Cook quits 2 days into their 2 week notice when their boss takes it poorly: 'He got so angry he’s been slamming and throwing things near me'

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Brad Dickson • Managing Editor
Aug 29, 2024 6:00 PM EDT

Some people just don't respond well to rejection, even when that rejection is only perceived and comes in the form of an employee handing in their notice, even if they've never treated the employee well or cared much for them in the first place. Anyone who has been around the block a couple of times in their career will know how this goes. They'll say it's about betrayal and the fact that you're leaving your ream high and dry with a touch of "How could you do this to us," this might be followed by silent treatments or tantrums or otherwise trying to discredit your contributions and scapegoat you for problems that they might have caused themselves—all before you're even out the door. 

Chances are you've given notice as a professional courtesy and actually have no legal or contractual obligation to see it through. So, the question begins to form in your mind of just how much you're going to put up with before you don't turn up the next day to see your notice period through.

Restaurants and kitchens can be notoriously terrible places to work for places like this, with far too many businesses in the industry being owned and operated by small businesses headed by individuals who have no people skills or care for it—and with far too many managers with nasty tempers triggered by short fuses. It's a brutal industry with long shifts and low margins that breeds stress and exploitative, or just disingenuous, practices. 

This restaurant worker shared how they left just a couple of days into their notice period after facing inappropriate behavior from one of their bosses, forcing them to choose instead to cut their losses and walk. See below the text messages they shared between them and their other manager, followed by their account of events and responses from the community.

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  • Quit only 2 days into my 2 week notice 144 Are you on the way? M Manager Paul > Today 10:53 AM No, i would call someone in so markos doesn't get completely screwed over. Dan raging at me putting my 2 weeks in and trying to get zach to throw a paper plate at me yesterday was the last straw So your done? yeah I was going to be professional about it and finish the 2 weeks but i'm not going to keep walking around egg shells so Dan is happy Delivered
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  • The worker shared this context to the screenshot in their post:

    Put my 2 weeks in peacefully the other day and for the past few days one of my managers got so angry he's been slamming and throwing things near me, stopped helping me grab things and all around being petty. Co worker comes up to me yesterday and tells me he was trying to get him to throw wouldn't stop talking at me and I so i decided that would be my last night
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  • SadSappySuckerX9 12 hr. ago All my homies hate Dan!
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  • . WrastleGuy 12 hr. ago Throw a paper plate at you? Is he 7? Naujutsu OP yeah it was really weird, i had to go down to his station to give them potato skins for them to cook so i left the plate on the counter cause it was a rush then a someone comes up to me and says "dude needs to get I, he's been talking st about you telling me to throw this plate at you...like no what"
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  • Mars The 68th Medic 9 hr. ago Man putting in your two weeks at a kitchen is ROUGH. "Hey if you leave, we're really going to be short staffed!" OK... so give me a raise for my time... "Woah man, we can't do that!".
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  • • Naujutsu OP 9 hr. ago one of my issues was that i went from 30 hours needed a stable 40 then got bumped to 50-60 cause my work partner couldn't handle his job. after months of doing it i kept telling my manager i need a second day off again i need time to do schooling and time for myself and relationships and he said "look im trying my best here man", after putting in my 2 weeks i finally got 2 days off next week so i got more mad like "oh cool you could have done it the entire time you just u
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  • InterstellarReddit 11 hr. ago . edited 6 hr. ago Y'all are too nice. After i put in my two weeks, I'm not replying to There is nothing illegal about that and there is nothing they can do that is legal about it.
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  • Everybodysbastard 8 hr. ago Love how the reaction is, "So you're done?" instead of, "Dan and I are going to have a conversation about his treatment of you. This WILL stop immediately so you can have a successful transition."
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  • appa-ate-momo · 11 hr. ago Giving two weeks notice is a professional courtesy. It is earned, not owed.
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  • Itsivanthebearable 11 hr. ago Keep us posted on what happens next to the workplace you just left
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  • pangalacticcourier . 9 hr. ago Good. Let Paul Manager deal with Dan's unprofessional
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  • MNWNM 7 hr. ago I put in a two week notice once and it really off my supervisor's boss. We were trying to finish a large project and my leaving would mean that my part of the project would be late. So my supervisor comes to me with about a week to go, and says, "Julie wants you to work nights and weekends to get your part of the project done before you leave. She's approved you for 20 hours this week." I'm not keen on burning bridges, but I already had another job lined up. So I said to my super
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  • I surprised even myself with that one, but it felt so good to say! I was absolutely done with being taken advantage of. He just left my cube, nobody talked to me for the rest of the week, and I didn't work any overtime. I also didn't get a going away lunch. ☹
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  • Arthur_Decosta - 8 hr. ago Nothing professional about a 2 week notice. If they want your time guaranteed, let them give you the same guarantee in return.
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