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Nobody goes right to work. I mean, screw the company – those first twenty minutes belong to you.

— George Carlin

Painterly partly dismantled brass clock mechanism and loose gears on a workbench.
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Carlin says nobody starts working the second they arrive. He calls the first twenty minutes the worker's own time. Cheeky and relatable, it treats slacking at the start of the day as a small right, not a fault.

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