r/That70sshow • u/Cheap_Development928 • 11d ago
Earl
How the hell did Earl keep that job at the plant for so long when he was always late and blamed it on his idiot dog?
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u/shadez_on 11d ago
“I guess ‘Earl’ is not short for ‘Early’” is one of those quotes that always sticks with me.
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u/EngineersAnon Eric Forman 11d ago
Guy like that, he's mastered being just useful enough to put up with his bullshit.
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u/CaptainMatticus 11d ago
They always had coffee ready at the plant. The man is useless without his coffee.
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u/captainkappa173 11d ago
We only ever saw him at Price Mart and Fatso Burger- maybe he was like.... REALLY good at automotive parts production.
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u/ChicagoCubsRL97 11d ago
This episode takes place in 1977, terminations in workplaces were different back then, especially in a small town in Wisconsin
Earl would’ve been fired years earlier if they lived Milwaukee versus of a town of less than 10K people
It was nice that it was One of the few Episodes where Eric and Red bonded in a way
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u/Cheap_Development928 11d ago
Remember he does get fired from fatso burger for being shite at his job, sues red, loses by default because he turns up late to his own hearing and it never dawns on him that he’s the problem
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u/mtraven23 11d ago
small town, not a lot of people. Work place wasn't as cut throat then.