30 of the Wildest Reasons People Quit Their Jobs

Contrary to the old expression, sometimes quitters do win.

For one Redditor, the choice to leave their bookstore job came after their work quite literally followed them home. On an evening before Christmas, their manager was so upset about the store’s holiday calendar display that they threw regular business hours and general rules of professional conduct out the window. They arrived at the Redditor’s home and harassed their roommates before barging into their employee’s bedroom in anger. 

“He proceeded to yell at me for 15 minutes about the status of the calendar display,” they recalled, noting that their then-boss insisted they come in early the following morning to discuss the mistake with corporate. But to their manager’s surprise, this subsequent meeting was a lot shorter than expected. “I walked into the store early, handed him my key and only said, ‘No hard feelings, you shouldn’t have done that, though,’” they recalled, which “totally fucked” their boss during the store’s busiest season. 

This is far from the only time someone quit a chaotic workplace. Other Redditors have shared more of the wildest reasons they left their jobs, including tales of creepy customers, unwarranted demotions and one very unfortunate case of mistaken identity.