How to Quit Your Job

[AKKuya]

Monday, a young man (19 to 20) started first day of work.  The area lead dropped him off at my work station.  Glue some PVC pipe and adapters together.  Real easy job.  Showed him how and watched him for a few minutes to make sure.  He was doing fine and said he was OK.  Checked on him from time to time while taking care of other stuff.

He signaled for my attention and asked for the nearest rest room.  Directed him to the closest and went back to my stuff.  15 minutes go by and I see him walk to the time computer and clock out.  When he passed me, he said,"I got to call my lawyer."  He walked out the door towards the parking lot.  I waited for 10-15 minutes if he was going to return.

When he didn't, I gave the information to the supervisor.  He didn't return on Tuesday and haven't seen him since.

When you are ready to quit, just say, "I got to call my lawyer." 

[1Cane]

I can beat that story.  In the mid to late eighties I was working as a carpenter at Edwards air force base.  We were inside a huge hangar with a turntable large enough to accommodate a B1 bomber.  Our job was to glue radar absorbent Cones in 2 foot squares to the walls and ceiling.  The glue we applied took several coats with dry times.  They knew when the Russian satellites were overhead and would close the hangar doors.  The air in the hangar would get so thick that you couldn't see the other side of the hangar.  I was originally issued a respirator but I was having problems feeling lethargic and just plain crappie.  I then got a full face respirator with little positive affect.  The capper was my next to last day I walked out of my truck to eat my lunch and fell asleep.  The last man walking in saw me and woke me up.
Driving home that night I decided I'd had enough so the next day I was going to quit.  The foreman was really a nice guy and I didn't know how to tell him the bad news.  Oh this was the year that the Dodgers were going to the World Series.  So at noon I walked up to him and asked him what he thought of Tommy Lasorda.  He told me Tommy Lasorda was a great coach.  So I said to him I can't work for a guy that thinks that Tommy Lasorda is a great coach and I quit.
After this job I had a new policy that they handed out respirators I wasn't going to work there

[Oldman731]

So at noon I walked up to him and asked him what he thought of Tommy Lasorda.  He told me Tommy Lasorda was a great coach.  So I said to him I can't work for a guy that thinks that Tommy Lasorda is a great coach and I quit.

Yes, but...did you call your lawyer...?

Tommy is a Norristown son.  I knew his cousin, Jimmy, when he was zoning officer for Norristown Borough.  The year that the Dodgers played the Yankees - 1981, I think - Tommy got cousin Jimmy tickets to one of the games in the Bronx.  I remember Jimmy telling me that he had never heard such a foul-mouthed bunch of fans as the Yankees had, in that game at least.

Probably pales by today’s standards.

- oldman

[guncrasher]

once I was between jobs like 20 something years ago, we had this guy who got a contract to remodel this building, we got working sanding the drywall that was done the night before to get it ready for painting.  he told everybody to stop and started telling us what we were gonna do that day and the day after. we were looking at him listening and 2 seconds after he stopped talking he looked at me and yell to start sanding. I stopped and starting walking down to the elevator, he yelled at me to go back to work, told him to do it himself, the other 4 guys followed me.  next day I went back to pick up my tools, he had a new crew, I just walked in and said I need my tools back, told me to go get them and started yelling at the other guys, they all quit too, picked up their tools and left.  he refused to pay me for the day I worked, filed a complain with the labor board.  after a couple of months, labor board agreed with me and made him pay 2  months pay as based on state law you have to send a check within 3 days or pay till you actually send it.  never got the money, his company folded as he couldnt keep workers for more than a few days due to his attitude.

some people are too stupid to keep a company.


semp

[Maverick]

This actually happened. I had been told in no uncertain terms that after I had been injured and disabled on the job the Dept was going to pull my badge since they felt I could not work out in the street. I was told that I could stay with the city working as a civilian in some unnamed position and retire when I was 55 (15 more years) or I could put in my retirement papers the next day. Since the dipstick (Command staff LT admin puke) telling me this wasn't even really polite about it. I just turned my back on him and walked away. I filed my papers the next day and asked for a retirement date about 2 months away, so I could get my "longevity bonus check" first.

Last day I had worked at getting the same style uniform I had been sworn in with almost 2 decades before. This one hadn't been authorized for wear in over a decade. it was all old school complete with revolver and dump pouches for ammo and a blue braid over the shoulder. I didn't know at the time but my old buddies in Motors got together to give me an escort in to work my last day, so I was able to ride a PD motor again one more time. A Sgt. drove my civie bike in so I could go home later. What no one knew was what I had on under the uniform, you see the uniform was supplied by the city and supposedly you were supposed to turn it back in. I hung around for the day then at the end I went up to the property section. I then stripped off the uniform and gave it back. I wore a white pair of swim trunks under it and on each cheek I had drawn a bright red pair of lips as if I had been kissed with lipstick there. I then got my flip flops on and walked out the front door (instead of the back like was expected) and walked past the chief's office and the dipsticks window waving with a single finger as I went past. I had clothes stashed in the saddle bag on my bike at the rear of the station and met a buddie who took my personal gunbelt and pistol out there for me. I wasn't giving them something I spent money on. What made up my mind about this scenario about how I left was, after I had submitted my retirement papers another command staff weenie came by my desk and asked if I would stay on as a reserve Officer and work.....for free for 40 hours a month. Even though I was considered disabled for pay status I was fine to work the street for free. Kinda pissed me off.

[icepac]

I sent an e.mail to "all" on the company exchange server.

I put "return reciept requested" and then forwarded all my mail to all (which also included me).

This caused a huge amount of traffic which quickly filled and bombed the server.

I'm pretty sure the "exchange guru" there made a few small changes to make sure it wasn't going to happen again.