'That's it, I'm outta here': Dramatic coworker named Ginger pretends to quit 2 times to avoid work, realizes he went too far

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Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor
Aug 9, 2025 11:00 AM EDT

"Who walks out of work twice and still expects to be considered an employee?" one person wondered after hearing the story of this worker with a hot temper. 

There are some workplaces where tempers tend to run high, and that's just a part of the office culture. Workers can get frustrated and blow off some steam, then go for a walk, and come back refreshed without any repercussions. It still might raise some eyebrows, though. If you do that too often, you might gain a reputation for being a hothead. Handling your stress with grace is a learned skill, but when you just get easily frustrated, it can pile extra work onto your coworker's shoulders while you sit there and whine about it. After a while, this behavior will almost certainly get you either fired or reprimanded: no one wants to work with a grown-up toddler who can't stop throwing hissy fits over the job they're literally being paid to do. 

So much of a person's success in the workplace has nothing to do with their actual skills. It all has to do with their personality. Are they a good person to work with? A skilled communicator? A pleasure to be around? You'd probably rather work with someone who's just okay at their job, yet lights up every room they walk into, rather than someone who's amazing at their job, but leaves everyone around them walking on eggshells. 

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  • "Oh, so you quit."

    This happened to me a few years back. I was a team lead for some folks at a big ISP. Basically we took the orders that sales made and provisioned circuits to facilitate the customers needs. We had a guy we will call Ginger. He was overly dramatic and very hot headed.
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  • When we got orders they were assigned round-robin style unless they were specific customers that only me or another senior guy handled. This meant sometimes I'd be skipped because my customer orders came directly to me. Ginger was after me in the assignment order and he would get mad if he got 2 in a row. Each order took 2 or 3 minutes to process so getting an extra was no big deal.
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  • Ginger was in a special mood one day and I got like 15 orders from my assigned customers. This meant Ginger kept getting orders and the perception was I didn't get any. So he gets order number 3 and says "that's it, I'm outta here" and leaves. The manager was less than thrilled but, was out on vacation the next day and says "let me know if he comes back tomorrow".
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  • Tomorrow, Ginger is back and in a worse mood. I walk over to him and tell him the boss is out and I'm filling in, I've got a bunch of new orders so he's getting everything new that comes in. He tells me if he gets too many he will quit. I say, acknowledged.
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  • It happens, 5 orders or so later "that's it, I quit". And he storms out. I call the boss and tell him. He says, I'm on vacation, take care of it. Yes boss.
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  • I contact HR, tell them he quit without notice and walked out. In a few minutes his badge, access, email, etc... are all turned off. The next day he's arguing with security about his badge not working. I walk up, "hey Ginger, I didn't expect to see you here."
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  • "My effing badge doesn't work" "Yeah, that happens when you quit and walk out, you aren't an employee here anymore." Nod to security guy as I badge in and get on the elevator. I wonder what happened to Ginger sometimes.
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  • algy888 I was once suspended one afternoon for not listening to a supervisor. (Long and dull story, had no heroes). They didn't tell me how long I was suspended for, so I came in the next day and nobody said a thing about the suspension.
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  • This guy was really pushing his luck

    JustMeLurking Aro... Who walks out of work twice in a row and expects to still be considered an employee?!
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  • WutWhoSaidDat Gasp! He has to work 10 minutes straight! The horror!
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  • harrywwc "I quit!" "Your terms are acceptable."
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