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	What's the shortest time you've ever worked at a job? By Amorphous Blob blobs by not blobbing Asked Jun 1 2009 9:55AM	43 Pts Rate Question

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by Esteban-- better than ever. on Jun 1, 2009 at 9:57 am Permalink

4 hours, I was told that because I did the job so quickly and efficiently I probably didn't like working there.

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Amorphous Blob blobs by not blobbing Jun, 01 2009 at 10:06 AM

Makes sense, in manager universe.

weareallhypocrites Jun, 01 2009 at 10:08 AM

lmao

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by jin jang on Jun 1, 2009 at 9:56 am Permalink

The shortest time I had worked at a job was about 3 hours into the first day of work.

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Amorphous Blob blobs by not blobbing Jun, 01 2009 at 10:08 AM

Dare I ask what happened?

jin jang Jun, 01 2009 at 11:02 AM

I was hired for a job that I had no qualifications for.

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by RiverRat on Jun 1, 2009 at 10:03 am Permalink

I work with some people who have been here 30 years but havn't actually "worked" a good 15 minutes yet. (Federal job)

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Isaac Jun, 01 2009 at 10:06 AM

lol +4

Amorphous Blob blobs by not blobbing Jun, 01 2009 at 10:08 AM

Nyuk nyuk...

Anonymous Jun, 01 2009 at 11:59 AM

Shame on them.

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by Isaac on Jun 1, 2009 at 10:00 am Permalink

My time is a bit longer than some of the answers posted already, my answer is 3 years and 3 months, but that's because I have low standards of jobs. If it's hard, boring, low-paying and horrible, I can do it.

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by Jadey - Vive la difference on Jun 1, 2009 at 9:57 am Permalink

A few shifts stacking shelves in the chilled foods section at ASDA (supermarket in UK owned by WalMart) when I was 16. Sucked.

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Isaac Jun, 01 2009 at 10:04 AM

Oh! That's awful! This seems weird, but I do like the uniforms they have at ASDA. I like the shade of green they use, and I would wear it in public, even if I wasn't working. Is that weird?

Jadey - Vive la difference Jun, 01 2009 at 10:06 AM

Haha maybe, although they aren't actually too terrible! I worked there just as they were about to bring out the new uniforms. I just had a dark green rugby type shirt... brrr!

Amorphous Blob blobs by not blobbing Jun, 01 2009 at 10:07 AM

Dunno - post pics of it! ;)

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by Occams Electric Razor on Jun 1, 2009 at 11:25 am Permalink

4 hours

I applied for a job when I was 19 that was supposed to be a managerial position for a wholesale warehouse company. Turns out what they really had you do was get in a car with two other guys, who took you out to a bad part of town and showed you how to sell worthless junk like daily planners and tupperware knockoffs to people by going door to door...they said you had to do this for s few weeks as part of the manager training.

So they put me in a car with these guys, we drove out to this ghetto and these 2 guys started smoking crack in the car...Then not only did we almost get robbed, we almost got arrested because these guys tried to sell stuff to an off duty cop and then couldn't furnish a peddler's license...then they decided to try to trade goods for food in a few restaurants, which got us kicked out, I called a cab and got the hell out of there.

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Amorphous Blob blobs by not blobbing Jun, 01 2009 at 01:52 PM

Sheesh!

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by fantasy child on Jun 1, 2009 at 11:24 am Permalink

4 hours.. the manager was screaming and throwing things. I knew I would never make it. I walked up to him and said I am sorry this job just isn't for me, the corp office called me and ask what happen, I explained but I found out later the manager was part owner.. lol...

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by hawaii.jake on Jun 1, 2009 at 11:16 am Permalink

a month. I moved from Hawaii to Chicago for a job and found that I just couldn't stand the winter.

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Amorphous Blob blobs by not blobbing Jun, 01 2009 at 01:53 PM

Not too bright there, Jake ol' buddy.

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by Tveg on Jun 1, 2009 at 11:41 am Permalink

Three months.

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by katydid15 on Jun 1, 2009 at 11:20 am Permalink

Three days. I was 14 and working doing phone soliticing and not making nearly enough sales. My boss said I was just too nice for the job. He did me a big favour actually, and was very nice about it.

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