Comment on A Review of Graeber's Essay on “Bullshit Jobs” (2013)parentComments−camgunz11yMost places I've worked are 8-5 with an hour lunch. Like you, I don't know where 9-5 comes from.−throw_away11yIt 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.−camgunz11yYeah 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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Most places I've worked are 8-5 with an hour lunch. Like you, I don't know where 9-5 comes from.
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.
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).