While simple, it can honestly be kind of fun to just go in and let them know. When I was recently laid off, it went something like this.
HR: “I know this might be a shock–”
Me: “Yeah, you’re letting me go, I know. Here’s my work laptop and badge, I’ve got all my stuff in a box outside, what do I sign? Trying to catch the next train home, so I have like 20 minutes.”
It totally threw off my boss and the HR lady trying to do their sombre, dignified thing, and was pretty funny to watch.
My dad just got diagnosed with cancer, I just bought a house, I was at a conference in San Francisco and my boss cornered me before the flight home saying i was being laid off. They literally don’t care.
Oh a gift to the boss for allowing you to have this opportunity would be the cherry on top.
My dad used to brag about those situations being great cause it meant you had the salesperson that worked for you by the balls and wouldn’t have to care about raises or bonuses for them or treating them well cause you knew they needed the job badly.
He was a fucking asshole.
- wear a T-Rex costume
- refuse to elaborate
- leave
I had an old friend who showed up to the office naked. He was a local legend for his stunts. He walked in and sat down. The dude behind the desk asked him what the hell he was doing. He said, “Well, y’all are getting ready to fuck me, ain’t ya? I figured I’d go ahead and get undressed.”
He worked at a mine, so it was all men, and it was the 90s. Everyone knew his sense of humor and everyone loved him.
He was back at work 3 months later.
He died from black lung in 2019. The whole damn community was broken up about it. Everyone who talks about him has some crazy story.
RIP Rolly Poly.
Edit: Fixed it a bit.
Edit 2:
Decided to add a couple pics of him for a bit. God I miss him.
The sex machine shirt is funny, because I’m 90% sure he was only ever with his wife.
God I can’t express how much I miss him. Anyone who ever needed him for any reason, he was there. Not exaggerating. 3 AM and you’re on the side of the road, haven’t talked to Rolly in 10 years, didn’t matter. He was there in an instant.
