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Tell me about pink slips
Posted on 11/17/14 at 12:53 pm
Posted on 11/17/14 at 12:53 pm
I'm in my 20s so this situation was already gone before I came into adulthood, but obviously the phrase itself still lives on. How did things go down..like after/while you were being fired when exactly did a pink piece of paper enter in?
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Posted on 11/17/14 at 12:54 pm to WG_Dawg
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I'm in my 20s so this situation was already gone before I came into adulthood
Not entirely true
Posted on 11/17/14 at 12:55 pm to WG_Dawg
They look better on the bedroom floor...
Posted on 11/17/14 at 12:55 pm to Paul Allen
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Not entirely true
Ok, well...by the time I entered the working world they were not a thing anymore.
Posted on 11/17/14 at 12:56 pm to WG_Dawg
My cousin was fired from a job last month and received a "pink slip"
I've never seen one before then.
I've never seen one before then.
Posted on 11/17/14 at 12:56 pm to WG_Dawg
They used to give them out in grade school as well.
Posted on 11/17/14 at 12:59 pm to Shexter
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My cousin was fired from a job last month and received a "pink slip"
I've never seen one before then.
but what is the process? And what is on the pink slip? Is it basically just a termination letter that is on pink paper?
Posted on 11/17/14 at 1:00 pm to WG_Dawg
At first, I read the topic as "Tell me about pink slits"
Posted on 11/17/14 at 1:01 pm to WG_Dawg
Used to race for them, back in the day.
Posted on 11/17/14 at 1:01 pm to WG_Dawg
Did you show up this morning still drunk from Saturday? 
Posted on 11/17/14 at 1:02 pm to Swoopin
haha why do you say that? It's a valid question!
Posted on 11/17/14 at 1:02 pm to WG_Dawg
it's the pink carbon copy slip
Posted on 11/17/14 at 1:02 pm to WG_Dawg
Posted on 11/17/14 at 1:02 pm to WG_Dawg
is carbon paper already gone?
Posted on 11/17/14 at 1:03 pm to WG_Dawg
It was a "did you get fired this morning" joke. Not a good one but I stuck to the plan
Posted on 11/17/14 at 1:04 pm to WG_Dawg
When I got laid off; I got a "pink slip". It's just a carbon copy of the original slip.
Posted on 11/17/14 at 1:04 pm to fr33manator
Pink slits =/= pink slips
Posted on 11/17/14 at 1:05 pm to WG_Dawg
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basically just a termination letter that is on pink paper
It's paperwork from the old carbon copy days. Three copies: original, employee copy (pink), and company copy (yellow).
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Another possible etymology is that many applications (including termination papers) are done in triplicate form, with each copy on a different color of paper, one of which is typically pink.
This post was edited on 11/17/14 at 1:07 pm
Posted on 11/17/14 at 1:05 pm to Swoopin
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It was a "did you get fired this morning" joke
dang it, went over my head.
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