“I got fired from the calendar factory. All I did was take a day off”

“I can’t believe I got fired from the calendar factory. All I did was take a day off” went viral on Twitter on November 19, 2010. The one-liner has been included on many jokes websites.
 
“I got fired from my job at the clock factory today. After all those extra hours I put in!” is a similar joke.
 
 
Twitter
Rob Skinner
‏@CheekyRob
I can’t believe I got fired from the calendar factory. All I did was take a day off.
11:23 AM - 19 Nov 2010
 
Twitter
Thuto Bokisi
‏@Thuto_xBox_LFC
Imagine working at a Calendar factory , you’d get fired for taking a day off .
12:40 PM - 19 Nov 2010
 
Twitter
Blake Carrey
‏@ABCarrey
I can’t believe I got fired from the calendar factory. All I did was take a day off. #gutted
7:45 PM - 19 Nov 2010
 
reddit
I can’t believe I got fired from the calendar factory. (self.Jokes)
submitted March 17, 2015 by Juggernaught27
All I did was take a day off
 
Facebook
Robbie the Black Waffle Kitteh
July 26, 2015·
“I got fired from the calendar factory.”
“why?”
“I took a day off.”
 
Google Books
The Mental Circus:
Quotes, Notes and Art
By Ronnie G. Shaeffer
Outskirts Press, Inc. (outskirtspress.com)
2016
Pg. 67:
I can’t believe that I got fired from my job at the calendar factory. All I did was take a day off.