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worst reason you've ever seen someone quit a job for?

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Lifer
I think my now-ex coworker might be full-blown retarded...

last week, his car broke down. rather than just take the train into work and deal with the long commute while shopping for a new car, he just quit. /facepalm
 
Kirk Lazarus: Everybody knows you never go full retard.
Tugg Speedman: What do you mean?
Kirk Lazarus: Check it out. Dustin Hoffman, 'Rain Man,' look retarded, act retarded, not retarded. Counted toothpicks, cheated cards. Autistic, sho'. Not retarded. You know Tom Hanks, 'Forrest Gump.' Slow, yes. Retarded, maybe. Braces on his legs. But he charmed the pants off Nixon and won a ping-pong competition. That ain't retarded. Peter Sellers, "Being There." Infantile, yes. Retarded, no. You went full retard, man. Never go full retard. You don't buy that? Ask Sean Penn, 2001, "I Am Sam." Remember? Went full retard, went home empty handed...
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I guy I know got a job working in a call center. He quit three days later because he had to make so many phone calls.
 
he was a lazy shit. my dad has had people like that. they live a few blocks from work, car breaks down (they claim) and they show up an hour and a half late because they needed a ride

humans suck
 
Thats a tough one, I've seen some really stupid ones

Ask off for a party, told no, quit
Overslept alarm on 2nd day, said fuck it and never went in
Got an invite to a 2wk hunting trip, new job no vacation time, quit
 
Over the years, when work was plentiful, I'd quit a job at the drop of a hardhat.

Boss in a bad mood yelling at everyone? I'd grab my lunchbox and thermos and tell him to fuck off & call the hall.

Try to force me to wear that dammed hardhat in the cab of the crane? Fuck you...I'm gone.

Can't smoke on the project? I'm outta here. Get someone else.

I've quit at the end of the day, at lunch, at the start of the shift, on Friday, on Monday, over the weekend and never even called in...
Some people call in sick...I called in quit.
 
Worked for Pepsi in production, 2nd/3rd shift.

Job requirement: you wear a hat.

New guy starting at night, walks in the door tracks me down, no hat.

Me: did you bring a hat?

Him:no

Me: ok, this is a food production facility, part of the job requirement is you have to wear a hat.

Him: "Fuck that, I don't do hats."

turns around and walks out the door.

Me and the other supervisor: 😕


Edit: ok just saw BoomerDs post...so apparently there are other people in the world that do the same shit....and here I thought this guy was special....apparently not.
 
Hmm, most of these aren't stupid. Why let your job control your life? If you want to go hunting for two weeks, go for it!
 
Originally posted by: Wheezer
Worked for Pepsi in production, 2nd/3rd shift.

Job requirement: you wear a hat.

New guy starting at night, walks in the door tracks me down, no hat.

Me: did you bring a hat?

Him:no

Me: ok, this is a food production facility, part of the job requirement is you have to wear a hat.

Him: "Fuck that, I don't do hats."

turns around and walks out the door.

Me and the other supervisor: 😕


Edit: ok just saw BoomerDs post...so apparently there are other people in the world that do the same shit....and here I thought this guy was special....apparently not.
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I wore a hardhat almost every day for more than 30 years...but NOT while in the seat of the crane. If something happens and I NEED a hardhat in the seat...I'm probably dead anyway. All a hardhat will do is MAYBE let my wife have an open casket.
Out of the seat, or when running other equipment, the hard hat is on with no argument.
 
I once quit a job after working there for one day because I didn't like the people I worked with.

I only regret not quitting at lunch time.
 
In my teens I worked at McDonald's. One weekend I was asked to cover an opening shift for someone and I didn't really want to but I grudgingly accepted after the manager agreed to pick me up for work at 4:30 a.m. When she arrived the next morning I decided I was too tired to get up and go to work so I cracked the front door (without removing the chain) and just told her I quit and slammed it shut.

Eventually they hired me back. The next time I quit because the manager was a total bitch.

My work ethic has improved greatly since high school, thankfully.
 
Originally posted by: FoBoT
Kirk Lazarus: Everybody knows you never go full retard.
Tugg Speedman: What do you mean?
Kirk Lazarus: Check it out. Dustin Hoffman, 'Rain Man,' look retarded, act retarded, not retarded. Counted toothpicks, cheated cards. Autistic, sho'. Not retarded. You know Tom Hanks, 'Forrest Gump.' Slow, yes. Retarded, maybe. Braces on his legs. But he charmed the pants off Nixon and won a ping-pong competition. That ain't retarded. Peter Sellers, "Being There." Infantile, yes. Retarded, no. You went full retard, man. Never go full retard. You don't buy that? Ask Sean Penn, 2001, "I Am Sam." Remember? Went full retard, went home empty handed...
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"What do you mean, you people"

Best movie line, EVER. I will watch that movie again some day just because of that line.

