Thursday, February 23, 2017

"I'm understated, too!"

A former supervisor once told me about a resignation note he received.  I call it a note instead of a letter because it consisted of just two words, one of which was misspelled.  The employee had intended to write "I quit."  Instead, he'd inexplicably written "I quiet."

"So, what do you think?" the boss asked.  "Does that count as a resignation?"

According to him, the employee gave him the note while saying angrily, "This is for you!"  The intention was clear.  Technically, however...