“I was in a restaurant last night and the waiter asked me to cover his shift” (joke)

The term “wait a minute” doesn’t literally mean that, but there’s a joke:
 
“I was in a restaurant last night and the waiter asked me to cover his shift for 60 seconds. I thought; ‘Wait a minute…’”
 
The joke was cited on Twitter on May 12, 2010.
 
 
The Free Dictionary
wait a minute
1. Stop, I want to say something, as in Wait a minute-he wasn’t there yesterday.
2. What a surprise, as in Wait a minute! It was you who called the police? For a similar phrase, see hold everything.
   
Sickipedia
I was in a restaurant last night and the waiter asked me to cover his shift for 60 seconds.
I thought; “Wait a minute…”
Joke added 5 years, 8 months ago by Tarmacarena
 
Twitter
dom//
‏@wtfdom
I was in a restaurant last night and the waiter asked me to cover his shift for 60 seconds.
I thought; “Wait a minute…”
5:25 AM - 12 May 2010
 
Twitter
funny humour
‏@newfunnyhumour
I was in a restaurant last night and the waiter asked me to cover his shift for 60 seconds.
I thought; “Wait a minute…”
12:07 PM - 12 May 2010
   
Twitter
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‏@rocktreemendous
I was in a restaurant last night and the waiter asked me to cover his shift for 60 seconds. I thought, “Wait a minute..”
5:39 AM - 20 Jun 2015
 
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Spock in Thornaby
‏@Spock_Thornaby
I was in a restaurant last night and the waiter asked me to cover his shift for 60 seconds.
I thought; “Wait a minute…”
12:07 AM - 21 Nov 2015
North East, England