"I get paid to be nice at work. Not sure why family and friends expect that for free” is a jocular line that has been printed on ecards. “I get paid to be nice to people at work. So why do you think I would be nice to people for free?” was cited on Twitter on January 27, 2014. “I get paid to be nice at work. Not sure why my family and friends expect that for free” ws cited on Twitter on March 19, 2014.
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Amy Davies
@andavies
At least I get paid to be nice to people I don’t like and work… Now I’m expected to do it in my free time!
12:09 PM - 20 Jul 2011
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Dumpweed
@L0CALsounds
I get paid to be nice to people at work. So why do you think I would be nice to people for free?
8:39 PM - 27 Jan 2014
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Northern Lights
@PinkCamoTO
I get paid to be nice at work. Not sure why my family and friends expect that for free.
1:11 PM - 19 Mar 2014
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Rotten ecards
@Rottenecards
I get paid to be nice at work, I’m not sure why my family expects that for free! http://www.rottenecards.com/card/389621/i-get-paid-to-be-nice-at-work … via @Rottenecards
8:00 AM - 26 Jun 2014
Niceandnestyblog
July 7, 2014
i get paid to be nice at work, i’m not sure why my family expects that for free!
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I get paid to be nice at work. Not sure why my family and friends expect that for free.
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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.
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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