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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 f
by 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 agoYeah 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).