1 | '''Basic Trope''': A character {{Rage Quit}}s their job. |
2 | * '''Straight''': After five years of putting up with all the nonsense at IncompetenceInc, Bob snaps and walks out on his job, never to return. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': |
4 | ** Before leaving, Bob [[GoingPostal injures or kills a few of his coworkers]]. |
5 | ** Bob does this at pretty much every job he's ever had, within two months of hire. |
6 | ** It's Bob's [[FirstDayFromHell first day on the job]]. |
7 | ** Half the staff walks out, causing the business to close down shortly after. |
8 | * '''Downplayed''': |
9 | ** Bob uses his office computer to look for a new job. |
10 | ** Bob gives his boss a curt resignation letter explaining that he is no longer working for the company, effective immediately. |
11 | * '''Justified''': |
12 | ** Bob's job and/or [[MeanBoss boss]] is just ''that'' horrible. |
13 | ** Bob is on strike. |
14 | ** Bob has a mental illness that gives him [[MoodSwinger intense mood swings]] and/or poor impulse control. |
15 | ** Incompetence, Inc. has NoOSHACompliance and after a particularly nasty mishap, Bob fears he's one disaster short of serious injury or death if he continues (as well as being naturally angry). |
16 | * '''Inverted''': |
17 | ** Bob's boss openly fires him in front of the entire office. |
18 | ** Bob is KickedUpstairs. |
19 | ** Bob is hired at a new job. |
20 | ** Bob has to [[CrossingTheBurntBridge come groveling back to]] IncompetenceInc |
21 | * '''Subverted''': |
22 | ** Bob's loud display of quitting was just an act, as he was already fired. |
23 | ** Bob comes in the next day. |
24 | ** Bob calms down and gives in his notice. |
25 | * '''Double Subverted''': |
26 | ** Just to pick up his last paycheck and leave a dog turd on his boss' desk. |
27 | ** The last two weeks push him over the edge and he quits in a rage. |
28 | * '''Parodied''': His coworkers and boss are all too happy to see him go. |
29 | * '''Zig-Zagged''': Bob starts preparing to do this, then changes his mind, then decides he will quit in a fury after all. |
30 | * '''Averted''': |
31 | ** Bob doesn't quit his job in any way. |
32 | ** Bob quits, but does so properly (two weeks' notice, civilized letter of resignation, etc.). |
33 | ** Bob is unemployed. |
34 | ** Bob's boss refuses to accept his resignation (often with some additional strong-arming needed). |
35 | * '''Enforced''': RuleOfDrama, RuleOfFunny |
36 | * '''Lampshaded''': "You can kiss my ass! I'm leaving!" |
37 | * '''Invoked''': Bob is unhappy with his work conditions, the fact that his complaints get dismissed, the way the company is run, the fact that he's sat at the same desk for 5 years and worked for 4 different companies, and crappy paycheck and benefits package. |
38 | * '''Exploited''': |
39 | ** Bob is bluffing, hoping his boss will give him something to make him stay (a raise, a promotion, or a corner office). |
40 | ** Bob was impersonating an employee, and then pretends to loudly quit to make a quick exit. |
41 | * '''Defied''': |
42 | ** Bob knows that this could ruin his future career prospects, and that he doesn't have a new job yet, so he decides to stick it out a bit longer and quit in a more civilized manner. |
43 | ** "You won't quit, because of three things. One: [[ResignationsNotAccepted I won't accept you quitting.]] Two: You doing something awful like putting a dog turd on my desk won't make me fire you. [[RuleOfThree Third:]] If by some miracle you actually convinced me to fire you, I will make damned sure you are blacklisted even amongst the beggars and sex workers. And [[FourIsDeath fourth]]: [[WorseWithContext that]] nanotech [[ExplosiveLeash bomb on your skull]] means that your ass is mine [[ImpliedDeathThreat for life.]]" |
44 | * '''Discussed''': |
45 | -->"So, BobFromAccounting left in a rage this morning."\ |
46 | [[SarcasmMode Yeah, that's a smart career move.]] |
47 | * '''Deconstructed''': |
48 | ** Screaming "I quit" does not count as an actual resignation. Bob is listed as "terminated" rather than "resigned". |
49 | ** [[AndThenWhat Bob had no plans for anything]] [[DidntThinkThisThrough that would get him an income afterwards.]] Or, if he did, none of them works out. |
50 | * '''Conversed''': "Here comes the big 'I quit' scene." |
51 | * '''Played for Drama''': Bob had good relationships with his coworkers of similar rank and they all get ADayInTheLimelight after he quits, showing what he did for them that they'll miss. |
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53 | You know what you can do with [[JustForFun/TVTropesWillRuinYourLife this life-wrecking task]]? TakeThisJobAndShoveIt! |
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55 | %%Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
56 | %%* '''Implied''': ??? |
57 | %%* '''Reconstructed''': ??? |
58 | %%* '''Plotted a Good Waste''': ??? |
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