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Tomorrow is my last day at work. I am leaving my comfortable and well paid, if slightly dull, job to go back to college and learn carpentry.

For the last couple of years work has steadily dropped off meaning that increasing amounts of my time have been spent doing lots of not very much. As anyone who has been in this situation will know after the novelty of spending a couple of days surfing the net and going home early, boredom and frustration soon set in.

The idea to do carpentry came from spending a few weekends helping the future father in law out, he converts barns, farm houses and other old buildings into houses. I hadn't realised how much I missed doing a really physical job and how much satisfaction you can get from turning something from a tumble down wreck into something which most people would like to live in.

Anyway enough babbling, as I said tomorrow is my last day at work and it is customary for anyone who is leaving to play a silly prank or two. Now I dont want to do anything vindictive or destructive as I am going to be leaving on good terms and hope to see a lot of my ex-workmates socialy. The thing is that I am stumped for ideas.

So boys and girls, with the speed of a thousand gazelles (as I only have tonight to plan anything!) hit me with your suggestions!

Nothing springs to mind as such, prank phone calls etc etc aside, but I do want to wish you good luck with this, I hope it goes well for you.


...and yes, funnily enough, I do have some odd jobs that need looking at...

reds8n wrote:Nothing springs to mind as such, prank phone calls etc etc aside, but I do want to wish you good luck with this, I hope it goes well for you.


...and yes, funnily enough, I do have some odd jobs that need looking at...

Cheers reds8n

certainly in the future I will offer a healthy Dakkaite discount on my services but I fear that until I complete my training I may be more of a liability than a help!

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I'm sure you'll do fine. As a guy I used to buy things from used to say.. cut once, measure twice.

..course, he also said the C.I.A. killed Elvis and John Lennon and have a secret base on the Moon so upon reflection....

I think you're very wise not to, so to speak, burn any bridges behind you.

At least not until you're qualified enough to be able to put in the bid to repair said bridge from your firey escapades.

http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/sketches/64-how-i-quit-my-job

Go out with a bang!

If you don't mind going to jail for a bit, i suggest this:

chowderhead13 wrote:http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/sketches/64-how-i-quit-my-job

Go out with a bang!

Yeah dress up as a terrorist and place a large box with fake bombs in the building, and fill the box with fireworks. Then write about a bomb threat all over the insides of the building in permanent marker, now "that's going out with a bang!"

squilverine wrote:
Anyway enough babbling, as I said tomorrow is my last day at work and it is customary for anyone who is leaving to play a silly prank or two. Now I dont want to do anything vindictive or destructive as I am going to be leaving on good terms and hope to see a lot of my ex-workmates socialy. The thing is that I am stumped for ideas.

My only suggestion is not to burn any bridges. Who knows what the next 2 years might bring, you know? Keep it light.

You could were a cool costume or something. I personally would paint my entire body blue and go as a Na'vi.

Remove all the staples from the staplers on random desks... continually throughout the day.... stockpile same in ONE desk, not yours. works best if one person has not shown up for work.

Remove one wheel from every desk chair, best done before everyone gets t work.... or after everyone leaves. Stockpile same in a breakroom cabinet.

What was your previous work?

Pry all the f's, u's, c's and k's from all the keyboards in the place and use them to make a collage with each letter composed of its respective keys. Or spell something less offensive it's up to you wuss.

Im on my 3rd career. I never went to Uni (which I regret I guess) and started house painting. Didnt like it so went to school learning 3D. Got a job out of it too which was great for 3 years. Unfortunately the work was fickle in those days so went back to painting. I then moved into the I.T industry.

I find I never went back to an old employer but leaving on a bad note is not something you really want to do though. Still, no harm im using your imagination to make the day memorable.

My best mate left his job at 33 due to being rather depressed about his lifestyle. Is now enjoying Uni as a mature student and meeting lots of girls 8) And trying to get into something more 'his thang'.

Good luck Squivie! Live the dream!

If it has hot air dryers in the bathroom, put sachets of talcum powder in them before everyone else gets there, when they turn them on the sachets explode (I think)

Look up the lyrics for the sound of music and as you leave, jump on a desk and begin singing, "adieu, adieu..." then a a bow and leave.

Well a quick update for you all.

First off thanks for all the suggestions, however as said in my origional post going on the rampage was not an option for me as I wanted to leave/have left on good terms with every one.

So here is what I did...

I went through the whole day without doing anything, up until lunch, the others in the office had arranged a few snacks and got me some beers, after we had eaten a few peolple asked me to make a speech, feigning emmotion I said that I need to nip to the toilets to get my composure. After a quick change of trousers I returned to the room ensuring that everyone could only see me from the front. I said a few words about working with a great bunch of people and wanting to shake all their hands before I went. At this point I went around the room to shake hands gradualy revealing to everyone that I had cut out the cheek areas of my trousers and had no pants on underneath.

Thankfuly it was taken in the spirit it was intended and got a lot of laughs rather than ending in an arrest

Cheers for taking the plunge to go do something you want to do!!!

Also, don't be discouraged if it doesn't work out- I left my engineering job, and for a year and a half I was working with children with autism, then substituting, then teaching in the inner city. I didn't continue teaching after the first semester... it was too difficult! But, I learned a lot and am glad I did it, even though I am now once again working as an engineer (with a greater appreciation for it, too!).

So hopefully that wasn't discouraging, so much as saying, it's worth the adventure, and the journey, regardless of the outcome

RiTides wrote:Cheers for taking the plunge to go do something you want to do!!!

Also, don't be discouraged if it doesn't work out- I left my engineering job, and for a year and a half I was working with children with autism, then substituting, then teaching in the inner city. I didn't continue teaching after the first semester... it was too difficult! But, I learned a lot and am glad I did it, even though I am now once again working as an engineer (with a greater appreciation for it, too!).

So hopefully that wasn't discouraging, so much as saying, it's worth the adventure, and the journey, regardless of the outcome

Not discouraging at all mate, thanks for your support!

sorry to hear the teaching didn't work out for you the missus is a teacher and finds it difficult enough with kids who are supposedly normal, so you have my respect for giving it a go