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I Quit Stories: Wild Resignations Shared
Employees share bizarre 'I quit!' stories from work that went viral.
In brief
Employees share bizarre 'I quit!' stories from work that went viral. Workers describe shocking resignations including quitting over drug use, unfair bosses, and pranks. Originally reported by BuzzFeed.
Reddit asks for best 'I quit' story
Reddit user Cultural_Record5423 asked for the best 'I quit' story witnessed online.
“What’s the best 'I quit' story you’ve ever witnessed?”
Cocaine user quits after drug test
A worker quit after bragging about using cocaine before work and failing a random drug test.
“A guy showed up to work bragging about doing a line of cocaine beforehand. Thirty minutes later, our boss called his name for a random drug test. He just looked at us and yelled, 'I quit!'”
Sales job commission dispute
A salesperson quit after their company changed commission rates and moved the van to a parking spot.
“I warned them that I would quit if they changed my commission again, and they would have 24 hours to pick up their van. My commission was once again changed. After 24 hours, I moved the van from in front of my house to a metered parking spot.”
Intern moves to Colorado
An intern left a local business after going out to lunch and moving to Colorado.
“When I was an intern at a small local business, one girl went out to lunch and moved to Colorado.”
Plumber writes pipe messages
A plumber quit after writing nasty messages on pipes he knew his coworkers would encounter.
“Right before a plumber quit, he wrote nasty messages to his coworkers on all the pipes he knew they’d eventually encounter.”
Reporter throws pager at editor
A reporter quit after throwing a pager at an editor and yelling 'Set this to vibrate and shove it up your ass!'
“A reporter and a son-of-a-bitch editor got into a heated argument over a story. The argument ended when the reporter took his pager, threw it at the editor, and yelled, 'Set this to vibrate and shove it up your ass!' before quitting on the spot.”
Navy man throws radar console
A US Navy sailor quit after throwing a radar console overboard, electrocuting himself and getting an honorable discharge.
“My dad was in the US Navy repairing radar equipment during the Vietnam War. One day, after a very long shift, he was so angry at leadership that he took a radar console out onto the deck and went to chuck it overboard.”
Flight attendant quits with liquor
A flight attendant quit after announcing his resignation to the entire plane and swiping liquor bottles.
“I frequently think about a story I heard about a flight attendant who announced his resignation to the entire plane, swiped some liquor bottles, and went down the emergency slide.”
Brewery staff quit en masse
Brewery staff quit after a bar manager's incompetence led to multiple resignations within days.
“We all worked at a brewery as bartenders and servers. They hired this bar manager who was terribly incompetent and acted like we were all below her.”
Bank employee helps customers
A bank employee quit after helping customers by lowering interest rates and closing accounts.
“When I worked at a bank, I heard someone in a cubicle next to me answer calls on his last day. He opened the calls with the standard BS script, then agreed to lower customers' interest rates, credit back any questionable charges, and close their accounts.”
Restaurant worker quits with prank
A restaurant worker quit after jamming a whistling noisemaker into a car's exhaust with a screwdriver.
“I had an asshole boss at a fancy restaurant who was very abusive and hostile to the Mexican workers in the back (dishwashers, busboys, soup chefs, etc.). When it was slow, he made them wash his fancy car and was very picky about their work.”
Store intercom resignation
A worker quit over the store intercom, described as the hardest to top.
“Someone quit over the store intercom. Hard to top that.”
Sympathy card resignation
An employee quit by handing a sympathy card with 'It's me, I'm your loss' written on it.
“At my previous job, I just had enough after 11 years. I walked into my boss's office and handed him a sympathy card with 'Sorry for your loss' written on the front. He opened it and saw that I had written, 'It's me, I'm your loss.'”
Multilingual worker quits
A multilingual worker quit after being sent to a department unrelated to their expertise.
“Years ago, I worked at a job with a shortage of personnel. For some reason, they thought that because I speak multiple languages, they could just send anyone over to my department, even if it had absolutely nothing to do with my expertise.”
McDonald's coworker pees on grill
A McDonald's coworker quit after peeing on the grill during a dispute with the manager.
“I have a friend who, in my college years, worked at McDonald's. She told me that a coworker quit over a dispute with the manager. On his way out, he peed on the grill.”
The takeaway
Workers describe shocking resignations including quitting over drug use, unfair bosses, and pranks.
