The CRAZIEST Job Quitting Stories You Will Ever Hear - Don’t Try These Yourself

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  • @brettshaff8772
    @brettshaff8772 4 місяці тому +36

    It was 3:30pm on my last day on the job as a programmer. I had handed everything off, cleaned everything up and had literally nothing remaining to do. But my manager refused to allow me to leave until 5pm. So I was sitting at my desk, feet up, reading a newspaper. Manager walks by and barks "Are we paying you to read a newspaper?". I said "Yes, you are", told him I had nothing left to do and reminded him that he wouldn't allow me to leave early.
    20 minutes later I walk past his office and he's in there showing another manager his vacation pictures. I stopped, popped my head in and asked "Are we paying you to do that?" and walked away.
    Still one of my favorite moments of my career.

  • @adeptusmagi
    @adeptusmagi 5 місяців тому +156

    We were re roofing a Farm building taking down old corrugated white roofing sheets dust was coming of it all over the place
    I asked 3 times was it confirmed it wasn't asbestos ?
    "No no no its perfectly safe" ......... while i was washing up for lunch I heard my french boss telling the owner he'd saved him a fortune because you needed a special team in and it all had to be resin packed before it left site costing thousands of Euros extra
    I told him to stuff his job if he couldn't be honest about safety i could no longer work for him
    I got the "you need to give notice blah blah blah"
    I said no way its a gross breach of contract by you and if you want to play that way lets go
    next day i phoned the inspectors of works told them where the job was and where he was burying the asbestos in the woods
    big big fines for him

    • @AGM-ts5bb
      @AGM-ts5bb 5 місяців тому +25

      Incredibly dangerous substance to deal with.

    • @randolphstead2988
      @randolphstead2988 5 місяців тому +16

      What was the name of that firm, "Auschwitz Renovations & Demolitions"?

    • @adeptusmagi
      @adeptusmagi 5 місяців тому

      @@AGM-ts5bb yeh and he told me asbestos is only dangerous when you cut it ! i had to try and explain to him that it was dust that was the problem and the sheets being rotten produced all the dust the same as cutting it did
      unfortunately asbestos only being banned in the 80s in France builders here still believe stupid things like this and oh a little bit is not dangerous. And the language barrier keeps them from looking up a majority of studies into its dangers!
      No amount of asbestos contamination is without risk and the more prolonged the exposure the greater the risks
      I actually translated American Government studies for him and gave him after the fact but he still couldn't get it into his head
      he died 6 years ago of lung cancer and complications I imagine asbestos in his lungs was one of them TBH

    • @adeptusmagi
      @adeptusmagi 5 місяців тому +10

      @@AGM-ts5bb oh and i threw away my work clothes everything was covered in the dust didn't want that in the house or washing machine tbh

    • @ulysseogez5475
      @ulysseogez5475 5 місяців тому

      That man was a fucking sac à merde and I hope he rote in jail.
      We are well aware of the dangers of abestos on unprotected workers.
      Have you also contacted the inspection du travail and the médecine du travail ?
      If you ever have a pulmonary inflammation that may be related. And the should be held liable for this and pay the full cost for your treatment and every cost associated with degrading your condition.

  • @RyanPaddock-v7r
    @RyanPaddock-v7r 4 місяці тому +12

    I walked out of my job 2 hours ago!!! I feel relief, 10 days off until my new place of employment starts 😊! My boss cried 😂

  • @noblestsavage1742
    @noblestsavage1742 5 місяців тому +140

    back in the 90,s i worked in a care home, they wanted all the residents incontinence pads changed at certain times whether they needed it or not. i would only change them when they needed it citing not wanting to distress residents when i didn't need to. it ended with me taking my uniform off in the office and throwing it at the manager and walking out in my underpants!!

    • @Ben-Askins
      @Ben-Askins  5 місяців тому +28

      Haha well that paints a picture!

    • @BobDeGuerre
      @BobDeGuerre 5 місяців тому

      LOL! I did that in '84!
      I was working at taco hell, for a c@ked-up sleazebag named george. He'd come up behind me while I was elbow deep in hot soapy water, pressed himself against me, said something incredibly sleazy & I lost it.
      I turned around with what I'd thought was the 'bean spoon', stuck it in his face & cursed his sleazy self at the top of my lungs until I'd backed him against the deep fryer. Only then did I realize I was actually holding the 11" 'olive knife' (same handle- whoops🤷).
      While his eyes were still bulging, I stripped off my uniform, threw it in the sink, & walked home in my boxers. Haven't been to a taco hell since-
      However, an assistant mgr (Kip) & I showed up at george's trailer for a party later that same year, stole his keg, & rolled it into the sewage lagoon. Aside from hiding in the tall grass while irate, c@ked up guys with handguns looked for us, that went suprisingly well.
      I hope Kip is doing well, but Up Yours george & scott. I'm SO glad corporate tore that cockroach infested sh¡t-hole down.

