Have YOU ever YAGE'd at work?

[Jennasis]

In honor of Steven Slater...who else has quit in a grand fashion? Share your stories here.


Closest I ever came was in college. I worked at a clothing store, and stormed in demanded my paycheck, announced that they could all kiss my butt and quit. Needless to say I didn't use them as a reference.

 

[DMass]

When I left a job many years ago I told the powers that be how,when,where and how far up they could stick it.

 

[Soldier's*Sweeties]

Yes...I have worked for my family for years! Like 7...they run a small chain of pet stores in Florida. Well my father left his store for a new job. He was just too burnt out in the family business. It got handed to my uncle to is a drunk/druggie(awesome right). Well he would come to work drunk and high and the other girls who worked there just adored him. I however...knowing how things should be run downright refused to ever fill in for anyone at his store(I worked with my grandfather at another location). One day I had to though. No one showed up to open the store and it was right down the road from my house so I did it. Low and behold here comes my uncle and a while later the girl he called the "manager".

He has some major anger issues when he is drunk and we got into it. He broke a bunch of tanks and basically threw a hissy fit that I opened his store(he and my father have always been very competive and since he is the "screw up" we are the "goody goodies"). Well he decided he needed some food and since he doesn't drive the girl drove him. He happened to leave his keys on the ounter so I locked up the store, put a sign on the door asking the customers to come to the other location and went to the beach(it was my day off anyway). On the way I dropped the keys off to my grandfather(knowing my uncle and the chick would have hell to pay) along with buckets of broken fish tank and told my grand father never again. Then called him and happily let him know where he could personally go and where to find his key!

Sorry so long but I felt like the background was needed.

 

[SC Minnie]

I haven't but a guy I used to work with did.

I was out on medical leave when this happened but got a phone call that afternoon. We worked in shipping/customer service area. The phones rang constantly and there were truck drivers in your face all day wanting paperwork for their loads. So it was hectic. The outside sales people had a habit of hanging around our area talking and just being in the way. That day the a couple of the sales people were hanging in there being loud. The Customer Service Manager (my boss) asked them to go somewhere else if they weren't going to help answer the phones since he was already short handed. They didn't. He asked them again to leave as it was already loud with phones ringing. THey didn't. He blew a fuse grabbed his keys, said 'I quit!', and walked out. Got into in little Isuzu truck and putt putted out of there.

Everyone stood there with their mouth open. The other girl that worked in there with us thought he was coming back. Earlier in the afternoon she had given him money to go get her a candy bar. She thought he was going to the convenience store and would come back with her Snickers bar when he calmed down. He didn't.

 

[worm761]

I did once. DS was only 4 months old and the daycare called and said he needed to go to the ER. I immediately went to leave work to take him and my boss stopped me and told me to get my priorities straight. I informed him that my child would always come first and told him where he could stick his job. Did not regret that decision once.

 

[Liberty Belle]

No, I haven't.

When I was in highschool I worked at McDonald's and one of our drive thru people (who was taking orders over the headset), got frustrated with the long line, took off her headset, and walked out the door. She never came back.

That was a mess!

 

[LindaR]

Yes, I did. I worked in banking. We had recently been purchased by another bank. The new company demanded that we increase our customer base. We were told to make cold calls and basically promise anything (even though we could not actually fulfill those promises). I worked as a mortgage loan officer and they told me that I would need to make myself available to all realtors at all hours......but the kicker was......I was told that I was NOT to clock in and that I would only get paid regular hours regardless of how much I work (I was hourly). I will not lie and I will not cheat! The next day I came to work (it happened to be payday) early, wrote detailed notes in all my files that were in process, placed them on the bank president's desk along with my resignation, cashed my paycheck before anyone knew what was going on, closed my checking account........and left!

Never regretted it!

BTW, all the new people that the new bank brought in were fired along with the new president!

 

[Darsa]

I did once. DS was only 4 months old and the daycare called and said he needed to go to the ER. I immediately went to leave work to take him and my boss stopped me and told me to get my priorities straight.

WOW!! Sounds to me like you DID have your priorities stright, and HE was the one who needs a lesson.

