Former employee refuses to help boss and colleagues when they ask questions about the vacant job, then decides to block them when they fail to stop: ‘Kindly kick rocks’

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Bar Mor Hazut • Lead Editor
Jun 1, 2026 7:15 AM EDT

What is the professional way of saying "leave me alone" to someone?

If we said every single thing that came to our mind to our boss or colleagues, we would not be able to keep our jobs for longer than a few days. When you work in a corporate environment, you have to play the corporate game, which means that you have to notice what you say to people and how you say it. You can't just say everything that's on your mind.

However, once you leave a job, you have a rare opportunity to be as honest as possible without any repercussions. Not only that, once you don't owe these people anything, there is not a single reason for you to comply with their demands or answer their questions. You can simply tell them to 'kick rocks' and call it a day.

Take the employee who shared their story below with an online community. Yesterday was their last day at the job, and up until then, they tried to ensure they left on good terms with everyone. They made a careful plan during their last month to wrap up everything they were working on and even trained 4 other people on the work they were doing. This employee truly did everything in their power to ensure their colleagues and boss had all the tools they needed for the job before their last day at work.

It wasn't enough. After their last day, the former colleagues and boss kept calling and emailing this employee with questions and demands. They needed this file, wanted to know about that case, and even asked the former employee, who understandably refused, to come in for additional training.

Yet they kept calling and asking, until the former employee saw no other solution but to block everyone they used to work with. Should that be the solution? Read the full story below to decide.

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