    • @confderatechocolate4645
      @confderatechocolate4645 5 місяців тому +2

      You definitely got the short end of that exchange…

    • @JGS123WRPTP
      @JGS123WRPTP 5 місяців тому +2

      I was hoping it was to reveal multiple pads. 🤣

    • @noblestsavage1742
      @noblestsavage1742 5 місяців тому +4

      @@JGS123WRPTP unfortunately i hadnt thought of that at the time😄

  • @seagoingcook
    @seagoingcook 5 місяців тому +86

    I worked at a restaurant during the holidays, no one showed up one day except me and the manager.
    This meant I was cooking, taking orders, washing dishes, clearing tables.
    I accidentally broke a dish, the manager said "I'm taking that out of your pay". I asked if he was serious and he was.
    So I took a stack of dishes (crowded restaurant, open kitchen) threw them all on the floor and told him he could take those too. I then walked out whilst he was at the door screaming at me to come back.

    • @larapalma3744
      @larapalma3744 5 місяців тому +4

      😮

    • @larapalma3744
      @larapalma3744 5 місяців тому +9

      That's outrageous

    • @azaradog1804
      @azaradog1804 5 місяців тому

      Good on you. What an ungrateful shit! I know exactly those sort of days and you save them a heap in wages and they don't thank you for being fantastic and carrying on alone - let alone give you some extra cash or vouchers.

    • @llywrch7116
      @llywrch7116 5 місяців тому

      By chance, have you shared this story elsewhere?

    • @seagoingcook
      @seagoingcook 5 місяців тому

      @@llywrch7116 no

  • @debtompkins5363
    @debtompkins5363 5 місяців тому +43

    I had intended to work till January when I turned 65, but the September before, I came in one morning to a bunch of deliberate sabotage. I fixed everything and got everything done. When the 'manager' came thru at the end of my shift, complaining how things (not me specifically) needed to change or something was gonna happen... I spoke right up and said "Damn right it is, I quit." Walked out and did not return. Retired early.

  • @capablancauk
    @capablancauk 5 місяців тому +57

    I had a job with a zero hours contract. Handed in my notice on Thursday and informed my boss it was my last shift.
    He lost his noodle and demanded 2 weeks notice as per my contract. I agree but with the understanding that the same contract also says zero hours and promised to give him just that for the two weeks.

  • @T-kj2gv
    @T-kj2gv 5 місяців тому +77

    I worked in a care job once where they wanted are worker to reinterview for their jobs or be made redundant. Minutes before one staff member was due for his interview, he called in and said he wasn't coming in for the interview as he had found a new job. He said he would be starting the new job immediately so would not be working his notice period or be coming in for his shift that night either. The manager was not best pleased but I loved the reminder it gave him that employees have power too, not just managers.

    • @yvonnepalmquist8676
      @yvonnepalmquist8676 4 місяці тому +4

      Why would the notice be needed if he didn't have the job yet? 😂

    • @mattwinstanley2544
      @mattwinstanley2544 4 місяці тому +4

      @@yvonnepalmquist8676they were making some employees redundant so as part of the process wanted everyone to reinterview for the remaining jobs.
      It’s a horrible process and should be avoided via voluntary redundancy.
      If the person who got another job was clever - he/she could have maybe used it as leverage to obtain a payoff via the voluntary redundancy process.

    • @mikes164
      @mikes164 4 місяці тому

      @@mattwinstanley2544sounds like pettiness won against cleverness. I’d shit on an asshole manager any chance I can get.

  • @tictactoe325
    @tictactoe325 4 місяці тому +8

    I worked for an organisation and the only person looking after imports and exports. I knew the area well, so I was able to get through the workload. An ass of a District Manager refused to give me permanency. I had no choice, but to resign and take up another job. I did have a great manager, but he couldn’t over-ride the District Manager. I came back to the organisation 6 months later to do some personal business and my manager took me to have a look at where I used to work- what he showed me was that they had to get 7 other people to keep up with my workload. I still smile with the memory. I did resign politely, but oh boy did they have a workload to keep up with.

  • @ZoeyR86
    @ZoeyR86 5 місяців тому +36

    99.9% of jobs in the US are "at will" it's strange how companies expect a 2 week notice, but if they are letting you go, they will remove you within 10mins of telling you. Under the federal rules for "at will" employment, you're free to leave at any time with or without notice.
    Basically, the only exceptions are found in some salary and union contracts

    • @ZoeyR86
      @ZoeyR86 5 місяців тому

      When I quit my last retail job I had worked with the district manager. They day I quit was a stock truck day.
      The GM and OP manager of the store were stealing tens of thousands of dollars in electronics every week.
      I called the district manager told him I had some pictures to show him, and it was best we meet and talk.
      I told him I was tired of being told to keep my mouth shut with threats to lose my job or have me arrested for theft when I never did anything. I showed him pictures and small video clips of the GM, OP and asst managers loading TV's and computers into their personal cars from the loading bay.
      Told him I can't take it I don't care if I lose my job, but this is crazy.
      He talked me down and help me write a letter to my GM we worked together had the coo of the company, him and 8 police officers in a park across the street with a corporate fraud investigator.
      I got wired with a mic and walked into the store and into the loading dock where they had started stealing before the load truck even left said "wtf your the most greedy crupt people I have ever seen the truck hasn't even left and your in here calling dibs on crap and putting stuff in the GM truck.
      I quit I can't work crazy people like you I hope you get caught.
      Walked out the front door and the cops rushed in.
      The store was closed for 2 weeks, but 9days in I got a call from the district manager asking if I was free to meet
      I was we chatted, and he shared with me over the 11mo him and his brother in law were gm, and om, they stole 1.14 million in stuff. Also asked if I would testify on the stand to what I had seen. And offered me the GM position and said I'd be the youngest gm in the company history, but I have good head on my shoulders and feels I can pull it off even knowing I was 20.
      I took the offer I was there as a gm for just over a year before the company went belly up due to greed at the top. The ceo took the money and left the country.
      I fired 7 other employees for theft a d made the store go from losing 1-9k a month to making over 120k a month.
      With less staff

  • @b34rdy
    @b34rdy 5 місяців тому +18

    i took 6 months on the sick during the busy season for where i worked (we had a great full pay sick leave package) so i used it up and just never went back. best part about it was they couldnt replace me for those 6 months and had to pay over the odds for agency staff to cover me.
    wasted 10 years at that place only to get fkd around by a new manager who couldnt organize a piss up in a brewery.

