“Skilled workers are hard to find. That’s why idiots are promoted to management” is a saying that has been printed on many images. The saying has been cited in print since April 20, 2010, and probably originated on an image.
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Gerry Wialletton
April 20, 2010 at 4:30 AM ·
Skilled workers are hard to find. That’s why idiots are promoted to management.
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Pankaj Ahuja
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Skilled workers are hard to find. That’s why idiots are promoted to management.
4:34 AM · Apr 20, 2010
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腸詰Milian Katō腸詰
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Skilled workers are hard to find. That’s why idiots are promoted to management.
3:47 PM · Feb 15, 2011
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Paul Adkins
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Skilled workers are hard to find. That’s why idiots are promoted to management.
11:07 AM · Oct 24, 2012
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Skilled workers are hard to find. That’s why idiots are promoted to management.
11:52 PM · Jan 7, 2013
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Sidesplittinjokes2_2020
8 nov 2021
Skilled workers are hard to find. That’s why idiots are promoted to management.
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MarcDarcy_2020
23 mar 2022
SKILLED WORKERS ARE HARD TO FIND. THAT’S WHY IDIOTS ARE PROMOTED TO MANAGEMENT!
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naughtyMechanics2_2021
30 jul 2022
SKILLED WORKERS ARE HARD TO FIND. THAT’S WHY IDIOTS ABE PROMOTED TO MANAGEMENT!
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CriticalDrinker
27 jun 2023
SKILLED WORKERS ARE HARD FIND. THATS WHY IDIOTS ARE PROMOTED TO MANAGEMENT!
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February 16, 2024 at 1:30 PM ·
(The following text is shown on an image.—ed.)
SKILLED WORKERS ARE
HARD TO FIND.
THAT’S WHY IDIOTS ARE
PROMOTED TO MANAGEMENT!
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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