Tell Us About the Best Time You've Ever Quit
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The new year is a great time for new beginnings, sure, but sometimes an ending is the best beginning of all. That’s why we want to hear your most mic-drop worthy quitting stories.
To get you started, we rounded up a few from our own staff.
From Anna:
One of the worst parts of working at the record store was the snotty hipster UC Santa Cruz fuckheads who’d told me I rang them up wrong and would make me re-do their entire purchase because, I guess, they didn’t trust that I could be trusted to scan bar codes?
So my very last customer after five years at that job was One of Those—hair in his eyes, Portishead t-shirt or some shit. I gave him his total and he was like, “Uh…that doesn’t sound right. Do it again.” No please, no nothing.
I said, “You are a pain in my ass,” got my coat from behind the register and walked away. Went in the back, got my purse, said goodbye and left.
From Kate:
The year I realized I didn’t have to go skiing with my family because I was old enough to say no was amazing.
From Kara: