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Ever walked out of a job during a shift?


Was it pretty awkward? Or satisfying?

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Sort of.... I hated my job anyway and I had an argument with the owner. So that night I wrote a resignation letter, effective immediately (I didn't have a contract) and posted it and my keys through the door for him to find the following morning.

Yes, it was very satisfying 😌

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Just curious but if you don't have a Contract your not obligated to give a Notice ? you can just quit "effective immediately"

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This was years ago before it was law that everyone had to have a contract (in the UK). They couldn't do anything as nothing was in writing tieing me to them.

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So to prevent you from doing this you have to sign a contract (in the Uk) to work ?

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Yeah it's law to have a contract. It's usually just one week notice but some higher positions (such as management) require longer. It depends on the company. I doubt most would bother suing you if you just quit and never went back though.

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I had a fun job at a record store but I think since they trusted me and my Cash Till was always level, they made me stay at the Cashiers position alla time. The owners kids would be saying, I'm going down the street to get a soda, you want anything?
I'm standing there thinking EFF ! I can't leave my position. This is BS !
So I walked off one day, so frustrated.
A couple days later I came back, and the Owner's wife said,

We understand. Your Mom just died. It's okay. You are still part of Us.

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No, never. I’ve always been conscious of getting a good reference for the next job, so for those few jobs I’ve hated I just gave my notice and gritted my teeth and got through the last few weeks. I don’t imagine I would handle the anxiety of storming out on bad terms well. Plus there would be no cake, and I like cake.

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“I like cake.”
Best reason ever!

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J'aime le gateau!

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No, back in the day I always gave the required notice. Never burn your bridges.

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After giving notice, it must be very uncomfortable to go to work when there is tension and you are not a good "fit". With everybody staring at you and all. *shudders*

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Yes.

I used to work in retail, and all of my supervisors were stereotypical bitchy queens (catty, violent mood swings, passive-aggressive, etc.). The first two I didn't mind that much because they were so cartoony that they were more funny than upsetting. And the second one, when you met him off the clock, proved to be a nice guy who was going through some very serious problems (had HIV and lost his partner to AIDs), so his mood swings were forgivable.

The third one was a complete nightmare. He would scream at the top of his lungs at you like you were a dog, in full view of other customers and coworkers. One day he came into work ready to tear everyone a new asshole. When he called me in, he totally lied about how I had "waited" to finish a job that morning, when it was literally the last thing I had done the previous day. I wouldn't have minded being yelled out for things that I truly messed up at but he was actually making stuff up out of thin air at that point.

That's my trigger, because this is what bullying authority figures (teachers, parents, coaches, etc.) used to do all the time when I was growing up. If they didn't like you or some other kid for no reason whatsoever, they would go out of their way to make shit up to attack you as in, "This is the TENTH time you've been late this year!" (when you've only been late two times in three years).

Anyway, when this supervisor flat out lied and said that I had "waited" to do something that morning instead of the previous day, I said, "That's literally the last thing I did before going home yesterday. Do you see what I do?" And he immediately shot back, "I see what you DON'T do."

As soon as he said did that, I packed up and left. I don't care about "mean bosses" (it's a fact of life and your boss is not supposed to be your friend). But when a mean boss dislikes you so much that he's going to start IMAGINING things you allegedly are doing to justify treating you like crap, I'm out.

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No, not even during my dishwashing days. The least amount of notice I have given was three days. I was working a temp job for a sandwich packaging plant (was there for about three or four weeks) when I was younger and in-between positions. I got a new full time job and they wanted me to start right away so I gave the temp place 3 days notice. I felt real bad about it, but they understood.

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Nope. But I admit there were a couple of time I wanted to.

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