Line #52 PlayingWith/TakeThisJobAndShoveIt


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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