They Quit!

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August 10, 2010

What is your best 'I quit!' story?

Posted: 11:26 AM ET

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After a run-in with a passenger, a Jet Blue flight attendant allegedly cursed at the passenger, grabbed a beer, opened an emergency door and made his exit down an emergency slide.

Have you ever left a job in a dramatic way? Did you see a coworker quit in a blaze of glory or by causing a scene? Tell us your best "I quit!" story and we may read it on air tonight on AC360° at 10 pm ET.

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My favorites, so far:

Ray Timmermans
August 10th, 2010 11:36 am ET

Many years ago, I was the pastor of a small church in the Central Valley of California. The church was located in an 80% Mexican-American population–the parishioners were all white. Racial slur were common among them. I saw my ministry to reach out to the largely hispanic population. When, after several months, it became clear that the racism was not going to change, and people found my call to reach out to the community offensive, one Sunday morning after hearing a criticism of me while standing in the pulpit I told them that "they didn't want a pastor, they wanted a social director" and picked up my Bible, walked down the aisle and quit. The church, sadly. died.



Matthew K
August 10th, 2010 1:40 pm ET

When living in Phoenix and working at Toys R Us in 1990, we sent one of the new guys out to get the shopping carts from the parking lot. We haven't seen him since.