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** Alice's former workplace was either corrupt, inefficient, or run by a PointyHairedBoss. Alice's outburst called enough attention to the workplace that reforms happened or her original useless boss was fired.
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** Alice's former workplace was either corrupt, inefficient, or run by a PointyHairedBoss. Alice's outburst called enough attention to the workplace that reforms happened or her original useless boss was fired.
fired. Thus, when she comes back, she finds a much friendlier environment with people who are far more helpful.
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* '''Deconstructed''': Alice burning her bridges results in her reputation as a terrible coworker or subordinate spreading, as she works in an insular or specialized field and word travels fast.
** Alternately, Alice has done this repeatedly, and now can't get work at all because no one wants to work with her.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice used to be an ExtremeDoormat, but [[GrewASpine gaining the will to leave her job]] inspired many of her coworkers. Reconnecting with them is much easier as she now has their respect.
** Alice's former workplace was either corrupt, inefficient, or run by a PointyHairedBoss. Alice's outburst called enough attention to the workplace that reforms happened or her original useless boss was fired.
** Alternately, Alice has done this repeatedly, and now can't get work at all because no one wants to work with her.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice used to be an ExtremeDoormat, but [[GrewASpine gaining the will to leave her job]] inspired many of her coworkers. Reconnecting with them is much easier as she now has their respect.
** Alice's former workplace was either corrupt, inefficient, or run by a PointyHairedBoss. Alice's outburst called enough attention to the workplace that reforms happened or her original useless boss was fired.
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** Alice would rather resign from the company and leave the state to start completely over than be forced to eat crow and ask her old boss for help again.
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* '''Enforced''': "People are shipping Alice and the boss, so let's do some ShipSinking here."
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* '''Enforced''': '''Enforced''':
** "People are shipping Alice and the boss, so let's do some ShipSinking here.""
** The actor playing Alice's boss was expecting to quit, so he was being written out, but he decided not to quit instead, resulting in some hasty rewrites.
** "People are shipping Alice and the boss, so let's do some ShipSinking here.
** The actor playing Alice's boss was expecting to quit, so he was being written out, but he decided not to quit instead, resulting in some hasty rewrites.
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** Alice is seemingly being transferred to a different office at TropeCo/TropeCo, so she tells off her boss - only to find she's not being transferred.
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** Alice is seemingly being transferred to a different office at TropeCo/TropeCo, so she tells off her boss - -- only to find she's not being transferred.
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* '''Defied''': Before she walks in, Alice takes a few seconds to calm herself down.
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* '''Defied''': '''Defied''':
** Before she walks in, Alice takes a few seconds to calm herself down.
** Before she walks in, Alice takes a few seconds to calm herself down.
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** Alice is seemingly being transferred to a different office at TropeCo, so she tells off her boss - only to find she's not being transferred.
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** Alice is seemingly being transferred to a different office at TropeCo, TropeCo/TropeCo, so she tells off her boss - only to find she's not being transferred.
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* '''Discussed''': ???
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* '''Discussed''': ???"Wow, that was awesome! You totally showed them! Man, I could never talk to my colleagues that way, I'd be too worried about burning bridges in case something went wrong with my new job..."
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** TheExitIsThatWay: Alice doesn't have to wind back her outburst itself, but her dramatic exit is spoiled when she walks into a stationery closet and tries to style it out with as much dignity as possible.
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** Alice ''literally'' burns a bridge to anger her boss. And she has to cross that burnt bridge.
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** Alice ''literally'' burns a bridge to anger her boss. And then she has to cross that burnt bridge.bridge. ''[[LiteralMetaphor And has to ask her boss for help doing so]]''.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???Alice goes through the humiliation of being rebuffed back to her old position with her tail between her legs... but it's just a prank by her new boss. [[IgnoredAesop Having learned nothing]], she tries to save face with her colleagues by saying she's only come back because of all the awful things she found out about her new boss... who's {{Right Behind|Me}} Her.
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** Alice decides to proactively repair her relationship with her estranged former colleagues before she encounters them again by chance.
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* '''Parodied''': Alice ''literally'' burns a bridge to anger her boss. And she has to cross that burnt bridge.
