Some signs tell you where the bathroom is. Others tell you not to block the counter. And then, every once in a while, a sign stops you mid-step — not because it's clever, but because it's honest. That's what happened to one customer at a small local restaurant, standing at the counter waiting to order, when a laminated piece of paper taped near the register caught their eye. … [Read more...] about A Restaurant Put Up One Simple Sign for Its Teenage Staff — and It Says Everything We Forget to Say
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How a Sick Woman Was Turned Into a Sideshow “Attraction” — and Why Her Doctor Was Furious About It
In 1920, a British newspaper ran a job advertisement that read: "Wanted: Ugliest woman. Nothing repulsive, maimed or disfigured. Good pay guaranteed, and long engagement for successful applicants. Send recent photograph." A widowed mother of four answered it — not out of vanity, but out of desperation. Her name was Mary Ann Bevan, and the disease she was living with had a name … [Read more...] about How a Sick Woman Was Turned Into a Sideshow “Attraction” — and Why Her Doctor Was Furious About It