That one time my boss asked me to count paper clips for inventory

I worked at a small office supply store in Portland for about 6 months. One slow Tuesday, my manager handed me a jar of 500 paper clips and told me to count them by hand because 'the machine could be wrong.' He stood there watching me for 20 minutes before I just dumped them back in the drawer and walked out. Has anyone else had a boss give them a completely pointless task like that?

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dakota1605mo ago

Bet the boss just wanted to see if you'd actually do something that dumb.

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robert_craig5mo ago

Is it really worth getting fired over a silly test like that?

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