# Ever Had a Boss Who Quit?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-a-boss-who-quit/394231>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 1, 2007, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-a-boss-who-quit/394231 "2007-03-01T23:00:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-a-boss-who-quit/394231/21 "2007-03-02T22:15:35Z")

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To answer the question, yes, I’ve had a boss who was fired/resigned. He stole his company car when he left (a parting gift from Don Pardo?). He left his wife & kids to fend for themselves while he tried to recapture his twenties on the road with his sweet-young-thang and his stolen car. He managed to work/live off the books a year before he was found: dead and drawing flies somewhere near Baltimore.

Personally, I always thought he was a selfish SOB for doing that to his family and his company, but its probably rude to speak ill of the dead. I don’t think his family was even able to collect on his insurance, as it had lapsed (or maybe it was suicide & the company left that part out).

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**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-a-boss-who-quit/394231/22 "2007-03-02T23:27:17Z")

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My original boss here left amicably. She was tired of corporate life, and packed it in to move East and have a go at running a coffeehouse.

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**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2007, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-a-boss-who-quit/394231/23 "2007-03-03T04:07:52Z")

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Well, I’ve taken everyone’s advice to heart, and I _will_ hold my tongue on my boss’ last day.

For the sake of clarity - she’s always been nice to me, more or less, although she did rip me a new one yesterday for something I totally didn’t do. I tried to speak up and defend myself, but I could tell by the look in her face that the matter wasn’t up for discussion. I figured pleading my case when she could no longer fire me for speaking up was the way to go, but now I see no point in it.

Thanks for all your replies.

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