'Quit arguing, if you say another word you’re fired': Boss instructs employee to drive 8 ton backhoe down the highway at 15 miles per hour

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    Font - Drive an 8 ton backhoe 5 miles down 2 lane highway at 15 mph! Okie dokey. S OC So I worked for this horrendous A- Hole when I was 19 for $8/hr and he hated that I worked 2 other jobs. I never missed a shift but he would work me late on purpose, knowing I would only get 4 hours of sleep before school just so I might quit one of both of my other jobs.
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    Font - Anyway I show up to work for my 4:00 pm shift and my boss tells me to take the backhoe down to ABC business because we have a crew of 10 guys ready to load gear onto pallets and I need to put them on the truck.
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    Font - Well ABC business was 5 miles away and the tractor only goes 15mph top speed so I'm like, "are you sure? It's only a 2 lane road most of the way and-" he cuts me off and says, "quit arguing, if you say another word you're fired."
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    Font - I was mad, I don't take disrespect kindly and it certainly wasn't worth $8/hr. So I get about 20 minutes into my drive and he starts blowing my phone up. The tractor is loud so I played it off like I didn't hear the phone (back before people mostly put their phones on vibrate). I get about halfway there and realize he was probably talking about ABC business's old location that shut down 6 months ago and is only about 1 mile from origination as opposed to 5 miles.
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    Font - So I drove the rest of the way and kindly called my boss back to inform him the location was empty and nobody showed up.
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    Font - Of course he meant the old location and although he suspected me of malicious compliance, he chalked it up to incompetence of a 19 year old kid and sent everyone else home with 2 hours pay. He was so furious because he couldn't yell at me for being dumb and I got the rest of the night off after my long drive home, pulling over every 30 feet or so to let people pass on the highway.
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    Font - Little wins are all we get sometimes years later. and I savor this one 12
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    Font - HairyHorux I used to know someone with an ancient working steamroller. They would drive it to festivals. It has a top speed of 1 mile per hour. 8 hour drive to go 8 miles.
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    Font - digitalrailartist I love farm country. So many times driving 2 lane in a semi at 65, only to encounter a farm Thang that's 100 feet across going 15 mph. Ah the memories.
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    Font - bcmanucd "Hmm, kid has 3 jobs. Maybe if I treat him worse than they do, he'll quit those 2 jobs and stay with me!"
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    Font - RJack151 you did exactly what he said, no questions asked. lol
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    Font - Sergeant_Turkey I mean no offence, but this is the most American title I have ever read.
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    Font - Fluffigt Something doesn't add up. 5 miles at 15 miles per hour should only take 20 minutes. <WAN OF THE DOG. THE CAT IS NOT TRUSTWORTHY EITHER 2 DivaJanelle Reply Share Pulling to the side of the road to allow cars to pass the s going to add significant time to the trip. 4 Reply Sha jbuckets44 Backhoes accelerate much, much more slowly than cars.

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