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Re:A Review of Graeber's Essay on “Bullshit Jobs” (2013) by camgunz on Sunday March 15, 2015 @10:46AM (#9206655)
Most places I've worked are 8-5 with an hour lunch. Like you, I don't know where 9-5 comes from.
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Re:A Review of Graeber's Essay on “Bullshit Jobs” (2013) by throw_away on Sunday March 15, 2015 @06:17PM (#9208442)
It was a hit song in 1981: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/9_to_5_(Dolly_Parton_song)

it's shorthand for a tedious job.

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Re:A Review of Graeber's Essay on “Bullshit Jobs” (2013) by camgunz on Monday March 16, 2015 @12:21AM (#9209844)
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).

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