What do sacks have to do with dismissing people from their jobs?
2006-12-05 08:18:37 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
in the old days when a carpenter or any craftsman was fired from their job they used to be given a sack to carry their tools in
2006-12-05 08:20:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
To get the sack. To be sacked.
Meaning to be dismissed from employment.
This was current in France (excuse my French 'On luy a donne son sac) in the 1600's
Likely explanation is when workmen were discharged, they took up their bag or sack of tools, and departed to seek work elsewhere.
2006-12-05 08:34:46 · answer #2 · answered by DoctressWho 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One tale is that workmen used to carry their tools in a sack and the boss would retain the tools (and the sack) during the job. If you "got the sack", you were given your tools back in your bag and asked to leave
2006-12-05 08:26:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is only a guess of mine, but I think it makes sense (sort of). In the old days, when a servant was 'hired', he/she usually stayed in his employer's house, with all his belongings (if he had any). I suppose that if they were fired or freed, so to speak, they had to gather up their belongings into a bundle (the sack) that they were given. So the expression 'to give him the sack' might not be completely irrelevant. :)
2006-12-08 11:40:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
From forced servitude sailors,who didn't perform accordingly to the wishes of their Captain, they where tied in a potato sack and thrown overboard, that's really being dismissed
2006-12-05 08:22:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The sack was for the worker to carry their tools away in.
2006-12-05 08:21:21 · answer #6 · answered by funnelweb 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your boss would give you a sack of spuds to keep you going until you found another job. lol
2006-12-05 08:30:20 · answer #7 · answered by L.R.O. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you get given a bag to take all your stuff with you- well you used to...
Nowadays they just call security about 3 minutes before sending you an email.
2006-12-05 08:26:33 · answer #8 · answered by Icarus 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably evoluted from Foot in your balls. Referring mostly to males, but changed because of our predujice laws. So, bosses that heard this term in their 'college' football days, use it to remember the good ol days. --------> this is my guess, never even heard of the term.
2006-12-05 08:21:14 · answer #9 · answered by zacharydai 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A bag to put your tools in
2006-12-05 08:24:18 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