 

[disneybound2010]

In college, I was a projection manager for a big name theater chain. Things had been going downhill for awhile and one day I had had enough. After arguing over the phone with the manager over some pretty serious issues, I hung up the phone, looked around at all the movies I had threaded through the machines and set up (Friday afternoon of a MAJOR movie release before Xmas!) and walked over to each one individually and opened up all the machines, letting all the threaded film loose and fall everywhere...no damage to anything, but not fun for ANYONE to clean up! I threw my keys on the counter, walked down stairs and told the girls behiond the counter to tell Miss Manager to have a MERRY *Insert Undisney word here* Christmas!

I did feel bad for the girls that were stuck there trying to explain hy no movies were showing and having to deal with refunds, but it was truly a satisfying moment. The manager was told shortly after that she either resign or she would be fired.

 

[MIGrandma]

Yes, but I did it pretty quietly.

I was hired at the local government farm office after the flood we had in '87. They were swamped with work and needed temporary help. I had been out of work a few years (SAHM) and since I have a farm background, DH and I decided I might as well apply. I did and they hired me. Not to stuff envelopes and such as others were doing, but they would teach me how to do something then leave me to my work. I would just get the hang of what I was doing and they would pull me off that, and teach me something else. This went on for 3 days, and the last day they put me on the computer, barely showed me what to do and left me. I had NO computer experience. I barely knew how to turn the thing on! I was stuck and needed to ask a question, so even though the girl training me was on her lunch break I went in there and said I was sorry but I had to ask her something. She sighed and rolled her eyes. That was it. I turned around, walked to the manager's office, broke down in tears and said I was done. I still wish I would have told the girl off before I left though, dang it!

 

[princesspiglet]

I did- at my first job right out of college. I was hired to work as a Communications Specialist. My job responsibilites were supposed to be geared towards editing documents, re-writing procedures, posting press releases, etc. My first month went great and I was loving it until I got a new boss in. He wanted me to be his "personal assistant" and asked me to do menial things for him- getting his coffee, picking up his dry cleaning, checking his voicemails, etc. He also flirted with me shamelessly and was constantly ogling me and asking me to go to "lunch" with him in his mini-van. (He was married with 3 little kids). After about 3 months of putting up with his crap ( and letting my actual work get backed up) he asked me to pick up a few things at Walmart for him (on MY lunch break). He gave me a list of about 30 things and a $100 bill then left the office for HIS lunch break.

I was fed up and wrote him a nasty note on my way out- "Dear Mr._, your wife and children are quite lovely and seem to be devoted to you. I wish I could say the same for you. You are a chauvinist pig and you repulse me with your attitude and your actions. Suffice to say, I QUIT! Good luck finding someone to take my place and putting up with your ********. By the way, I am keeping the $100 you gave me for your Walmart items. I think it is the least I deserve for having to deal with you for the past 3 months. Also, good luck fininding another job because I WILL be reporting you to HR."

Sincerely,
Me

I did report him to HR, but he was only slightly reprimanded because it was my word againest his-since we were the only 2 in our little office- and I was a 23 year old, they took his word for it. However, 2 years later he did get fired because of other numerous complaints. I haven't seen him since then.

 

[barkley]

not me, but a former co-worker.

he was fed up with his supervisor, and had tried to make the best of it. he had complained to her boss to no avail (her boss was also my boss, and i don't doubt that the complaints fell on a deaf ear).

so he gets another job, and times his new start for right after a pre-approved vacation. on his last day at work, just before he left, he set up a document on his e-mail. at the begining of the document it says in large letters "to any person receiving this document, please take the time to read this in it's entirety". he sends it primarily to his supervisor, her boss, and h/r-
it starts out pretty much like a standard resignation letter, but then it goes on to detail exactly why he is resigning-and the part his supervisor played in.


he details out how she consistently comes in to work late, and leaves early. how that directly causes cases not to be processed and therefore makes the cases out of compliance with state and federal law. how she reportedly goes to trainings, yet her staff has to field calls from the training staff who are questioning why she's never shown up. it details how the unit he's in has such large staff turnover, how other supervisors have to pick up the slack for his (and he gives thanks to those other supervisors who knowing the issues, and knowing the boss they share with his supervisor won't do anything about it-are dedicated to the staff and the clients such that they have been helpful and supportive to him and his now former co-workers).

he ends it with a calendaring of days that he's kept for months of the supervisor's comings and going, and cross references it to the times clients have gotten so ticked that they've complained to other supervisors or the boss, and includes information on the overtime that's had to be paid purely b/c of time delays due to his supervisor.


but the kicker was that he used this button on our e-mail system called "global network" when he did his c.c.. "global network" meant that a copy went to EVERY individual person who worked for the county (and this was one of the two largest counties in california)-INCLUDING elected officials


OH-and her purposely sent it on a monday morning...the week the board of supervisors were meeting....to discuss waste and accountability in government





oh-the ensuing accountability.

