Y2K is one of those stories we look back on and think what a silly old load of nonsense. Truth is, if it wasn’t for the countless hours of overtime people put in to making those outdated systems support the date change, it really would have been utter carnage. You saw how crazy things got when we started to run low on toilet paper for a few weeks.
You could always follow in the footsteps of these bus drivers:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/22/french-bus-drivers-skirts-dress-code-nantes