Reply to: Classic Leaving Card Messages

[RSoles]

A big envelope full of money? Thank you! Thank you!



I once worked as a permie for a really despicable manager, he was retiring and one morning I could hear this wave of murmuring coming towards me along the open-plan office. As it neared I could discern "no", "**** off", "no", "go away". It was his leaving card, signed by his secretary only...............

[norrahe]

This was back when I was a permie but when lots of us left one department one of he guys wrote on my card " would the last person to leave, please turn out the lights"

[ThomasSoerensen]

No, it came from a PM who I used to introduce at meetings by saying "This is Mark, he makes a list of things. Apparently, it's helping the project"

[ThomasSoerensen]

Proper contractor's leaving message;

Specification Rate units

Test Consultancy 80 160

subtotal e12800

total + 19% vat e15232

I assume these numbers are fictional. I expect you to work far less for far more.

[TestMangler]

Did you test a bit too enthousiastically?

No, it came from a PM who I used to introduce at meetings by saying "This is Mark, he makes a list of things. Apparently, it's helping the project"

[Mich the Tester]

Last one I got (last month) had 'F**k you, you 'orrible c**t' written on it. It was a proud moment

Did you test a bit too enthousiastically?

[TestMangler]

Last one I got (last month) had 'F**k you, you 'orrible c**t' written on it. It was a proud moment

[Lockhouse]

There's a card doing the rounds at the moment. Everyone's signing it with the same name - someone who left six months ago.

[dang65]

A friend of mine used to scan the messages people had written and select a particularly nauseating one. e.g.

"It's been an honour to work with you. Best wishes for the future to you and your family. From Dave."

He would then photocopy that message and sellotape the copy onto a blank space in the card in a really slapdash way, then cross out "Dave" and write his own name.

It had a fabulous effect of overwhelming insincerity. I've never had the nerve to do the same thing myself, but one of these days...

[SimonMac]

Have you brought is in donut's today then?

[Mich the Tester]

Proper contractor's leaving message;

Specification Rate units

Test Consultancy 80 160

subtotal e12800

total + 19% vat e15232

[Clippy]

Every cloud has a silver lining. Today, you are mine.

Let me guess - a leaving card has passed across your desk and, with nothing witty to say, you did a Google search and came across this thread?

[Snowplough]

Every cloud has a silver lining. Today, you are mine.

[Sysman]

Going back a few years one of our Permies pulled the old 'resign on a Friday, come back on Monday as a contractor. When his contract finished he wasn't renewed.

Comment from the boss? "You only leave twice"

Pure class.

[NotAllThere]

"would the last person to leave, please turn out the lights"

So many of us left that department because our new boss was a twunt.

Would the last person to leave tell the boss to turn his own ****ing lights off.