 What is the time warp typically used for?
[Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from Galaxy Science Fiction December 1956. What better way to use a time machine than to handle department store complaints? When he slid under the table containing the drinks, Miss Pringle, who sold millinery, had screamed: "He'll drown!" One out of every three dirty stories started by party attendees had remained unfinished, because each had reminded someone else of another story. The recently developed liquors which affected the bloodstream three times faster had driven away twinges of conscience about untrimmed trees and midnight church services. The star salesman for mankies and the gentleman who was in charge of the janitors were putting on a display of Burmese foot-wrestling in one corner of the general office. Mr. Hawkins himself, acting by reflex, attempted to return the portrait to its place until new glass could be obtained. Disposable sacks for vacuum cleaner. "Unless—" he said it loud enough for the employes to scent a great proposal and the room grew quiet—"unless we broke the rules just once and used the time warp on a big mission!" Finally, from an anonymous voice in one corner: "Would the warp work over eighty years? She found scissors in her sewing box, tossed a cushion onto the floor, sat on it, and began to open the parcel. The twine sprang away from the carton as if it were alive. Ann grabbed her daughter's arms, held them above her head and pulled at the dress. She took one step forward, then began to float three inches above the ground. A triangular trio of jacks stuck out from one end. A neon, demanding, screaming green that clashed horribly with the soft browns and reds in which Ann had furnished the room. As the door closed, he saw the entire interior of the dark closet brighten into a wet-lettuce green. The wedding band that Les had put there a dozen years ago was a brilliant green, shedding its soft glow over the finger up to the first knuckle. She opened her mouth to let it out, then put her hand in front of her mouth to keep it in, finally jerked the hand away to prevent the glowing ring from turning her front teeth green. I'll tie a paperweight to Sally's dress and that'll hold her down until we undress her. She put her hands behind her back, pulled off her ring and slipped it into her apron pocket. She kept her eyes determinedly off the tinge of green that was showing through the apron pocket and didn't dare look back at her daughter's unsettling means of propulsion.
 to fix mistakes made recently by the company
 to visit deceased family members  to look into the future to discover inventions  to fix mistakes made recently by the company  to revisit holiday parties