 

[Liberty Belle]

I did once. DS was only 4 months old and the daycare called and said he needed to go to the ER. I immediately went to leave work to take him and my boss stopped me and told me to get my priorities straight. I informed him that my child would always come first and told him where he could stick his job. Did not regret that decision once.

That reminds me of when I had our first child and the day after I had him, my husband called to check on me when he was at work (they were not told no personal calls) once in the morning and once in the afternoon. His boss started yelling at him that "I'm looking for a house and you don't see me on the phone all day!"

 

[C.Ann]

Yes - and was pretty ticked off that I had to hang around for the "exit interview".. I was also able to collect unemployment - even though I quit - and a year or so later, my supervisor called and asked me to come back.. I did, but eventually had to leave again because of my late DH's medical issues.. That time I gave notice..

 

[FergieTCat]

I once worked with a verbally abusive boss. He actually cursed me out in front of one of his partners. I wanted to leave then and there (and take him to court), but my parents convinced me to stay because I needed a salary. They said that if I couldn't find another job within 30 days to walk out. Thankfully, I managed to find another job with the month and quit without burning my bridges.

I later found out that his other assistants were given $10,000 to settle. Apparently, he was going through them once every 6 months. Oh well, hindsight is 20/20.

 

[paintnolish]

Yep. It wasn't that YAGE, though. I was young and had gotten a job as a "customer service rep." That equals telemarketer, and I was in the save center. Basically, people wanted to call and cancel their dining club card and I had to convince them not to. By convince, I had to annoy the crap out of them. The customer had to same "no" 3 times before we could let them off of the hook. It just wasn't for me, but I tried sticking out. Training was to last a week. Halfway through training, we listened to some recorded calls from current CS reps. My friend worked there and we listened to her call. I recognized her voice, of course. The instructor picked apart her call (no big deal), but then attacked her personally, saying things like, "She needs to straighten out her life. You can't bring your problems to work. If she is to weak to leave an abusive boyfriend, that's not my problem." At break time, I told my friend this and made her swear not to tell- of course she went and confronted this lady. Then, during the afternoon training session, the lady began to yell at me in front of everyone in the class. I sat there silently until she was done, and then said that this company wasn't the place for me anyway. I couldn't annoy the crap out of people for minimum wage. Then, I stood up and left. I got a job at a bank right after that.

 

[MomRN]

Just this last week we had a coworker quit that works days (I work nights). Hospital setting. We need to put one person on call and it's her turn first. I hate to call people, so one of the newer nurses volunteers.

She calls her cell phone, goes through to voice mail and leaves a message.

Our nursing care manager calls back! The other nurse swears she dialed the correct number, really weird...anyway, I call this time. The nursing care manager picks up again.

So, at this point we skip her numer and continue on down the list. It's all really weird and confusing until the day shift starts coming in, and it turns out she had quit, but may or may not had been talked out of it, during her last shift. Our secretary tries to call her one more time from her personal cell number, and gets the nursing care manager for the 3rd time.

So, after the initial confusion, it turns out that the former co-worker knew she would be getting called and had her calls forwarded to the manager's house.

One of those things were you had to be there, but after the initial confusion, it was kinda funny.

 

[pansmermaidzlagoon]

yes - worked for a passive-aggressive, control freak bully. I had previous miscarriage and was pregnant again. He promised to lessen my work load, promised I wouldn't be solely responsible the upcoming audit (at least a two person job - and tons of work to be added to my already hectic job) , he understood as his wife had been through the same thing, etc, etc..... He was so understanding and so sincere.

Less than two weeks later I am, of course, working on the audit alone and he is reaming me out because I am not tracking down missing items (not my fault - info was deleted when the company we worked for upgraded computers.)