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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
** Alice ''literally'' burns a bridge to anger her boss. And she has to cross that burnt bridge.
** Alice ''literally'' burns a bridge to anger her boss. And she has to cross that burnt bridge.
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* '''Averted''': Alice is pleasant on her last day.
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* '''Averted''': '''Averted''':
** Alice is pleasant on her last day.
** Alice is pleasant on her last day.
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* '''Parodied''': ???Alice ''literally'' burns a bridge to anger her boss. And she has to cross that burnt bridge.
**Alice insists on being a rude {{Jerkass}} to everybody on her last day even though everybody is telling her that she's not being transferred.
**Alice insists on being a rude {{Jerkass}} to everybody on her last day even though everybody is telling her that she's not being transferred.
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** Alice refuses to return to her BadBoss, no matter what.
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* '''Defied''': ???
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* '''Defied''': ???Before she walks in, Alice takes a few seconds to calm herself down.
* '''Implied''': Alice tells off her boss and confidently walks out of her job on her last day. A few hours later she gets a call - the audience doesn't hear it, but she's bone white afterwards.
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'''Basic Trope''': A character who burns a bridge has to return to deal with the person they offended.
* '''Straight''':
** Alice is seemingly being transferred to a different office at TropeCo, so she tells off her boss - only to find she's not being transferred.
** Alice tells off her boss and is transferred, but later has to return to her office for a project.
* '''Exaggerated''': Upon thinking she's being transferred, Alice tells off her boss, harshly breaks up with her boyfriend, and robs the old man next door. Later she finds out she isn't being transferred.
* '''Downplayed''':
** On what she thinks is her last day, Alice is slightly more abrasive towards her boss, but that's about it.
** Alice ''is'' getting transferred, but it's to an office just across town, so she might still see her boss.
* '''Justified''': Alice doesn't like her boss (or her boyfriend, or the old man next door), and feels that she won't have to deal with any repercussions.
* '''Inverted''': Alice promises to tackle a tough project for her boss, promises to move in with her boyfriend, and promises to help the old man next door, only to suddenly get transferred.
* '''Subverted''': Alice tells off her boss and gets transferred, only to have to return to the office - but her boss has since left and no one there remembers her.
* '''Double Subverted''': But later, when she's visiting another department, she sees her old boss...
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Alice is pleasant on her last day.
* '''Enforced''': "People are shipping Alice and the boss, so let's do some ShipSinking here."
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': In the morning, Alice's roommate tells her that she's glad she's getting transferred and recounts all the slights Alice has mentioned.
* '''Exploited''': The boss holds Alice's outburst over her head, as if it got out, it could sink her career prospects...
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
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[[SoLongSuckers Hey, screw you guys, I'm outta here!]]
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%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???
%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
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* '''Straight''':
** Alice is seemingly being transferred to a different office at TropeCo, so she tells off her boss - only to find she's not being transferred.
** Alice tells off her boss and is transferred, but later has to return to her office for a project.
* '''Exaggerated''': Upon thinking she's being transferred, Alice tells off her boss, harshly breaks up with her boyfriend, and robs the old man next door. Later she finds out she isn't being transferred.
* '''Downplayed''':
** On what she thinks is her last day, Alice is slightly more abrasive towards her boss, but that's about it.
** Alice ''is'' getting transferred, but it's to an office just across town, so she might still see her boss.
* '''Justified''': Alice doesn't like her boss (or her boyfriend, or the old man next door), and feels that she won't have to deal with any repercussions.
* '''Inverted''': Alice promises to tackle a tough project for her boss, promises to move in with her boyfriend, and promises to help the old man next door, only to suddenly get transferred.
* '''Subverted''': Alice tells off her boss and gets transferred, only to have to return to the office - but her boss has since left and no one there remembers her.
* '''Double Subverted''': But later, when she's visiting another department, she sees her old boss...
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Alice is pleasant on her last day.
* '''Enforced''': "People are shipping Alice and the boss, so let's do some ShipSinking here."
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': In the morning, Alice's roommate tells her that she's glad she's getting transferred and recounts all the slights Alice has mentioned.
* '''Exploited''': The boss holds Alice's outburst over her head, as if it got out, it could sink her career prospects...
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
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