Workers Share Their Best "SCREW THIS, I QUIT" Stories
Everyone has had at least one job that was an absolute nightmare.
You know the kind. It's the job that you sluggishly get ready for in the morning. The one that burns your nerves all day. The one where you dread even a polite conversation with your supervisor. The one where you hold your breath until 5 p.m.
You're afraid that there will come a point in time when you just won't be able to take it anymore, and the next words out of your mouth will simply be: "Screw this, I quit!"
Their stories may help you develop the courage to finally quit your nightmare job, or help you realize you don't have it as bad as you think. Either way, there's something here for everyone!
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#1 There Is Good Left In The World
When I was 17, I worked in a sports shoe store in a mall. I had this manager that would constantly require that we up-sell more items to customers and would yell at us if we did not attempt to do so.
I had worked there for a few months and had been relatively happy, but this manager was always on our case to up-sell more and more items as it made the store look good to other stores in our franchise.
One afternoon, a boy in his late teens, wearing tattered, old, dingy clothes with mismatched shoes that were falling apart, walked in very aware that people were looking at him and judging due to his appearance.
I greeted him and asked what I could do for him. Timidly, he told me he had a job interview coming up and needed a new pair of tennis shoes. I showed him a couple of options, but he shot them down quickly.
I could see we were way out of his price range but somehow he was brave enough to ask if we had anything in the $20 range (this was a place that normally sold Jordans and other $100+ shoes).
I knew we had a couple of pairs in the back that had been put away after a clearance sale and were supposed to be shipped back to corporate. I grabbed a few pairs in his size and found a pair that worked for him quickly after.
As we head to the register to ring him up, he still has this look on his face that I won’t forget. He pulls out a sandwich baggie of worn dollar bills and a bunch of coin change.
Now I know it is probably embarrassing for his guy to come into a shopping mall with this on his to-do list, so I help count everything behind the counter only to find he is about $0.40 short.
I grab some change I had in my pocket and told him not to worry about it, he smiles, thanks me for the help and walks out.
My manager came over instantly after and starts to berate me in the front of customers and coworkers about not following store policy and trying to up-sell to each and every customer.
She watched the whole sale unfold and just couldn’t grasp why I would even attempt to sell more things to this guy. I grabbed my things from the back and walked out only to go back a week later to pick up my last check.
I didn’t make a scene or anything cool, just walked out. Screw that manager and that place.
#2 It Only Took Three Minutes
My uncle decided to get a part-time job at a bait store for some extra spending money.
The afternoon manager told him to be there at 8 a.m., but when he showed up at 7:45 a.m. the next day, the morning manager told him that he was 15 minutes late.
Apparently, he was expected to be there a half hour before his shift to straighten up the store and restock shelves.
My uncle was back on the road by 7:48 a.m.
#3 No One Likes Telemarketers Anyway
I worked for four hours as a cold calling telemarketer. Never went back, never picked up my check for the work. The managers were the scummiest people I ever met and I was literally the only person on shift who was sober.
Everyone else, managers included, was on something.
#4 And That's How You Get Promoted From Cashier To Manager
I used to work in a really small grocery store that only had one manager and one cashier working at all times. I submitted my two weeks notice and prior to leaving, I trained the new manager who was going to take my place.
The next day after I left, the new manager quit two hours into his first solo shift, leaving the poor cashier behind who had been there for even less time.
