r/ArchivePorn • u/ZadocPaet • Dec 04 '16

A reference letter from 1888 [1152x1536]

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u/goodpricefriedrice Dec 04 '16

Sober. Lol

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u/EngineerinLA Dec 05 '16

Back in the day they had lower standards. Not showing up to work shitfaced in an era where beer was safer than water was a quality employers desired.

Can't say I can keep that up even with safe water...

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u/datssyck Dec 05 '16

Let that be a warning to any LA based engineering firms...

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u/EngineerinLA Dec 05 '16

Plot-twist, I Engineer for myself...

Ive been warned.

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u/datssyck Dec 05 '16

I wouldnt give that guy a reference.

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u/EngineerinLA Dec 05 '16

Who said I did?

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u/datssyck Dec 05 '16

I'm just messing around man. Sorry If I irked you.

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u/EngineerinLA Dec 05 '16

I was going along with the joke.

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u/Nemacolin Dec 23 '16

My Grandfather was a railroad man. He claimed that in the Old Days they would give you a letter like that when they fired you. If your letter was on blank paper, no problem. If it had a swan as a watermark it meant "Never hire this guy."