Nurse Resigns by Sending 'I Quit' Cake to Her Employer

rzyzzy · Jun 30, 2016

NRSKarenRN said:
for this new RN.

Kinda looks like a "PN" to me.. if that's the case, there's not much chance of a "better" work environment anywhere else, based on my own experiences.

And who would eat an "I Quit" cake anyway?

Jedrnurse, BSN, RN · Jun 30, 2016

Missie Hannie said:
I'm closely related to someone who worked at Western State Hospital with Sara Childers, and they have said that this kind of behavior fits in with her personality. What elkpark said is correct - "media reports" often don't contain the entire story. The media reports about WSH are a bit overblown, and everyone seems to be piling on. Sara just wanted her two minutes of fame.

Two minutes of fame, but many more of "flame"...

amoLucia · Jun 30, 2016

Talk about 'thinking outside the (cake)box'.

(Just had to say it!)

LadyFree28, BSN, LPN, RN · Jun 30, 2016

Despite the delivery...I like it. :laugh:

elkpark · Jun 30, 2016

rzyzzy said:
And who would eat an "I Quit" cake anyway?

What possible difference does it make what the cake says, as long as it tastes good?? ?

Extra Pickles · Jun 30, 2016

What possible difference does it make what the cake says, as long as it tastes good?? :)

images of Minnie Jackson's revenge Chocolate Pie from The Help is now running through my mind.

Emergent, RN · Jun 30, 2016

rzyzzy said:
Kinda looks like a "PN" to me.. if that's the case, there's not much chance of a "better" work environment anywhere else, based on my own experiences.
And who would eat an "I Quit" cake anyway?

Just looked her up on the WA State Provider search. She is an RN, first issue date 11/17/2015, she was born in 1983, she should know better than this foolishness at her age.

NotAllWhoWandeRN, ASN, RN · Jun 30, 2016

elkpark said:
I wonder if a cake actually "counts" as official notice (as compared to an e-mail or snail mail ...) And I hope it was chocolate! ?

Well, it WAS written. I don't think many employers have had reason to clarify "not edible" on their notice requirements xD

My concerns are that she did not clarify whether resignation was immediate or if there would be an end date, and the fact that her writing is terrible. And not even so much as an icing pill or stethoscope? I would've made a much prettier I Quit Cake :roflmao:

rzyzzy · Jun 30, 2016

Emergent said:
Just looked her up on the WA State Provider search. She is an RN, first issue date 11/17/2015, she was born in 1983, she should know better than this foolishness at her age.

I was born a dozen years before her, and I've quit via email before. Not that big of a deal. Great bosses get lots of notice & help with transitions, bad ones get whatever is convenient.

lavenderskies, BSN · Jun 30, 2016

I don't understand all the snark. If people look up the story, she did it as a joke to have a laugh with her coworkers.

elkpark · Jun 30, 2016

NotAllWhoWandeRN said:
Well, it WAS written. I don't think many employers have had reason to clarify "not edible" on their notice requirements xD
My concerns are that she did not clarify whether resignation was immediate or if there would be an end date, and the fact that her writing is terrible. And not even so much as an icing pill or stethoscope? I would've made a much prettier I Quit Cake

I'm going to go out on another limb and guess that, based on the "I QUIT" with multiple exclamation points, and "OFFICIAL NOTICE" with the date, her intention was to resign without notice ... ?

Here.I.Stand, BSN, RN · Jun 30, 2016

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I would have picked out a better decorator. The cake decorators at my local grocery chain are better than the ones at Walmart apparently.

I think she probably bought a blank cake and (tried to) pipe the words herself. The rosettes and the airbrushing look reasonably well done...the letters are abysmal. I have seen blank cakes for sale at Target, though; they have frosting and a border, but nothing else. Don't ask me why...if someone wants to decorate their own cake, the border is the easy part. :laugh: