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Link to the article discussed here: http://www.strikemag.org/bullshit-jobs/ http://www.strikemag.org/bullshit-jobs/

• rikibro 12y ago
  <i>That the world would keep on turning if you weren’t doing that thing you do 9-5?</i> Sorry for the off-topic, but is it normal to work from 9am to 5pm? Does this mean people have no lunch time, or they work "only" 7 hours?
  • camgunz 12y ago
    Most places I've worked are 8-5 with an hour lunch. Like you, I don't know where 9-5 comes from.
    • throw_away 12y ago
      It was a hit song in 1981: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/9_to_5_(Dolly_Parton_song) http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/9_to_5_(Dolly_Parton_song) it's shorthand for a tedious job.
      • camgunz 12y ago
        Yeah I know it's shorthand now, but I was trying to figure out where it came from and why. I bit the bullet and googled it, and found out that people were just paid for lunch, or they weren't paid (37.5 hours a week, half hour lunch).