Two weeks notice

Why do we give two weeks notice to jobs that would not give us two weeks notice if they decided to fire us?

Edited to add: One time, I got notice that I was going to be let go. They were really good employers in a small business who couldn't afford to keep all their employees so they gave me good references and about a month's notice. I wish more jobs went like that.

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goneNow6565

Back when I was a truck mechanic I remember one time some other guy quit before me and he gave a two weeks notice and he just got fired right away

I saw that and I just thought when it was my time to move on that "why should I give a two weeks notice after I saw what happened to the last guy who gave one?"

It was totally ridiculous to me that they were mad that I just quit on the spot too. They didn't get it.