What is your most memorable co-worker quitting story?

Co-worker got pissed off and came in the next morning and shot and killed everyone. Glad I took vacation that day.

At a previous job, watched a butch lesbian walk into the boss's office and, loud enough for everyone in the surrounding cubes to hear, told him "I quit. You can take this job and shove it up your arse, and while you're at it you can suck on my strapon." Then she just turned around and left the building.

I've seen some strange ones. Best had to be when 30 to 40 technicians walked out the facility after a sociopath manager humiliated the entire company in an open-floor meeting. They said "f'k it" and just left. Manager was calling them 30 minutes later begging them to come back. Company basically shut down when they walked.

Guys job that I got. Told the boss that his twin brother was in a car wreck and he had to take off a few days to go and see him. Few days later guy calls boss and tells him that's it's really bad, he is going to have to donate a kidney to save his brothers life. The office was taking up a collection to send flowers. Well they tried to call the guy to get an address as to where to send the flowers. Well someone in the office knew the parents. Through a friend of a friend. They called and got the twins company that he worked for. Boss called company to get an address offering his condolences, that's when the company that other twin worked for wanted to know what was going on. They said he's right here at work. Guy sent in his resignation a few days later

One of my fellow associates finally had enough of the a-hole Junior Partner in the firm. The JP was a total dick and we hated working with him. The associate had pulled an all nighter working on some research the JP said he had to have for a client meeting. The JP tells him that the "client meeting" was put off but he wanted him to finish anyway so he didn't tell him. Dude losses his mind and they start yelling at each other. Within one minute there are several secretaries, lawyers, etc that can hear everything.

My boy yells "I'm tired of your bullshite and everything about you. In fact, I'm tired of fricking your daughter! I quit!" He storms down the hall to his office, grabs his personal stuff and goes off the radar with the firm. About year later I run into him in DC. After a couple drinks I finally get him open open about that day and ask him about the daughter sex. He says, "I wasn't doing her, but he didn't know it at the time. It let me get the last word."

It's actually a story of when I quit.

I came in and took over a department that was underperforming for a while. I turned it around in a year or so, and after a few years we were the best department in the organization, and were winning all kinds of accolades in our industry. Well, our organization had just had the best year in our history the year before. We got the best evaluation in our industry in the country. It was one year later and we were still doing well, but not as good as the year before.

Turns out my name had gotten out there about how I turned around my department. Well, I got a few offers and, even though I was very discreet, I guess my organization heard about it. I was asked countless times if I was looking for another job. By both superiors and other's invested in the interest of our operations.

So, naturally I lied to everyone in my org., telling them that I was very happy and staying put and they didn't have to worry. All the while I had accepted another job. I had to lie to my company for a couple months due to the new job not needing me immediately.

When the time came I told everyone at once, and very publicly that I was moving on to be the next head coach of the Miami Dolphins.

This is more about me than the girl that quit.

My department covers phones when the receptionist has to go somewhere. While the chick that was moving on was at a meeting, the receptionist left to pick up the farewell cake for her, and transferred the phones to us.

Chick comes back from meeting, and phone rings. She asks, "oh, we have the phones? Where's Lucy?"

I had to think fast, and came up with.....

"She's having period problems, and had to run home right quick."

I guess the girl had issues with my impeccable wit, and I got called into my boss' office later for a tongue lashing.

A few years ago we had a guy in our office get the axe. The superintendent was a douche and didn't get along with the IT department. The IT department conveniently didn't take away the inner office emailing privileges of the former employee. The guy emails a final message and CC's every employee in the company...and the owners. I remember the words "dickless and spineless bastard, along with a few other colorful descriptions thrown in of the boss man. Guy was sooooo pissed.

I worked for a beer distributor during college, & would work on the route deliveries during the summer.

One day I was with this crazy fricker who decided he was gonna quit & leave the truck about an hour away from the warehouse & have his wife pick him up.

He called in said the truck was at this location & he quit right there on the spot.

Lost his CDL for abandoning product or something. I basically got paid to sit in a truck for three hours since I didn't have a CDL at the time.

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