# You Thought That Flight Attendant Guy Knew How To Quit His Job? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 10, 2010, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-thought-that-flight-attendant-guy-knew-how-to-quit-his-job/549870 "2010-08-10T20:11:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-thought-that-flight-attendant-guy-knew-how-to-quit-his-job/549870/1 "2010-08-10T20:11:39Z")
No…[_this_ girl](http://thechive.com/2010/08/10/girl-quits-her-job-on-dry-erase-board-emails-entire-office-33-photos/) knows how to quit her job. Just chock full of awesome, this is… ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-thought-that-flight-attendant-guy-knew-how-to-quit-his-job/549870/2 "2010-08-10T20:19:09Z")
Har har har. Serious ownage. That guy is going to be having to live that down for a while. [More office humor.](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4101/4879702459_aff1de775d.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-thought-that-flight-attendant-guy-knew-how-to-quit-his-job/549870/3 "2010-08-10T20:23:19Z")
Wonder what hopa means? ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-thought-that-flight-attendant-guy-knew-how-to-quit-his-job/549870/4 "2010-08-10T20:29:57Z")
never mind. She explained it on the white board. hot piece of a\*\* - hopa Man she had one great sex discrimination case there. She could sue him and the company. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-thought-that-flight-attendant-guy-knew-how-to-quit-his-job/549870/5 "2010-08-10T20:35:19Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > never mind. She explained it on the white board. hot piece of a\*\* - hopa > > Man she had one great sex discrimination case there. She could sue him and the company. Probably not. She’d need proof. This way, she doesn’t need proof. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-thought-that-flight-attendant-guy-knew-how-to-quit-his-job/549870/6 "2010-08-10T22:19:09Z")
To be fair, she _does_ look like a hot piece of ass. I keed, I keed! ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-thought-that-flight-attendant-guy-knew-how-to-quit-his-job/549870/7 "2010-08-10T22:22:30Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > never mind. She explained it on the white board. hot piece of a\*\* - hopa > > Man she had one great sex discrimination case there. She could sue him and the company. Well, her boss was factually correct… ---
**Author:** ![Nunavut\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e95f7d/32.png) [@Nunavut\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunavut_Boy)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-thought-that-flight-attendant-guy-knew-how-to-quit-his-job/549870/8 "2010-08-11T01:25:04Z")
Too bad it’s fake. [Linky](http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/czj2v/girl_quits_job_via_picture_email_takes_bosses/) ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-thought-that-flight-attendant-guy-knew-how-to-quit-his-job/549870/9 "2010-08-11T01:29:21Z")
> [@Nunavut\_Boy](#): > > Too bad it’s fake. [Linky](http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/czj2v/girl_quits_job_via_picture_email_takes_bosses/) As i said earlier, in another thread on this issue: > [@If you plan to lose it at work-- beat this](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-plan-to-lose-it-at-work-beat-this/549785/19): > > That’s pretty great, _if it really happened_. > > But all we have right now is a series of photos that anyone could have taken in their own apartment, with no established connection whatsoever to any verifiable individual or place of employment. It wouldn’t surprise me very much if she turned out to be some actress/model/reality TV wannabe who cooked up the stunt for publicity. > > I guess the amount of bullshit and instant fame whores on the internet has made me somewhat cynical. ---
**Author:** ![whole\_bean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@whole\_bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whole_bean)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-thought-that-flight-attendant-guy-knew-how-to-quit-his-job/549870/10 "2010-08-11T04:14:17Z")
> [@If you plan to lose it at work-- beat this](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-plan-to-lose-it-at-work-beat-this/549785/19): > > > [@Nunavut\_Boy](#): > > > > Too bad it’s fake. [Linky](http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/czj2v/girl_quits_job_via_picture_email_takes_bosses/) > > As i said earlier, in another thread on this issue: > > > [@If you plan to lose it at work-- beat this](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-plan-to-lose-it-at-work-beat-this/549785/19): > > > > That’s pretty great, _if it really happened_. > > > > But all we have right now is a series of photos that anyone could have taken in their own apartment, with no established connection whatsoever to any verifiable individual or place of employment. It wouldn’t surprise me very much if she turned out to be some actress/model/reality TV wannabe who cooked up the stunt for publicity. > > > > I guess the amount of bullshit and instant fame whores on the internet has made me somewhat cynical. . . . plus, that’s a shitload of Farmville. Almost 20 hours?!? ---