  • @Chickenplague1
    @Chickenplague1 5 місяців тому +65

    This wasn't a resignation, but I got made redundant from a job a while back. Being in IT, they requested I go on Garden leave rather than work the notice.
    I got the email when I was in a meeting with one of our bigger clients, talking about renewing their contract and working on some of the details of that renewal. I was the only liaison with the company and we got along really well. When the email notification popped up, I was projecting my screen and the subject line was "Notice of Redundancy".
    I was going to continue, but the project manager said that we could stop, as they and I quote "weren't going to renew if I wasn't going to be there".
    They took me out for dinner and some drinks when we left and I never went back to the office. I heard later that they had followed up and not renewed their contract.
    I still take some pride in being good enough at what I do that they didn't want to continue without me.

    • @1tommyday
      @1tommyday 5 місяців тому

      I don't understand this story.

    • @Jules_Pew
      @Jules_Pew 5 місяців тому +10

      Shame they didn't employ you directly. Might have saved them a packet.

    • @RogbodgeVideo
      @RogbodgeVideo 4 місяці тому +2

      I wish I'd been in the room when the boss found out why they refused to renew!

  • @TRIUMVIRATEMEDIA
    @TRIUMVIRATEMEDIA 5 місяців тому +39

    My problem with a notice. Is usually the employer is not held to the same standard. If I'm being fired for poor performance, not for a particular incident, they'll still fire me that day and expect me to leave that day with zero notice. I completely understand if I do something to get fired like steal or yell at a customer, I would expect to be fired but with that in mind, if they do something to me that warrants me quitting I don't think I should have to give notice.

    • @deathandcats
      @deathandcats 5 місяців тому +2

      Assaulting a customer? Fired. Bad for business, bad look all around. The manager should have stepped in long before things escalated to that point anyway. But yelling at a customer, especially if there have been major stressors (you're under a lot of pressure, the customer was yelling & swearing at you, your boss is a bully, etc.)? Is not grounds for being fired. Don't get me wrong - it should get you written up, with some performance coaching and reviewing, and possibly enforced time off, but not fired. Especially if you are able to articulate the extenuating circumstances.

    • @sheldonmurray7019
      @sheldonmurray7019 5 місяців тому +3

      If you don’t have a contract you don’t have to give notice you are at will

    • @clintparsons3989
      @clintparsons3989 3 місяці тому

      I’ve never been fired but for every person I have known that was fired they should have seen it coming months in advance as it was fairly obvious to everyone else that they had been giving a third, fourth, fifth chance to get their shit together… I am not talking about layoffs that are totally beyond someone’s control or ability to foresee

    • @clintparsons3989
      @clintparsons3989 3 місяці тому +1

      You don’t have to give notice if you know you will never come back, or ask for a recommendation, or put them down as a reference. Be aware that future jobs can ask your current employer if they would re-hire you. A two week notice is the difference between them saying yes and you getting the new job or them saying no and you not getting it.

    • @TRIUMVIRATEMEDIA
      @TRIUMVIRATEMEDIA 3 місяці тому +1

      @@clintparsons3989 Yes, but I've had many jobs. I guarantee not one of them has ever called my references or my past employers. Besides, no one should quit their job until they have another job so you would rarely use the current employer as a reference and you wouldn't want to use an employer that did something to make you quit as your reference.

  • @TallyDrake
    @TallyDrake 5 місяців тому +31

    I worked at one job where my workmates told me the restrooms were haunted...many times new hires would excuse themselves to use the restroom and never come back. (And yes, the company was just that terrible to work for.)

    • @AGM-ts5bb
      @AGM-ts5bb 5 місяців тому +4

      🤣

    • @StrawberryFieldsNIR
      @StrawberryFieldsNIR 5 місяців тому +12

      Haunted? Or a portal to a better life?

    • @TallyDrake
      @TallyDrake 5 місяців тому +1

      @@StrawberryFieldsNIR A portal to a better life? That's too positive for that company! More like the opening of a cesspool.

    • @StrawberryFieldsNIR
      @StrawberryFieldsNIR 5 місяців тому +1

      @@TallyDrake I was talking about them disappearing when going into the bathroom, not working there.

    • @TallyDrake
      @TallyDrake 5 місяців тому +1

      @@StrawberryFieldsNIR So was I. There was nothing positive going on in that place, including the restrooms.

  • @AussieBearHug
    @AussieBearHug 4 місяці тому +4

    I worked for a boss who had some dodgy business practices and I reached the end of my tolerance one day, and when my shift ended I said to him “I’m giving my notice effective immediately. I won’t be in tomorrow!” I gave no explanation or warning.

