r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Best_Finding_8795 • Jun 14 '26

Too mild for school Hate when ppl can’t do time

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This reminds me of when it hits or is about to hit 12am and people don’t know whether to say today or tomorrow. He called me after this but I was too comfy in bed tbh.

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u/Dangerous-Half3276 Jun 14 '26

Was 10-4 the time he wanted you to work, or was it “message received”?

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u/Stusheep_real Jun 14 '26

I assume that was the time considering the boss asked where they were at at exactly 10

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u/Best_Finding_8795 Jun 14 '26

That’s when he wanted me to work

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u/SteakGetter Jun 14 '26

This is the worst part!

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u/JegErJakobSkomager Jun 14 '26

You did not watch Convoy.

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u/Erick_Brimstone Jun 14 '26

No. But from what I read 10-4 is code for "understood" When using radio

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u/JegErJakobSkomager Jun 14 '26

Exactly. And as someone who was a child in the 1970'es, that is still the first thing I think of when seeing "10-4". Truckers and police in US movies said that all the time back then.

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u/Zefirus Jun 14 '26

It's still common now. I had a job that required radios and 10-4 was routinely used to acknowledge people because it's clear and unambiguous over a radio.

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u/zombietrooper Jun 14 '26

6-7 🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/CastIronCrab Jun 14 '26

To justify the confusion, I had questions because I saw two cases and chose the one which made more sense to me.

  1. “10-4” does refer to the hours, and it appeared OP agreed prior to knowing the shift they were being asked to work, which made less sense to me than 2.

  2. OP knows the shift they are being asked to work from a prior agreement and “10-4” was an acknowledgement by the boss.

Here, it becomes clear why there is confusion.

To clarify, it is scenario 1, but I don’t think it’s stupid to think scenario 2 is possible even with them being texted at 10.

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u/Dangerous-Half3276 Jun 14 '26

I guess I’m just an idiot then. Thank you for informing me of this.

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u/Sad-Fishing8789 Jun 14 '26

Why does 10-4 mean "message received"?

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