You Had ONE Job

Over the holidays we were driving to Palm Springs, passing the landscape of power windmills in the desert, and one of them wasn't turning.   From the back seat, my daughter called out, "You had ONE JOB."

I thought it was the funniest thing I had heard in a long time.  First, it's totally unexpected in the moment.   Second, it's completely on point: a power windmill has ONE JOB and doesn't move.    Third, it's simultaneously completely out of context: a distant inanimate object, a mile outside your car, can't hear nor could understand or feel guilty.  

Is "YOU HAD ONE JOB" Trending?

This week, on Thursday January 25, "You had ONE job" shows up in an episode of The Good Place.   On Friday, January 26, it shows up on the Bill Maher Show.   

Google asserts 961,000 hits.   Googling images for You Had One Job gives a lot of results, and there are videos on Youtube too.   You can contribute images to the YouHadOneJob website.   You can buy a You Had One Job Desk Calendar.

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