Edit: http://www.zazzle.com/what_do_...irt-235444994006793345
 
One guy in my training class for this job quit on the 2nd day of training because it was too stressful. I think that guy could see the future.
Granted, he was a retiree that was looking for something to do. I couldn't blame him.
 
Originally posted by: GuitarDaddy

Got an invite to a 2wk hunting trip, new job no vacation time, quit
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something similiar:
Got invited to try out for the Yankees. but was going to hawaii with a milf/daughter team during that same time. i probably would not have made it on the team (or any major league team), but looking back, i should have went.
 
An acquaintance of mine got a job working as an attorney for a small boutique workers comp law firm. His starting salary while on probation was really low, but he could renegotiate his salary after his probation. Mind you, this guy is an idiot socially, and this was his first job out of law school, almost a year after graduating and no job.

Anyway, the day he as supposed to renegotiate his contract, the boss doesn't show, he had car trouble. So instead of waiting for his boss to come back, and negotiate a handsome sum for a salary and mentoring in workers comp, this idiot, drafted a handwritten letter of resignation and walked out of the office. This burnt his bridge (or what was left of any bridge) with anyone else in the legal community here thinking of hiring him...
 
My friend and I both simulquit tha donut bakery job because we had just smoked up out back and the damn drug patrol sheriffs were coming in the front. We got paranoid.

Owner was cool, just had to do double work the next morning.
 
Have seen plenty of folks not even survive one whole day. They didnt like it. And by "it" I mean work. Seen many people who were just not into regular work. Rather than tough it out and learn how to deal with it, they quit.
In fact I'd say in modern America theres a little too much of that going on these days. Its not a huge wonder the Mexicans are snatching up our domestic jobs and the Indians are getting our outsourced jobs. They complain less, work for a lower salary and fewer benefits, and generally show better results on the job.
 
Originally posted by: shortylickens
Have seen plenty of folks not even survive one whole day. They didnt like it. And by "it" I mean work. Seen many people who were just not into regular work. Rather than tough it out and learn how to deal with it, they quit.
In fact I'd say in modern America theres a little too much of that going on these days. Its not a huge wonder the Mexicans are snatching up our domestic jobs and the Indians are getting our outsourced jobs. They complain less, work for a lower salary and fewer benefits, and generally show better results on the job.
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And yet somehow, quite magically, America is still the number 1 manufacturer in the world. 😕
 
Originally posted by: TehMac
Originally posted by: shortylickens
Have seen plenty of folks not even survive one whole day. They didnt like it. And by "it" I mean work. Seen many people who were just not into regular work. Rather than tough it out and learn how to deal with it, they quit.
In fact I'd say in modern America theres a little too much of that going on these days. Its not a huge wonder the Mexicans are snatching up our domestic jobs and the Indians are getting our outsourced jobs. They complain less, work for a lower salary and fewer benefits, and generally show better results on the job.
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And yet somehow, quite magically, America is still the number 1 manufacturer in the world. 😕
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Number 1 how? By volume? Value in dollars? People employed?

I'm sure if we are the Mexicans have something to do with it.

If we are not, it has something to do with the 1 billion Chinese people slaving away for 100 hours a week.
 
Originally posted by: BoomerD
Originally posted by: Wheezer
Worked for Pepsi in production, 2nd/3rd shift.

Job requirement: you wear a hat.

New guy starting at night, walks in the door tracks me down, no hat.

Me: did you bring a hat?

Him:no

Me: ok, this is a food production facility, part of the job requirement is you have to wear a hat.

Him: "Fuck that, I don't do hats."

turns around and walks out the door.

Me and the other supervisor: 😕


Edit: ok just saw BoomerDs post...so apparently there are other people in the world that do the same shit....and here I thought this guy was special....apparently not.
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I wore a hardhat almost every day for more than 30 years...but NOT while in the seat of the crane. If something happens and I NEED a hardhat in the seat...I'm probably dead anyway. All a hardhat will do is MAYBE let my wife have an open casket.
Out of the seat, or when running other equipment, the hard hat is on with no argument.
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Why wouldn't you just wear the hat? Its not any sweat off your back to wear a damn hardhat in there.

 
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