'She hated making small talk with people': 25 Managers reveal ridiculous reasons that their employees have quit

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    What's the most ridiculous reason you've heard for someone quitting their job?
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    An ex of mine worked at McDonalds and two weeks before we broke up quit her job, completely out of nowhere with no alternative employment lined up, because she wanted to "spend more time with me" despite the fact I was working in retail and worked mainly during the middle of the day. I don't even know how she planned to pay for rent, council tax and living expenses with no job!
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    Bleeds Is Dead 23 hr. ago Technically they were fired rather than quit, but I used to work with a bloke who refused to go to work if it was windy incase he was blown away by the wind. Anything more than a gust and he wouldn't be in, was bizarre.
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    TheAireon 23 hr. ago Someone once quit Costa after 1 week or so because she thought she'd just be making coffee all day, not clearing tables and filling up the dishwasher.
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    bulgarianlily - 22 hr. ago I had a young female office worker quit on me in the first week, when an out of town boss arrived and I asked her to give up her chair and use a stool for a while. She gave me a panic stricken look, sat on the stool and a few minutes later burst into tears. I took her into a quiet space to find out what was wrong. Her mother had told her that sitting on a stool was what made you pregnant.
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    Dual Wheeled 22 hr. ago I knew a guy who in his probation review meeting responded to accusations of regular lateness with "how can anyone be anywhere at 9am every day" Not sure if he jumped before he was pushed but he wasn't there much longer.
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    GuybrushFunkwood. 23 hr. ago Back in my old life I watched a 40k per year HR manager loose her and quit on the spot for being 'disrespected' because someone had used her mug for a cup a soup and not washed it (by someone I mean me). I was project lead at the time for a new 3PL contract and on the way out she screamed at me I'd loose the contract by Friday without her. By Wednesday I was struggling to remember her name and within 2 weeks I was meeting her replacement. Odd woman indeed.
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    TrumpleIVskin. 23 hr. ago edited 22 hr. ago We had an apprentice IT technician quit because he didn't want to wear 'posh clothes'. Bizarrely, our dress code wasn't particularly strict - even for customer facing roles. Most people wore chinos, jeans, polo shirts, plain T-shirts etc.
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    nocreative 22 hr. ago was afraid of dogs bigger than french bulldogs... at a dog rescue. She was hired to physically work in kennels.
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    DameKumquat 22 hr. ago Got a new admin guy at work. First morning was spent getting him a pass, showing him where the loos and all were, getting him a computer set up, a team meeting and some stuff to read, the usual. He went for lunch and never returned, on the grounds 'it wasn't what he expected'.
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    BaseballFuryThurman. 22 hr. ago Worked in a cinema and they would use petty cash to keep things like coffee, tea and squash stocked in the staff room. Pretty standard for workplaces to be fair. One time an older member of staff came in and threw an absolute fit because the coffee jar was empty. This other staff member who admittedly was a bit of a stirrer went and said to one of the managers "Ruth's just proper kicked off in the staff room cos there's no coffee"
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    The manager called Ruth in and basically just said if we're out of anything in the staff room, just let us know and we'll send someone across to Tesco. There's no need to get angry about it etc. Ruth had a bit of a "I'm older and should be treated differently" attitude and clearly took offence to being spoken to about it. She got changed and left her uniform neatly folded in the locker room along with her keys and card etc, and just went home.
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    Ok_Satisfaction_6680 - 22 hr. ago The rest of the staff wanted to be his friend and he didn't want to 196 Reply Share Midniteman86 22 hr. ago Understandable
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    total_reddit_addict. 22 hr. ago A guy I knew way back worked in Tesco full time but wanted to join the RAF. He was trying to get fit and healthy to pass the entrance fitness test. He quit his job so he'd have more time to "make healthy lunches and exercise". I don't believe he ever joined the RAF.
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    Angry Tudor1 - 22 hr. ago I know a deputy head who objected to being reminded that they were the deputy head teacher by the head- and that they needed to actually do their job rather than blame others for it not getting done. They got in their car, left, never came back.
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    Fun-Perception-666 · 22 hr. ago My friend's ex quit a decent paying job doing admin at a university because he 'just didn't like it' despite having very little qualifications & no other job lined up. Think he assumed he could mooch off her, thankfully she had more sense.
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    Sh1eraSeastar 22 hr. ago edited 21 hr. ago I worked at Clinton cards for about 2 weeks. I quit because they only played one tape on the stereo over and over and it was giving me the rage.
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    ErskineLoyal - 22 hr. ago edited 10 hr. ago My stepdaughter works in Starbucks, and when she was working in a Glasgow city centre store, they had a new start not turn up to work on her first day and, in fact, quit altogether before she even started. The reason? She drove to work but couldn't get parked, so she just went home.
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    Virginia-Woof. 22 hr. ago My cousin trained as a hairdresser, got a job in a good salon. Quit after two weeks saying she hated making small talk with people. Her next job was in a pub.
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    apocoliption . 22 hr. ago A girl i used to work with for over 2 years quit because she needed a shift swapped with someone else but nobody on our team could do it and she didnt want to ask anyone else in the same dept. So she just left out of awkwardness
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    The AncientGeek 22 hr. ago Someone quit a well paid IT job, on the first day, because he wanted to be a vet. Which he had no qualifications for. 87 Reply Share thesaharadesert 21 hr. ago I'm no veterinarian myself, but I don't think percussive maintenance or switching it off and on again goes down too well when dealing with peoples' beloved pets
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    Mean_me_i_assume . 21 hr. ago A lady with the local council quit her job because another lady wore the same top as her one day. no, im not kidding. they didnt even know 1 another.
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    ktkatiex 22 hr. ago Fired, not quit but when I worked at a popular fruit store tech shop, a customer left a box of donuts behind. It got just before the end of the day so a few staff members ate them. The customer came back in at end of the day and asked if they were there still. A bunch of people sacked over some cheap donuts. Still baffled by this story
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    puddleduckx. 22 hr. ago Old mate of mine had his leave request declined but he had tickets to see Basshunter so he quit instead. Iconic. 69 Reply Share Unusual Debate - 20 hr. ago And now you're gone...
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    Vamip89 22 hr. ago While I was working at McDonald's someone quit because I would not let them finish two hours early so they could catch local pub quiz with their friends. Guy was in his 30s and had been there 2 weeks deffo not cut out for the job lol

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