Man quits job in the best way possible

Even people who love their jobs have daydreamed of different ways they would quit.
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Brian Koerber
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Even people who love their jobs have daydreamed of different ways they would quit. Some fantasize of the many things they'd say to their boss, others can't wait to tell Nancy from accounting how awful she is.

But when it comes down to it, most people quietly submit their two weeks and leave their daydreams in their imagination.

Redditor springmint5, however, found a way to get the last laugh and leave the standard two weeks notice with a simple letter to inform his employer that he would soon be leaving.


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But instead of typing up a letter, springmint5, real name Alex, went to the card aisle at his local shop and picked one out of the sympathy section.

"Even though you knew this time would come, there's no way to prepare you for this loss," the letter reads.

Alex then signed the card, making note of the two weeks and the date.

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Brian was the Culture Editor and has been working at Mashable on the web culture desk since 2014.

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