Quick Story About A Man Who Did Nothing For Years And Got Paid For It

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Mar 3, 2019 3:00 PM EST

The power of a clipboard, ladies and gents. The question on Quora, "Have you ever had a job where you did nothing for years and nobody found out?" brought out a story of a man named Bob, told by user Shayne Wyatt.

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    Text - Fullrate 03.47 1 95% Have you ever had a job where you did nothing for years and nobody found out? Shayne Wyatt Answered Sep 22 Once worked at a steel company and there used to be this guy with a clipboard and pen who would continually be in the stock area checking labels, boxes, pallets, shipping packages. His name was Bob and everyone liked him, he was personable, was into sports, just an all round nice guy who got along with everyone staff, managers, bosses, everyone. Bob had been with
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    Text - C 95% Fullrate 03.47 about who had the brains to handle it. One of the managers said, "Why not Bob?" Everyone knew right away who he was referring to and they all agreed he would probably be the best man for the job. The next question out of the manager's mouth was "Okay, which one of you guys does he work for?" And no one said a word, but looked around the table at the other managers. "C'mon, he's gotta work for someone here." The manager said, and still there was no answer. Someone pipe
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    Text - l Fullrate 03.47 1 95% about 10 years folks of weekly paychecks coming in without ever having had to work a day in his life. When this came out it was the talk of the whole operations and even reached the president of the company who could only laugh at the whole situation. Nonetheless Bob was let go, but HR told them they had to offer him a good severance package because he was an employee after all for the full 15 years he was there, and it was not his fault he had nothing to do. Manage
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