  • @cadavis5314
    @cadavis5314 5 місяців тому +26

    After a contentious (on mgmts part) salary isssue due to them changing my shift without appropriate differential I was back on days. Come into work with a note to me on the bulletin board telling me that in two weeks I was going back on evenings. My immediate reply was to post a note to my supervisor in the same manor “I quit”. My bosses boss was angry no exit interview(he was on campus my last day). I just said to him why bother, you aren’t interest in what I would say as I walked away.

    • @t.l.c7481
      @t.l.c7481 5 місяців тому +9

      My last toxic job wanted an exit interview. I said no. They will never learn. Why waste my time and energy on people that don’t give shit.

    • @deathandcats
      @deathandcats 5 місяців тому +5

      The issue with exit interviews is that, if they had listened to you on the prior occasions you voiced your concerns, and made changes, you wouldn't be leaving. So yeah, exactly what IS the point of exit interviews?!?

    • @rebelsqk
      @rebelsqk 3 місяці тому

      There is no benefit for somebody to do an exit interview. Nothing useful will come of it. An if you don't get paid for your time hell no. Don't forget to record any threats made to force you to do it. If you decide to do one record it. HR is not your friend.

  • @josephruddofficial
    @josephruddofficial 5 місяців тому +27

    That one with the cake is actually pretty genius! Love it

    • @Ben-Askins
      @Ben-Askins  5 місяців тому +6

      Same here!

    • @Mark_Agamotto1313_Smith
      @Mark_Agamotto1313_Smith 5 місяців тому +7

      Sadly, the website isn't active, I checked.

    • @mickmash13
      @mickmash13 5 місяців тому +9

      I've tried cake writing (used to work at a bakery), and it's not easy. The fact that it was that long & that legible is genuinely impressive.

    • @StrawberryFieldsNIR
      @StrawberryFieldsNIR 5 місяців тому

      @@Mark_Agamotto1313_Smith I did too. In the archive, only active up to 2019.

    • @temitopeej8407
      @temitopeej8407 5 місяців тому

      @@Mark_Agamotto1313_Smith I found his instagram and he hasn’t posted since 2022.

  • @randolphstead2988
    @randolphstead2988 5 місяців тому +28

    I have no loyalty to outmoded standards. I can be fired on the spot? I can quit on the spot.

    • @mauk2861
      @mauk2861 5 місяців тому +5

      Over 40 years of working in IT Support in the UK I have given zero notice a few times with no comeback possible..
      Twice I have emailed my bosses at lunchtime and not stayed after lunch... in both cases these bosses were abusive mainly to other workers and I don't need that much stress.
      Both times I met my colleagues for a leaving do afterwards and had the support of all of them and some of them did the same.
      Another time a non-technical boss shouted at me for not backing up a server when the contents was 10 times the size of any external disk we had... he said "I pay you to fix problems not cause them", so my reply was "well, I have an instant fix for that" and walked out of his office, got my lunch out of the fridge and walked out the door.

  • @ericthompson1060
    @ericthompson1060 5 місяців тому +19

    My dream way of quitting would be to have Thomas Benjamin Wilde play "No more f@cks to give" while quitting and leaving....

    • @pg4662
      @pg4662 5 місяців тому +3

      @ericthompson1060, please, if you do it, make sure you video it for UA-cam!!

  • @williamhess180
    @williamhess180 4 місяці тому +5

    working on a Saturday I find out my help wasn't coming in until 4 hours after they are normally scheduled at 11 instead of 7. I got almost no help in that time and to make it worse we were told the person coming in at 12 called off but only after we asked if they were just running late. The manager tried to lie but we quickly figured out they knew for hours and didn't tell us. I noticed the following week was scheduled the same way so I told them that day and quite a few more times the next week that if the schedule didn't change that I would not be in. When I didn't show they tried to claim it was a no call no show which I corrected them on. Also, multiple other ppl have actually done that with no repercussions so it was a poor excuse since you can count on one hand the number of times I have called off in the past decade. I still have my job. There has been a change in mgmt. so it's better now.

  • @chrisdonnellyofficial
    @chrisdonnellyofficial 5 місяців тому +22

    It's funny how often April Fools messes with the workplace. Great video!

    • @Ben-Askins
      @Ben-Askins  5 місяців тому +4

      Haha certainly reminds me of a few moments!

  • @xlerb2286
    @xlerb2286 5 місяців тому +18

    Quitting live on air, that's good. For my part I've never had a job I disliked enough to want to leave with a bang. I always did the quiet respectful sort of quitting. Also where I live the tech community is fairly tight knit so acting unprofessional even when the company "deserved" it would be likely to come back and bite you.

    • @Sylvander1911
      @Sylvander1911 5 місяців тому +1

      She went right into her new business, selling weed.

