‘Add a little chaos to his meticulously organized weekend’: Employee has had it with controlling boss, puts his phone number on a Craigslist ad for farm animals and then quits

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Elna McHilderson • Managing Editor
Sep 27, 2025 7:00 AM EDT

This is your sign to quit your job with a bang. That's right, we're here to encourage chaos. We usually try to emphasize the higher road, but nah. We're over that. After reading this story, we're all about the revenge. Here we see a woman who has simply had it with her boss. He is overbearing, controlling, and kind of creepy. She wanted an out. She could have just turned in a two-weeks notice and left with no bad vibes. But she realized there would sourness no matter what, so she decided to quit in an epic way. 

 

It was his favorite holiday weekend and he was planning a big bbq party. He was going all out for it and wanted it to be perfect. So, to distract from all of that, she put up multiple Craigslist ads for farm animals using his phone number. All day his phone was ringing asking for pigs, chickens, etc. He is not the kind to laugh at himself, so he was furious. She says he was red in the face blowing up at everyone because of it. She will laugh every time she thinks about what she did. 

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  • "I ruined my boss’ favorite holiday weekend"

    About 10 years ago, I was in my mid-40s, working for a tiny company owned by M, a man in his early 60s who could only be described as a toxic narcissist.
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  • With an ego the size of a hot air balloon. This guy took delight in belittling employees and customers alike, serving up a side of gossip and a sprinkle of racism like they were his specialty dishes.
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  • He even threatened to fire me once because he was obsessed with my friend and the feeling was not mutual, she wouldn't "date" him.
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  • Now, Good Friday was M's Super Bowl. He threw this huge cookout every Good Friday, inviting around 40-50 guests. He spent days prepping, shopping, and cooking, treating it like a culinary Olympics where he was the only contestant.
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  • Perfection was his mantra, and nothing was going to get in his way.
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  • A couple of weeks before the cookout, M casually mentioned he'd seen my lights at my house on at 2:30 a.m.
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  • "Just curious," he said, as if he weren't stalking me like a character from a bad thriller. I was baffled.
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  • Had he really cruised by my house at that hour? And then, just a few days later, he asked about a pickup truck that had been parked outside my place late one night.
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  • Oh, it was official: I was living in a horror movie, and my boss was the villain.
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  • By this point, I was itching to escape, but I couldn't just quit without having another job lined up.
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  • I hatched a plan to add a little chaos to his meticulously organized weekend. I placed 8 Craigslist ads offering free farm animals.
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  • I listed everything from a chicken coop and chickens to goats, piglets, and even a donkey and a barn cat.
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  • And, of course, I used his phone number for all the ads. They went live Thursday night, just in time for the madness.
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  • The next morning, my phone lit up with M's frantic voice. "I don't know what's going on, but I've had half a dozen calls about piglets and chickens!
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  • I don't have time for this; I'm busy prepping for my party!" He was practically on the verge of tears.
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  • Meanwhile, I was stifling laughter on my end.
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  • His phone didn't stop ringing all day. Guests at his cookout thought they were sharing a good laugh with him, but M, being the delicate flower he was, interpreted it as them laughing at him.
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  • And let me tell you, that man turned into a volcano of rage.
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  • She then quit and never told him about what she did. However, she did leave him a sassy parting gift in the form of a book that called him out… Yes! More chaotic quitting! 

  • By the end of the weekend, he was nearly breathing fire, and after about 100 calls, I finally deleted the ads late Sunday night, leaving him blissfully unaware of my role in his Easter weekend fiasco.
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  • Not long after, I found a new job and handed in my notice.
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  • But before I left, I decided to send an anonymous parting gift to his house-a book titled "How Not To Be A An Everyday Etiquette Guide."
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  • I'm pretty sure he knew it was me, but he never mentioned it.
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  • We didn't part on good terms, and frankly, I never wanted to see him again.
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  • And that, my friends, is how I turned my boss's holiday into a hilarious disaster.
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