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What's the shortest you've ever lasted at a job (either of your own accord or because you got canned)?

Posted by Mop (aka rburriel) Nov 12 '14, 12:49

Me: One day. Didn't like the job. Worked hard all day but made it clear I wouldn't be returning tomorrow.

Responses:

6 hours doing yard maintenance. -- nm - amoxy Nov 12, 13:57
a few hours. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 12, 13:56 9
- I was delivering packages for a company that sold items over the phone. - groiny Nov 12, 14:00 8
  - People were refusing packages they had previously bought over the phone? -- nm - Mop Nov 12, 14:02 7
    - "We're updating our records for you and need to check the model number of your photocopier" ... *sends a toner cartridge and bills twice its value* -- nm - zork Nov 12, 14:09 3
      - it was shady, no doubt. my "friend" delivered for them and made good money - groiny Nov 12, 14:11 2
        
        btw, I've missed some birthday lately - zork Nov 12, 14:13 1
        
        thanks. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 12, 14:15
    - 3 dollars an hour, and 20% of whatever I made in deliveries. - groiny Nov 12, 14:09 1
      - my brother uses that phrase a lot too - zork Nov 12, 14:10
    - cash on delivery. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 12, 14:04
bike messenger for a month...auditioned for a sweet wedding photog position w/top notch studio but... - [email protected] Nov 12, 13:40
three hours pulling railroad ties. -- nm - Reagen Nov 12, 13:12 2
- That's how long it took you to get all of Western Canada done? -- nm - Mop Nov 12, 13:15 1
  - me and my big blue ox. -- nm - Reagen Nov 12, 13:19
2 days at a temp job that was meant to go longer. I fell out of a chair. that *may* have had something to do with it. - b. Nov 12, 13:08
Around 6 weeks at Casey's. - Cran-Baron-ies Nov 12, 13:01
I lasted a few weeks at a plant nursery. -- nm - Kim Pine Nov 12, 12:59
About a month. Sleazy industrial injury/rehab clinic. Hired as an A/R clerk - job turned out to - Meg Nov 12, 12:59 1
- yikes -- nm - Pippy Turkey Stuffer Nov 12, 13:08
Two weeks. Small business owner hired me as part-time in-house counsel and on the first pay day, tried paying me a third of what we'd agreed to. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 12, 12:59 2
- That's right. Try to screw the lawyer. Let's see how that goes over. -- nm - Mop Nov 12, 13:00 1
  - Some people just never learn ... . -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 12, 13:09
a couple of weeks as a dishwasher at a Marriott -- nm - decline Nov 12, 12:57
Four hours, it was selling Newsday over the phone.. Went to lunch and never went back. -- nm - Krusty Nov 12, 12:56 1
- I'm surprised that Slackers don't have more stories like these. You and Loyola are the only ones who walked out on the first day. -- nm - Mop Nov 12, 12:58
I guess 2 years at my teenage movie theatre job. -- nm - spamlet Nov 12, 12:56 1
- Oh, wait. I was tech support for one semester in college. Didn't mind the job but got additional hours at my main campus job instead. -- nm - spamlet Nov 12, 12:56
3 days, going door to door as a fundraising for a progressive political action group -- nm - crash davis Nov 12, 12:54 2
- con_queso did that shortly after high school - con_carne Nov 12, 12:58 1
  - I felt the job was misrepresented to me -- nm - crash davis Nov 12, 13:02
A few months at a local internship during college. Small company, financial issues, shuttered my department. -- nm - ty97 Nov 12, 12:54
3 or 4 days -- nm - con_carne Nov 12, 12:53
1 day as a UPS runner during their holiday season. The guy I got assigned to was a total prick wad. Worst person I've ever worked with to this day - CQ Nov 12, 12:53 1
- Before I became my own boss, I don't think I lasted more than 6 months anywhere. I've said this before: no tact :) -- nm - CQ Nov 12, 12:54
I think two weeks? I started a temp job at some company and then got offered a full time job at the bank. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 12, 12:52
about a week -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 12, 12:52
2 months or so at Steak n Shake before college. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 12, 12:52
Me,5 mins. Age 12, job picking fruit. I decided to eat some fruit and cycled off with my arms full of apples. -- nm - Loyola Nov 12, 12:52 1
- Sounds you came out ahead. -- nm - Mop Nov 12, 12:56
one shift. waitressing job in university. -- nm - Andie Nov 12, 12:51
a few months -- nm - Pippy Turkey Stuffer Nov 12, 12:51
not counting temp assignments, 3 months. -- nm - znufrii Nov 12, 12:50

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