  • @CaesarInVa
    @CaesarInVa 3 місяці тому +2

    I've got a pretty funny one. So back around 1991 I was still in the US Navy reserve and was down in NAS Jacksonville (Florida) doing my annual two weeks active duty training. As it so happened, Labor Day fell at the end of my two weeks duty. Interstate 95 (I-95) is the main north/south interstate highway that runs from Maine all the way down to Key West, Florida and so it runs right through Jacksonville. As it so happened, the section of I-95 that ran through Jacksonville was undergoing repaving/resurfacing while I was down there that summer, so there were a few miles of highway where the lanes were compressed down from 4 to 2, reflective construction drums lined the sides of the highway, gas-powered messaging boards advising of traffic conditions ahead, etc.... you know, the normal stuff you typically encounter when driving through a highway construction zone. So the first week I was down there, the message board by the side of the highway at the beginning of the construction zone just said something like "Construction ahead. Speed limit 25mph" or something prosaic like that. However, on the Friday afternoon of Labor Day Weekend (which is a 3 day weekend here in the US), someone (probably a college summer hire who was returning to school the next week) changed the message to read "F%ck you, Dan". That message flashed on the board ALL weekend long!!!!!!!!!! I have no idea how many tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of people saw that message. Every time I passed it I just about died laughing. Yeah, F you, Dan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @video99couk
    @video99couk 5 місяців тому +19

    My boss makes me work terrible hours for terrible pay. I have to run the company UA-cam channel, the IT, the equipment maintenance and customer facing. But I can't walk out. Self employed.

  • @happygarage6310
    @happygarage6310 5 місяців тому +3

    I've watched several of the shorts. This was my first full video. That last quit, what a way to go, well worth paying a group for that kind of resignation. I've not had any spectacular quits, but some very abrupt resigns. The last speedy resignation I told my boss that the car I was working on would be my last at his establishment, I had booked a trailer online, made arrangements for some help and at lunchtime when I had completed my task successfully, I picked up the trailer my help arrived we loaded my tools and I was gone a half hour into my break.

  • @capt.bart.roberts4975
    @capt.bart.roberts4975 5 місяців тому +11

    If I ever get to resign a job, again, I'm going the close harmony singers route.

  • @mikemcmullin149
    @mikemcmullin149 4 місяці тому +1

    I got so damn fed up one year that I booked the 3 weeks prior to the Christmas shut down off, and during the first week sent an email that I was quitting the last week of the next January. Well after 4+ weeks there is no please stay argument. On the last day of work I said, "That's it I've had it, I bloody quit". Job I went to sucked big time though.

  • @CputtockDthomson
    @CputtockDthomson 5 місяців тому +12

    See my only good one was when I left Burger King for a new job I may or may not have almost forced a public inquiry into their business practices. They had to retrain hundreds of managers and pay massive payouts to various staff to avoid being shut down for 6 months 😅

  • @Patchitt
    @Patchitt 4 місяці тому +2

    I worked for a computer company back in the 90's, it was okay until they started getting us to install network cabling which meant getting to the office at about 6am and not getting back until 6 or 7pm with no overtime payment. I got fed up and found myself a new job then handed in my one week notice. My boss thought that my notice period was two weeks and by this point I was the only person left in my department so when on my last day he realised that I wouldn't be coming back he suddenly became Mr Nice Guy and tried to get me to come back in the next week. Needless to say I didn't help him out.

  • @clintsullivan7437
    @clintsullivan7437 4 місяці тому +3

    It's not quitting, you're just firing your employer. I've walked out of every job I've had without notice. When you're fired, you're fired. I did have a tool and die manager give me a 2 week notice when I was younger when the economy was falling. You were a good man Tom.

  • @kirkmt
    @kirkmt 5 місяців тому +13

    My daughter did the “sorry for your loss” card when she quit McDonald’s

  • @JustXavier
    @JustXavier 5 місяців тому +10

    I would literally hire the people in that last clip. That was fire. 🔥

    • @condorboss3339
      @condorboss3339 5 місяців тому +2

      I think it was genuine because of the 'Deer in the headlights' looks the managers exchanged.

  • @ToilerOnTheSea
    @ToilerOnTheSea 5 місяців тому +11

    Interviewed on the Tuesday, went to my work on the Wednesday, found out I had new job on Thursday, resigned and went home on the Friday.

  • @ToriKlassen1
    @ToriKlassen1 5 місяців тому +7

    Long time ago I started a retail job where I was told on the first day that if I called in sick I could be fired, and if I came to work obviously sick I could be sent home and then fired. I found a new job that same day and called them to say I wasn’t coming back. They did not seem concerned, but ok 🤷🏻‍♀️first and last retail job I ever had.

    • @nancycariker-moon9890
      @nancycariker-moon9890 5 місяців тому +3

      Retail is a pain. When working part-time (while in school) I put in a request for a 2-week vacation for an overseas trip with family. I had been there over a year, had never requested days off before, and was consistently the 2nd or 3rd top salesperson (first place lady was untouchable-so my main competitor and I were always trying to outdo each other for that 2nd place slot). My request was denied by management as it was one of the busier times of the year…so I resigned. Because it was just a part-time gig for me and my retail skillset is highly transferable. I’ve never understood their logic bc that left them short-staffed for much longer than the 2 weeks that I had requested. Mgt is pretty shortsighted!