After two days of being abused, I walked into his office and asked what happened to the previous promises ...he got all defensive and denied everything.....he hated confrontation and being called out on anything. I asked "what about the previous discussion?" He just stared me down, so I said "well, I guess you just bought my resignation". It wasn't the first time I had proved him wrong or taken him to task in a calm, rational, and professional manner - it drove him crazy when I did that and he knew he had nothing. Steam practically came from his ears.

Went directly to my computer and drafted my resignation letter. Didn't have to spend the last two weeks there, because I found out that Monday that I had miscarried again and needed surgery.

He screwed himself over because not only did he not hire the second person for the audit, he was now without me to do the audit or to train anyone - worst time possible to lose an employee in a small office!!!! Felt good knowing I hadn't screwed him over - he had done it all to himself. I also felt good that the entire time I was calm and professional while he was anything but!!! I was so proud of myself because I rarely said boo or spoke up.

I felt like telling him exactly how I felt about how he ran the office - and how his family acted in the office, but I decided if he preferred to have a dysfunctional workplace - who was I to try to clue him in!? Why should I do him that kind of favor?

Best thing I ever did!!!!! As I was drafting the resignation letter I just kept repeating "free at last, thank god almighty, free at last..." over and over in my head. Went for a long lunch and never felt so relieved.

maybe doesn't qualify as "grand" in the larger scope of things - but it was for me!!!!!! Most of the office was his family - and you just didn't say anything to or against him.

 

[bookgirl]

Ok not exactly a YAGE but it's pretty freakin hilarious. Been bouncing around Facebook for the last day. It takes a few minutes for all the pictures to load.

http://thechive.com/2010/08/10/girl-quits-her-job-on-dry-erase-board-emails-entire-office-33-photos/

Oh but don't read the link where her identity is revealed until AFTER you read the whole thing first!!!

 

[PrincessV]

Yes, twice, actually! Both were very early in my working life - early 20s - and I believe both were the direct result of superiors feeling they could take advantage of a young person.

1st was a retail job. I'd worked for them for over a year before going away to school, then coming back a year later. They immediately re-hired me, and asked if I'd be the interim manager because they'd just had to clean house and trusted me to get things going in the right direction again. It was definitely inferred that I'd likely remain manager. Within days, I noticed that we regularly weren't balancing at the end of the day - 30 cents over one day, a dollar under two days later, etc. I reported this to the main office over and over, asking for security to come help me find out what was happening, but they said they weren't worried about it, being so little.

All of a sudden, though, I was transferred to another store, where I wasn't given access to the cash registers. No explanation was given. After a week, I asked my new manager directly what was up... and kind heart that he was, he told me he'd been told to "watch" me because they thought *I* was the one stealing. I went straight to the computer, emailed exactly what had gone down to every employee in the company and quit then and there.

About 6 months later, the new manager at my old store called me, introduced herself and let me know that it was discovered that all the top supervisors of the company were found to have been involved in the losses and had been let go. She hoped I'd consider coming back as all my old employees raved about me and she needed an asst. manager. Um, no. But it was nice of her to offer.


YAGE #2 was in the restaurant biz. A spilled drink at the service bar caused me to slip and fall flat on my back, causing me to lose consciousness and seriously screw up my back. The company couldn't have been better; workers' comp took care of everything and the company's risk mgmt. office echoed my doctor's orders that when I was cleared to go back to work, I still wasn't to carry trays with more than 2 plates at a time for a while. No problem there - I was scheduled for sections that didn't contain tables with more than 4 seats and had the full support of our GM and staff... except for the new asst. manager "Bob" who was just a jerk. One night, he announced that he gave me a table of 20. I said that was fine, so long as someone would help me with drink and food delivery, since I couldn't carry that much at once. Bob announced that the other server on duty (this was 12am, and we closed in an hour so we were down to 2 servers) was too busy and he, Bob, wasn't about to help me. I could take the table he gave me or leave. So I did. Leave.

The next morning, the GM called, apologized profusely, and begged me to come back. I told him I'd love to - if I'd never have to work with Bob, which, of course, was impossible. To his credit, the GM remained a wonderful reference for many years after that and I never once regretted leaving.