“I had a life…but my job ate it” is a jocular saying that has been printed on many bumper stickers. “Bumper sticker of the day: I had a life but my job ate it” was posted to Twitter on January 22, 2008.
Twitter
carrie steen
@carrieeileen
Bumper sticker of the day: I had a life but my job ate it.
3:17 PM - 22 Jan 2008
Google Groups: rec.music.beatles
OT - same old bollocks - Oh dear.
marcus
10/8/08
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The other day, I saw a bumpersticker on the car in front of mine which read:
“I had a life, but my job ate it.”
Daily News (New York, NY)
Are bumper stickers out of gas?
BY DEB ACORD
Monday, October 20, 2008, 6:00 PM
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They offer a glimpse into a driver’s sense of humor (Just say no to negativity) or sense of injustice (I had a life . . . but my job ate it).
Google Books
Off Balance on Purpose:
Embrace Uncertainty and Create a Life You Love
By Dan Thurmon
Austin, TX: Greenleaf Book Groups Press
2010
Pg. 83:
Even the word job has taken on a negative connotation, as so many view “work” as an unpleasant but necessary part of life. I saw this evidenced recently on a bumper sticker that stated, “I had a life, but my job ate it.”
Google Groups: alt.fan.pratchett
Quoting pTerry in academic papers, assignments, discussions etc.
Chris Zakes
7/9/12
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I saw an amusing bumper sticker today:
I had a life, but my job ate it.
The Office Blend
I Had a Life…But My Job Ate It?
JUNE 13, 2013 / MARLAGOTTSCHALK
I had a life,,,Yesterday while driving home, I noticed the following bumper sticker as I waited at a light:
“I Had a Life…But My Job Ate It.”
Twitter
Chad DeTie
@Chad_DeTie
Saw a bumper sticker that read “I had a life…but my job ate it” I REFUSE to let that happen to me
4:13 PM - 15 Jul 2016
Las Vegas, NV
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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