilet, sewed buttons to the chef on the jacket and served coffee.
19. Managers did not exist as a class. No. Even clining managers were called simply. Cleaners. 20. Translators from any foreign languages were considered rare specialists and received very well. And sysadmin, by the way, too.
21. No one knew what MBA was. And what is Ebid. And what is KPI. Why there. In addition to the accountant, no one knew what VAT is. 22. The Internet has not yet invented! Imagine? In the morning, everything, like fools, read newspapers and gled in a common smoking room.23. We were damn young.
