Lamps and shades

I'm still working on getting my "seasonal rental" all the necessities to make it rent ready. I bought two lamps the other day for one of the master bedrooms. Unfortunately, they are too small so back they will have to go. I was thinking about the plastic covers on lamps shades as I strolled the lamp aisles. These two did not have have any clear plastic covers but some of them did. Do people still neglect to remove them when they get their lamps home like they did back in the good old days? Why, why, why? Were vacuums not readily available then for keeping shades clean and dust free? Or did our Grandma's just like the look? I just thought this was a really funny blast from the past. I am sure that a few of these decorating faux pas are probably still alive and well today thriving in some remote, obscure place. Just my random thoughts for the moment.