  • @Wertyingf
    @Wertyingf 5 місяців тому +6

    I give my douche of a boss notice of my early retirement and then the douche bag in him came out and started telling me I couldn't retire I wasn't old enough and to get back to work. So I told him your six month notice is now a six second notice and walked leaving him in the middle of a huge influx of raw material that has to be processed in a very timely manner or it will ruin not really sure how it turned out for the ole boy and don't care

  • @archdrkangel1946
    @archdrkangel1946 5 місяців тому +3

    I left my last work place as the managers thought it was a good idea to book all the workers and themselves time off to go away leaving me on my own in a warehouse to complete orders. I handed in my notice they said I'd never find a job, to their shock my phone was off the hook with job offers .... Let's just say they had to cancel their holiday to run the warehouse as they had no staff as the others followed suit when they learnt I handed in my notice

  • @simonbaker6962
    @simonbaker6962 5 місяців тому +3

    The TV girl who quit is Charlene Egbe. A few months later her "club" was raided by undercover police. At the time she face 54 years in prison but plead guilty and was heavily fined with no jail time. Her organization has also been accused of misusing campaign funds

  • @DanTheCox
    @DanTheCox 5 місяців тому +2

    When I left, I produced an 80 pages report of all the deficiencies observed in my 2 weeks at the company, it's not as flamboyant as some of the situations in the video, but at least I have documented issues and provided potential remedies. Some issues couldn't be remedied without firing the management though, so I'm pretty sure that this report went straight to the bin.

  • @TallyDrake
    @TallyDrake 5 місяців тому +7

    Kinda sad I don't have a job to quit, after hearing that musical number!😊

  • @UCR-123
    @UCR-123 3 місяці тому +1

    Bit of context to the guy that made a leave notice similar to a break up. In the USA there's usually not a law stating you have to stay employed any longer than you want to. There's just a tradition of 2 weeks notice. When we quit, we say 'We're turning in our 2 weeks notice.' That 1st to 12th thing was exactly 2 working weeks. We can also just walk out of the building and let them figure it out.
    This isn't 1 way though. US businesses can fire anyone at anytime for any reason with no notice, or explanation except those banned by some laws, but those are easy to get around. Some employers are kind, others constantly use this as motivation.

  • @22rsx
    @22rsx 5 місяців тому +49

    Please stop posting shorts that have multiple parts, as it is nearly impossible to find pt2

    • @StrawberryFieldsNIR
      @StrawberryFieldsNIR 5 місяців тому +1

      It drives the traffic (or should do) to the main page of longer videos. If you want to see longer videos, just subscribe.

    • @22rsx
      @22rsx 5 місяців тому +3

      @@StrawberryFieldsNIR I am subscribed, and I do watch the full videos but I often watch shorts in his come up a lot. I no longer watch if it’s more than 1 part.

    • @technodrome
      @technodrome 5 місяців тому +1

      The only solution that I’ve found is that you have to watch all of them starting from oldest… but then good luck trying to find where you left off.

    • @NicTikkets
      @NicTikkets 5 місяців тому +2

      I agree

  • @ThomasScottD
    @ThomasScottD 5 місяців тому +4

    That first guy never leaves anything on the table!

  • @currentsitguy
    @currentsitguy 4 місяці тому +2

    The most expensive words my wife ever uttered:
    "You are by far the most morally bankrupt people I have ever had the displeasure of working or"
    It cost us over $150k in legal fees for a non compete lawsuit. She won, byw.

  • @galexeqe
    @galexeqe 5 місяців тому +6

    I think the best way to quit is to announce it over the PA, grab a bottle of beer from the fridge, pop the emergency slide on the side of the plane, slide down and head off to the car park to pick up your car
    Just remember to take your belongings with you, as trying to climb back up the slide to pick them up kind of ruins the effect

    • @lynnehrhart5789
      @lynnehrhart5789 5 місяців тому +1

      😂

    • @joeschmo622
      @joeschmo622 5 місяців тому

      I thought he grabbed 2 beers, not 1. That guy was a hoot!

    • @docgiggles130
      @docgiggles130 5 місяців тому

      Too bad he got fined a huge amount by the FAA and was charged with several crimes for doing that.

  • @CanadianLoveKnot
    @CanadianLoveKnot 4 місяці тому +5

    A job I should have done that for, I worked 12 hours on my last day to get everything done. I was so dumb 🤦

  • @adeptusmagi
    @adeptusmagi 5 місяців тому +5

    it really takes the cake i wonder where they filed his resignation letter
    deep freeze ?

  • @harryboyes2812
    @harryboyes2812 5 місяців тому +2

    Those guys have some serious singing talent. Brilliant 👏 😊

  • @abkeener81
    @abkeener81 5 місяців тому +4

    That last one drew attention. And I can see it both ways. As a skit or for real. I’m Andrew.

  • @tomarmstrong3800
    @tomarmstrong3800 5 місяців тому +6

    That first clip cracked me up hahaha

    • @Ben-Askins
      @Ben-Askins  5 місяців тому

      Me too 🤣

    • @windofhorus666
      @windofhorus666 5 місяців тому +1

      he was taking the biscuit dropping the link to his business though

  • @pursuitforspeed
    @pursuitforspeed 5 місяців тому +7

    I don't think I understand why a business would not like someone having a side business like the cake baker.
    As long as the side hustle isn't conflict of interest, ie you work as a consultant and your side hustle is consulting, there's no issues.
    They don't get to decide what you do in your spare time.
    I know that's not necessarily the case here, but just commenting on your commentary.

