# Quitting My Job

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quitting-my-job/174058>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 9, 2003, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quitting-my-job/174058 "2003-05-09T05:06:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quitting-my-job/174058/1 "2003-05-09T05:06:42Z")

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As of tomorrow, I’ll officially join the ranks of shiftless layabouts and quit my job. Granted, I’ve moved to “just barely there” part-time, but 2 years of mind-numbing idiocy is enough. Most of the people I like have gone and I shall depart in turn.

_raises beer_

A toast to wage slaves, like my former comrades and myself. May the gods of good judgement smite our managers and give us that money instead.

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**Author:** ![Pixiesnix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Pixiesnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixiesnix)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quitting-my-job/174058/2 "2003-05-09T05:13:43Z")

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Congrats and good luck! Is this a sort of retirement, or do you have anything else lined up?

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**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quitting-my-job/174058/3 "2003-05-09T05:22:01Z")

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Right now I’m working as an intern at a game company. Come Fall, I’ll be in school full-time again (it’s summer vacation now), so there’s that. And I have my website and various other projects to keep me busy. And my writing. I may look for something else part-time in the fall-ish.

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**Author:** ![slice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@slice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slice)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quitting-my-job/174058/4 "2003-05-09T06:28:52Z")

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Huzzah!

I did the same thing in March, but replace game company with building materials company and you’ve got it. Welcome to the wonderful world of shiftless layaboutry. I’m also considering a part-time fall-ish job while I do school full-time. Any idea of what you want to do? I’m thinking working at a flower shop could be fun. Anything but a desk job!

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**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quitting-my-job/174058/5 "2003-05-09T12:26:31Z")

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I’d actually like a desk job. I do one right now in my internship. I go to my cube, settle in, do my work, and maybe talk to the coordinator guy 3 or 4 times, and then I go home at 6. Beats the hell out of retail.