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TMC · 01-02-2020, 10:09 PM

Why couldn't she a job in New York City, which was presumably the world capitol of department stores? Did Rhoda follow a boyfriend out to Minneapolis, since her mother "still refers to this time as when I ran away from home."?

PracTz · 01-03-2020, 04:23 AM

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Originally Posted by TMC

Why couldn't she a job in New York City, which was presumably the world capitol of department stores? Did Rhoda follow a boyfriend out to Minneapolis, since her mother "still refers to this time as when I ran away from home."?

I don't think it was a boyfriend Rhoda ran after but I imagine she thought jaunting half the width of the US away from the Bronx was the ONLY way she could get (occasionally) get Ida off her back.

Bonniegirl · 01-03-2020, 04:29 AM

I always wondered how being a "Window dresser" in a department store could be a full time job? How long would that take to set up a display ? And maybe she dressed the mannequins ? But still how would that take 8 hours a day , 5 days a week ? Maybe she went around to different branches of the store ? But it always seemed as if she just worked at one store! How could this be a full time job?

rusty spike · 01-03-2020, 10:37 AM

I think the job idea was for Rhoda to work as an independent contractor. Otherwise, most of her time would be spent in meetings, workshops and in-house marketing campaigns for a specific department store.

I think they wanted Rhoda to be self-employed, so the writers didn't really have to pay attention to character details. They could use her job/work as a sub-plot when needed and ignore her job when the episode didn't warrant it.

01-02-2020, 10:09 PM	#1
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 126,096	Why did Rhoda have to move to Minneapolis to get a job in a department store? Why couldn't she a job in New York City, which was presumably the world capitol of department stores? Did Rhoda follow a boyfriend out to Minneapolis, since her mother "still refers to this time as when I ran away from home."?

01-03-2020, 04:29 AM	#3
Bonniegirl AKA Hazel Horvath Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 10, 2014 Posts: 65,744	I always wondered how being a "Window dresser" in a department store could be a full time job? How long would that take to set up a display ? And maybe she dressed the mannequins ? But still how would that take 8 hours a day , 5 days a week ? Maybe she went around to different branches of the store ? But it always seemed as if she just worked at one store! How could this be a full time job?

01-03-2020, 10:37 AM	#4
rusty spike Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 08, 2015 Location: Southwest Posts: 1,124	I think the job idea was for Rhoda to work as an independent contractor. Otherwise, most of her time would be spent in meetings, workshops and in-house marketing campaigns for a specific department store. I think they wanted Rhoda to be self-employed, so the writers didn't really have to pay attention to character details. They could use her job/work as a sub-plot when needed and ignore her job when the episode didn't warrant it.