  • @clintparsons3989
    @clintparsons3989 3 місяці тому +2

    The cake guy is a class act and left on great terms

  • @georgiak6017
    @georgiak6017 4 місяці тому +2

    I emailed my resignation. Everyone who asked me what I was going to do, I told a different story 😂

  • @simonorr594
    @simonorr594 4 місяці тому +4

    I worked at Unicef in NYC and built their global HR and payroll system for 166 countries. It was horrible! My 50 year old female boss made jokes about my daughter, 10 weeks premature "turning yellow and dying". On my last day I went up to her and yelled, in front of the whole office: "I can always get another job, Frances, but you can never have children!"

  • @G.G.8GG
    @G.G.8GG 5 місяців тому +6

    Makes me want a redo of my working life so I could sing my way out the door!

  • @handlesrstupid123
    @handlesrstupid123 5 місяців тому +2

    I hated how one business treated 2nd shift so much 1/3 into the day I smashed keyboard walked the fuck out, Ive been working manufacturing and lately trades my whole life but that place was something else they should of just not had 2nd shift for how poorly they treated them

  • @aspelund76
    @aspelund76 5 місяців тому +2

    I'm amazed that he was able to write so legibly on the cake.

  • @ithinkitmightbe
    @ithinkitmightbe 4 місяці тому +4

    I got pulled into a meeting out of nowehere at a job where I was doing sending and receiving of product we made in house.
    In the meeting I was told i was getting a written warning for my "performance" no indication of what that was just that they expected better.
    So I stood up and went, well, I quit, f**k you all, went downstairs, wrote on a peice of paper I quit, let everyone in the office know what happened and walked. About a year or so later the manager was fired from her role for the same "lack of performance"

  • @secret.headquarters
    @secret.headquarters 5 місяців тому +4

    You should look up Doug Walker quits. He quit his job spectacularly when his UA-cam channel started to make money

  • @brendaflower7790
    @brendaflower7790 3 місяці тому

    Laughed so much at that last one I nearly cried😅.We have a couple but nothing to top that.

  • @georgerohrberg4279
    @georgerohrberg4279 Місяць тому

    HAHA, I worked for ShopRite for about 5 years(88-93) before I joined the Marines. My boss did not like me. I did not quit, I took a leave of absence for military service. THAT upset him. I had no intention of going back and never did.

  • @robinfox4440
    @robinfox4440 4 місяці тому

    That news anchor was a giga chad. Her company did a hit piece on her company and her cause. She had integrity so she said f**k it, I quit. That takes balls.

  • @deathandcats
    @deathandcats 5 місяців тому

    Let's be honest - places like Maccas usually have so many casuals, and people applying for casual positions, that you don't *really* need to give a full 2 wks notice. It's polite to do so, and it does make it easier on the person who looks after the rosters, but in the fast food industry if someone walks off the job, unless they are a manager or have a specific skill set that takes some time to learn, it's not even a blip on the radar of interrupting how that business functions.

  • @leelee7731
    @leelee7731 5 місяців тому

    Love a person who can style in orange

  • @carlossanders8427
    @carlossanders8427 5 місяців тому +5

    I should have done the "Sorry for your loss" one on my PhD supervisor hahaha

  • @BrainboxccGames
    @BrainboxccGames 4 місяці тому

    the cake one is excellent :D

  • @ShoRyuBarbie
    @ShoRyuBarbie 5 місяців тому +1

    I tried the website and I don't think things worked out well for Mr. Cake.

  • @dww6
    @dww6 5 місяців тому

    I handed my McDonald's resignation in on a napkin after i was lied to and told i was scheduled for the 8th time.

  • @Not_a_number_
    @Not_a_number_ 5 місяців тому +3

    That song is fully stuck in my head now! 😂

  • @lilfizz1619
    @lilfizz1619 3 дні тому

    That guy's icing ability is insane /pos

  • @Pattiefair
    @Pattiefair 5 місяців тому

    I'm so going to keep this

  • @ChrisJones-bp7ij
    @ChrisJones-bp7ij 3 місяці тому

    If someone quits and doesn't work their notice has any company in the UK ever taken someone to a tribunal? I can understand if maybe it was a high end job like lawyer, but would McDonald's or a care company really take someone to court for say resigning with immediate effect?

  • @ike8194
    @ike8194 5 місяців тому +5

    Hope the mrcake is doing alright since the website doesn’t seem to be up

    • @carolinebjerkelund767
      @carolinebjerkelund767 5 місяців тому +2

      I don't think he would tell his old boss his real new cake business name.

    • @StrawberryFieldsNIR
      @StrawberryFieldsNIR 5 місяців тому

      @@carolinebjerkelund767 It was a website until 2019.

    • @lokicooper4690
      @lokicooper4690 4 місяці тому

      If you Google Mr. Cake UK, his instagram and Facebook pop up. From a note on FB last month, he’s now a manager at an emergency homeless shelter, something he says he is very passionate about (apparently stuff happened during the pandemic).

  • @amacot656
    @amacot656 5 місяців тому

    That last one... i think i will copy that, or the one with a marching band.... I have yet to get so damn abused by work that it would requires such show

  • @kairazor9703
    @kairazor9703 5 місяців тому +6

    I had worked at a restaurant for 2 years, was good, but then change of management.. you can see where this is going, the new manager promoted all the staff who did fuck all to supervisors, so they could do even less, and got in a total fuckwit to be the new kitchen manager, so the restaurant went downhill faster than the titanic, well one day I walked into my shift and section at 30 mins before service, and guess what nothing was prepped or ready, so I just stood there, if they can't be arsed then neither can I, I asked for the manager, but he was on a break... a break at 11.30 am before we have even opened... okay. so I waited till he got back, even had time to write him a official resignation on a bit of paper. soon as the manager got back I handed it to him and said " I quit, good luck "

  • @GeorgieB1965
    @GeorgieB1965 5 місяців тому +2

    I've only heard of epically wimpy quitting. We had one at my former agency. Made it through orientation (one day); went to the school, and never came back from lunch (1/2 day).

