Remember the flight attendent who had been a good employee but one day just had enough?
He said some memorable parting words, then activated the emergency slide that fills up like an airbag, jumped on and slid to a speedy termination! He also became famous in the ranks of all of those who have thought about a dramatic exit.
If you had the guts...and independent income. What would be your parting words or method of exit, the more dramatic and creative the better.
In my previous life the truck driver who was supposed to deliver a 20 million dollar (yes, million) piece of equipment to the job site I was in charge of got mad at his dispatcher and told him he was quitting and they could find the trailer somewhere in Oklahoma, Kansas, or Nebraska. It cost us about 250K in late completion penalties.
I don't know what I would do. But my husband once worked in customer service, and a customer got mad at him and grabbed his arm. My husband turned around to grab the guys arm and remove it, but my husband is really strong (he has broken almost all of our glasses and a lot of dishes) and he broke the guys arm. Then he told his manager- I just broke this mother-bleepers arm and I am done with this gd job. You can imagine how our normal "how was work today?" conversation went...
In the movie Half Baked, there's a scene in the fast-food restaurant where the counter boy harasses the grill boy one time too many. The grill boy shoves the counter boy aside and says over the microphone, "F you, f you, f you, you're cool, f you. I'm out," while pointing at other crew members. The "you're cool" is directed at an elderly female customer. I'd love to re-enact that scene during a staff meeting.
I heard of a paramedic who when his last shift ended (retirement) he drove the ambulance to a very busy intersection, left it running, locked it with sirens blaring and walked away
At my last job (Insurance managed care for Medicaid & Medicare) I did prior auths for services and inpatient reviews. I used to have to deny services that weren't covered and I fantasized ALL the time about approving everything that came thru whether covered or not, as well as dreaming about calling all the cheating docs out there who falsified their documentation in order to get things approved.
I wasn't creative but it sure feels nice! I quit this week. A job I once loved, then got a new manager and you know the rest. Well, the DOC called me the other day to get me to pick up some shifts and as a looked at my schedual I thought to myself, I don't want to work there, ever! I so I did it, over the phone. "Acctually I dont think I want to come in anymore". I hung up thinking I had a TIA. Now i just cant keep my joy contained!
In the movie Half Baked, there's a scene in the fast-food restaurant where the counter boy harasses the grill boy one time too many. The grill boy shoves the counter boy aside and says over the microphone, "F you, f you, f you, you're cool, f you. I'm out," while pointing at other crew members. The "you're cool" is directed at an elderly female customer. I'd love to re-enact that scene during a staff meeting.
I'd lock myself in a room with the over head pager device and start out "This is Nurse KalipsoRed and I quit because"....then start listing name along with the sins they commeted in detail. Example? "Hey MD Smith, you remember that patient that you were ****** off I wouldn't discharge because I felt something was wrong. Do you remember the the verbal beating you gave me for that? Well I don't remember you apologizing for being such a dick after that patient went into V-tach. You can come stand outside room 102 to gravel now and to praise me for saving you a law suit. Please start your graveling by stating something about how nursing judement is far more superior than doctors." (That's a true story by the way, but not the real name of the MD)
"Next, will the committee that invented the 'new and improved' 20 page version of the rounding sheets come apologize for believing they are compentent and knowledgeable about bedside practice? You can begin your apology with "We're sorry we are such idiots..." "
Sounds like he's still unemployed or at least underemployed. On the other hand, in this article I feel that he does make some valid points about the state of air travel today.
Thankfully I like my current job enough that I have no desire to quit, dramatically or otherwise. All I can say is that if I ever become as frustrated with my job as this man did, I hope I have the good sense to quit before I get to the point of pulling a stunt like he did!
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That Guy, BSN, RN, EMT-B
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Id super glue every call light in the on position
Stack every commode full of Cdiff top to bottom in the managers office
Convince the elderly Bat **** Crazy pt that the DON office is in fact their bedroom
Thats just to start