Bad Becomes Good – In the 1980s, a group called Tommy Tutone had a hit song called “Jenny” which repeated Jenny’s phone number – 867-5309 – over and over again. At the time, everybody thought that it would be terrible to have that phone number because you would probably get endless calls from bored teenagers asking for Jenny.




I recently called a plumber, and believe it or not, his phone number was 867-5309. It’s a number I can’t forget. I already can’t recall the plumber’s name, but I remember his number! Today’s teenagers probably have never heard of this song so it’s unlikely that he gets many crank calls. This got me thinking about how many things that used to be “bad” are now “good.” For example, it used to be bad to call in sick to work. You were supposed to tough it out. Now, people are often discouraged from coming to work sick, because it ends up making other people sick as well. You might do an inventory of all of those things that you have know for years are bad, but if you look at them in different circumstances they might be good.