things haven't changed much

I'm watching an old movie, Dr. Kildare's Strange Case, from 1940.

Molly Byrd, Superintendent of Nurses, is talking to a cook about his weak coffee,

"I don't blame the nurses for squawking. Nurses are just like husbands. You can abuse them, insult them, work 'em to death, jump all over 'em, they'll take it, but give them a bad cup of coffee and you've got a revolution on your hands."