**Author:** ![whole\_bean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@whole\_bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whole_bean)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-thought-that-flight-attendant-guy-knew-how-to-quit-his-job/549870/11 "2010-08-11T04:18:45Z")
better confirmation of [hoax](http://gawker.com/5609650/the-quitting-tale-that-suckered-the-whole-internet) ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-thought-that-flight-attendant-guy-knew-how-to-quit-his-job/549870/12 "2010-08-11T04:32:01Z")
Anyone know (or has a good guess at least) how she is going to attempt to parlay this newfound attention into $$$? What is her angle, besides 15 minutes of fame? ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-thought-that-flight-attendant-guy-knew-how-to-quit-his-job/549870/13 "2010-08-11T04:52:27Z")
> [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](#): > > What is her angle, besides 15 minutes of fame? It only took me about 60 seconds but the angles looked find and would have looked better if she would put that damn whiteboard down more. Where are the missing slides between #31 and 32? I feel ripped off. ---
**Author:** ![dhkendall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-thought-that-flight-attendant-guy-knew-how-to-quit-his-job/549870/14 "2010-08-11T05:06:19Z")
OK, how does HOPA = HPOA? Former’s easier to pronounce? And who’s doing the quitting here, “Jenny” or Bob Dylan? (Seriously, a series of whiteboards? What’s she doing, outing her assistant or singing some folk-rock a la Subterranean Homesick Blues?) (Yes, I saw the messages that it was fake (no surprise) but I came up with these “witty rejoinders” (or what passes for them with me) before I got to that part. Damn, but Dope threads move quick! ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-thought-that-flight-attendant-guy-knew-how-to-quit-his-job/549870/15 "2010-08-11T05:47:41Z")
> [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](#): > > What is her angle, besides 15 minutes of fame? Don’t know about angles, but she’s definitely got a curve or two. [/rimshot] ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-thought-that-flight-attendant-guy-knew-how-to-quit-his-job/549870/16 "2010-08-11T14:03:42Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > To be fair, she _does_ look like a hot piece of ass. Similar to my first thought: “Well in the guy’s defense, she _is_ a HOPA.” ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-thought-that-flight-attendant-guy-knew-how-to-quit-his-job/549870/17 "2010-08-11T14:27:08Z")
> [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](#): > > Anyone know (or has a good guess at least) how she is going to attempt to parlay this newfound attention into $$$? > > What is her angle, besides 15 minutes of fame? Per a link taken from the second “busted” article’s comments, I suspect **her** angle was [a $400 modeling job](http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/9462/chivejenny.jpg). Looks like the website was the one with the real motive. ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-thought-that-flight-attendant-guy-knew-how-to-quit-his-job/549870/18 "2010-08-11T16:28:44Z")
The creators of the “Dry Erase Girl” (the guys who put out the casting call in the above post) have admitted it’s [all a hoax](http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/11/elyse-porterfield/). ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-thought-that-flight-attendant-guy-knew-how-to-quit-his-job/549870/19 "2010-08-11T16:38:33Z")
> [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](#): > > The creators of the “Dry Erase Girl” (the guys who put out the casting call in the above post) have admitted it’s [all a hoax](http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/11/elyse-porterfield/). Wow, she is a lot prettier with her glasses and hair pulled back than how she is in the left picture. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-thought-that-flight-attendant-guy-knew-how-to-quit-his-job/549870/20 "2010-08-11T16:47:36Z")
Wow, she’s an aspiring actress! Who woulda thunk? Yawn. What i can’t believe is now many chuckleheads on the internet actually seemed to think that the whole thing was a real case of an employee quitting her job. Just how often do anonymous, unverifiable stories have to turn out to be bullshit before people adopt a modicum of skepticism? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-thought-that-flight-attendant-guy-knew-how-to-quit-his-job/549870.md?page=2)