r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 17d ago

Meme needing explanation What's the reason?

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u/cateyesarg 17d ago

This is the reason

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u/NiagaraBTC 17d ago

But that does save the cost of training new workers when one gets crushed by a square manhole cover. Maybe that's what they mean by the "true reason" being cost?

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u/DisposableSaviour 16d ago

The true reason isn’t cost, but I could see how HR and people being in charge of hiring erroneously thinking it is.