Does anyone else remember when a "rush" job meant it would take about a week.?

Question

Now it means an hour or two.

Answer 1

The limitataions were with technology...my office manager can remember when calculators came out, how the F8ck long would it take to work out anything without one of them bad boys?

The technology is now here is instant as long as th person using it is not a complete mong!

In my industries, which are technology based, there is no such thing as a rush job anymore, it is the expectation that everything goes through the like sh1t through a goose!!

Answer 2

a rush job is any job that you do faster than it would usually take. a job that would usually take a month and got done in a week would be 'rushed'. a job that would take a day and done in a few hours would also be 'rush'.

Answer 3

not this week yet i'm due for the chop quickly. i've got been paid off thrice in the final 12 months. as a temp i take artwork day after day. as for what am i going to do? i gets yet another job. even however the line has no lighting fixtures theres nevertheless the moon.

Answer 4

Yep.. was just talking about this recently. It used to take a week to get your pictures developed and you had to wait for them. Now it takes about an hour or you can print them off yourself and not take them anywhere.

Answer 5

This is a sign we have posted in our office:

"Do you want us to rush the rush job we're rushing now, or rush the rush job you want us to rush, before we rush the rush job we're rushing now, or rush the rush job we were rushing before?"


'nuff said?

Answer 6

Modern technology

Answer 7

Sometimes it means a few minutes.

Isn't it funny how we now become impatient while waiting for something from the microwave?

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Answer 8

yes

Answer 9

yes of course