  • @capt.bart.roberts4975
    @capt.bart.roberts4975 5 місяців тому +3

    The cake is addressed to The Border Force Scotland, it is a civil service job.

    • @derekwright2388
      @derekwright2388 5 місяців тому +2

      He was based at Stanstead airport in Essex,

    • @sammorrow7007
      @sammorrow7007 5 місяців тому +1

      i didn't know Stanstead in Essex is now in Scotland, maybe look at a map before commenting, also The border force Scotland isn't a thing, since it's not a devolved power and is reserved to Westminster, but hey at least your tried

  • @larapalma3744
    @larapalma3744 5 місяців тому +1

    Just keep in mind that this ONLY WORKS if the economy allows it!
    Hasn't been this way for MOST of the time time!

  • @RogbodgeVideo
    @RogbodgeVideo 4 місяці тому

    Sadly the cake maker's website is no longer active.

  • @jc1400
    @jc1400 4 місяці тому

    I want to win the lottery not tell anyone and come into wok and say exactly what is on my mind. I’m sure security would drag me out within an hour. But I’d go down hurling all the things I want to say to my moronic coworkers.

  • @princess45590
    @princess45590 4 місяці тому

    How do I contact you please?

  • @fiiboss
    @fiiboss 5 місяців тому

    Ben, add some googly eyes to your webcam if ykyk 😄

  • @tomkindall936
    @tomkindall936 18 днів тому

    Keep in mind in the US more jobs are at will meaning the company can fire you at anytime and for any reason. Your comment regarding the shortened notice period of the McDonalds worker doesn’t apply. Any notice period an employee gives is a courtesy not a requirement. Since the pandemic it has become common to give no notice at all. I returned to the workforce after having been retired. I decided the job wasn’t for me and gave a traditional 2 weeks notice, everyone was surprised. I was told in most hourly positions no 1 gives notice anymore, nevertheless I did. I suppose because there is no loyalty to employees from companies anymore employees have decided what’s good for the goose is good for the gander.

  • @Pandabee11
    @Pandabee11 5 місяців тому

    I don’t think Mr Cake is trading anymore.

  • @Soldmysoulforablurayplayer
    @Soldmysoulforablurayplayer 5 місяців тому

    Mr Cake went through addiction is now the manager of a homeless shelter according to his facebook. Looks likenthjbgs havent been going his way since leaving that conpany.

    • @jainthorne4136
      @jainthorne4136 5 місяців тому +3

      Really? He beat addiction and is working to help others. Sounds to me like he's a positive force in the world.

    • @ninthcouncil
      @ninthcouncil 3 місяці тому

      Not a company but UK Border Force, a pretty soul destroying job in itself.

  • @BSGSV
    @BSGSV 4 місяці тому

    Unfortunately, Mr Cakes doesn't seem to be up and running anymore.

  • @molsky13
    @molsky13 Місяць тому

    How has a employer become the enemy how has the work place become this bad?

  • @susiq58
    @susiq58 23 дні тому

    CONGRATULATIONS

  • @johnboy9851
    @johnboy9851 5 місяців тому

    aaaahhhh Mr Cake is no longer around :(

  • @1tommyday
    @1tommyday 5 місяців тому

    The newscaster may not have done the right thing there...that was live and there's video footage.
    Can't use them as a reference!

    • @Sylvander1911
      @Sylvander1911 5 місяців тому

      She had a side business - a cannabis shop

  • @seanbrett76
    @seanbrett76 5 місяців тому

    Mr cake web site is no longer available :(

  • @SGC511
    @SGC511 5 місяців тому

    I thought the guy in the first one was an AH.

  • @felipebaby7732
    @felipebaby7732 4 місяці тому

    Who are these people who only have to give 2 weeka notice 😢 lucky

  • @matthew36291
    @matthew36291 4 місяці тому

    Mr cake website no long exists

  • @christinanihart7598
    @christinanihart7598 4 місяці тому

    Most places in America these days if you give 2 weeks notice their reply is, ok go ahead and leave now.

  • @quacasualwomen
    @quacasualwomen 5 місяців тому

    and walk straight to the gym

  • @snipermerc
    @snipermerc 4 місяці тому

    The cake guy... The website is down... :(

  • @simonbaker6962
    @simonbaker6962 5 місяців тому

    sadly mr cakes web site is not active

  • @dori411
    @dori411 5 місяців тому

    You ever see how the Nostalgia Critic quit his day job?
    ua-cam.com/video/pZ-Sy11mvZU/v-deo.htmlsi=rL1vcnTcgWaOYgUU

  • @mommyhomemaker355
    @mommyhomemaker355 5 місяців тому

    I only have a problem with the foul language on live TV or a public place

  • @emdxemdx
    @emdxemdx 2 місяці тому

    Why 2 weeks? 2 seconds is enough, unless, of course, you expect a shit show and want to enjoy it…