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c/why-i-quitemmap16emmap1618d ago

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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dakota160
dakota16018d ago
Bet the boss just wanted to see if you'd actually do something that dumb.
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robert_craig
robert_craig18d agoMost Upvoted
Is it really worth getting fired over a silly test like that?
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