# I walked out on my Boss **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 16, 2008, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-walked-out-on-my-boss/453108 "2008-06-16T15:34:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2008, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-walked-out-on-my-boss/453108/21 "2008-06-17T14:23:49Z")
Wait… I thought you had found a new position? Or is this the new one (the one you’re walking out on)? You’re flying on my birthday. Since I control all weather and good fortune on that day, I bid you a fair journey. \ 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![LiveOnAPlane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@LiveOnAPlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LiveOnAPlane)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-walked-out-on-my-boss/453108/22 "2008-06-18T00:26:40Z")
Ughhhh. I have not posted on my situation, it’s just not relevant, but in March I was RIFed from Kwajalein, which is just as well; I was ready to jump shit anyway and this at least gave me 30 days severance and a ticket home at the company’s expense. Which is my way of saying I kinda know how you feel. All the company crap, the crap in an international move, getting your life back on track, etc., etc. You have my deepest sympathy; but sometimes it’s just not worth putting up with it any more and hey, ya did the manly thing! Personally, I can not think of a better way of ending that meeting than just walking out like you did. All the best, Paul, and I am sure you will find better things to do and better companies to work for! ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-walked-out-on-my-boss/453108/23 "2008-06-18T02:00:03Z")
What the heck does anyone do on Kwajalein nowadays? I could teach English to the gooney birds. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Them](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@The\_Them](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Them)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-walked-out-on-my-boss/453108/24 "2008-06-18T06:26:34Z")
Hey **Paul** , we can always use skilled workers and cool people around these parts. And it’s a lot less arid here. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-walked-out-on-my-boss/453108/25 "2008-06-18T07:31:36Z")
[QUOTE=Wallenstein] Will this necessitate a doper-name change? [/QUOTE] Yeah , bet its gonna be paul in leafland Declan ---
**Author:** ![flyboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4da419/32.png) [@flyboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flyboy)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-walked-out-on-my-boss/453108/26 "2008-06-18T13:43:01Z")
I’d think after a few weeks anyone would do just about anything to leave Kwaj. Talk about remote. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-walked-out-on-my-boss/453108/27 "2008-06-18T15:36:56Z")
[QUOTE=The Them] Hey **Paul** , we can always use skilled workers and cool people around these parts. And it’s a lot less arid here. 😃 [/QUOTE] No way, man, we need him here in Calgary. So, **Paul** , how about moving to Calgary? It’s niiiiice here. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-walked-out-on-my-boss/453108/28 "2008-06-18T15:37:06Z")
[QUOTE=Wallenstein] Will this necessitate a doper-name change? [/QUOTE] I vote for **Paul (not) in Saudi** ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-walked-out-on-my-boss/453108/29 "2008-06-18T15:48:36Z")
It snows in Canada. There I said it. It might be rude, it might not be PC, but it’s true. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-walked-out-on-my-boss/453108/30 "2008-06-18T19:08:21Z")
[QUOTE=Paul in Saudi] It snows in Canada. There I said it. It might be rude, it might not be PC, but it’s true. [/QUOTE] Well, not ALL the time. There’s that two week period in July… ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-walked-out-on-my-boss/453108/31 "2008-06-18T21:28:11Z")
[QUOTE=featherlou] Well, not ALL the time. There’s that two week period in July… [/QUOTE] And we’ve been getting quite a lot of [del]not-frozen snow[/del] rain lately. It’s green and leafy here, **Paul**. _Green and leafy!_ ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-walked-out-on-my-boss/453108/32 "2008-06-18T22:44:48Z")
[QUOTE=LiveOnAPlane] I was ready to jump shit anyway . . . [/QUOTE] Typo or newfangled expression I hadn’t heard of yet? I like it either way. **Paul in Saudi** , I’m still confused - are we talking about the old job you were leaving anyway or the new one you were about to start? ---
**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:** [June 19, 2008, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-walked-out-on-my-boss/453108/33 "2008-06-19T01:29:41Z")
[QUOTE=Maus Magill] I vote for **Paul (not) in Saudi** [/QUOTE] **New Paul…now 100% Saud-Free**? ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-walked-out-on-my-boss/453108/34 "2008-06-19T01:32:33Z")
[QUOTE=Count Blucher] **New Paul…now 100% Saud-Free**? [/QUOTE] **Paul Out Of Saudi** ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-walked-out-on-my-boss/453108/35 "2008-06-19T01:33:08Z")
Thirding the confusion. I thought you’d got another job in Saudi. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-walked-out-on-my-boss/453108/36 "2008-06-19T03:25:48Z")
Yes, my sordid past is catching up with me. About a month ago, I flew over to Dammam to interview with the local university. Nice interview. It went well. I came home and posted “I got the job.” A few days alter, I got an e-mail. Excitedly, I opened it. “It’s not you, its us.” I was so distraught that I did not post this devastating update. I would have been awkward and painful. (NOw however it is simply awkward and painful.) Besides, I suspect blog-like posts about my life are not too interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-walked-out-on-my-boss/453108/37 "2008-06-19T04:11:47Z")
[QUOTE=Paul in Saudi] \ I would have been awkward and painful.\ Besides, I suspect blog-like posts about my life are not too interesting. [/QUOTE] You should post them just for the serendipitous typos. 😃 (Did I mention it was 26ºC here yesterday? It was hot, man! Hot, I tell you!) ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-walked-out-on-my-boss/453108/38 "2008-06-19T08:26:06Z")
41 degrees here on my way back to the house. It is 11.30 in the morning. The heat of the day is still coming. ---
**Author:** ![Desert\_Nomad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desert_nomad/32/177_2.png) [@Desert\_Nomad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desert_Nomad)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-walked-out-on-my-boss/453108/39 "2008-06-19T09:46:21Z")
**Paul was in Saudi** ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-walked-out-on-my-boss/453108/40 "2008-06-19T18:06:01Z")
your suspicions are incorrect. post about your life are interesting. i hope you find a new job and place easily and quickly. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-walked-out-on-my-boss/453108.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-walked-out-on-my-boss/453108.md?page=3)