Moving Jobs - Tips For Saying Goodbye

[Prototype]

I would offer references to anyone you'd feel comfortable doing so, just in case others want to leave, but don't want the bosses to find out.

[topfiverecords]

A personalized custom cake from a Japanese bakery and some pop from the liquor store should do the trick!

[Teh_Bandwagoner]

Get drunk. Start punching.

[FlamesPuck12]

Originally Posted by topfiverecords

A personalized custom cake from a Japanese bakery and some pop from the liquor store should do the trick!

Make sure you call from your work line.

Cancel the order if they don't take you out for lunch.

[squiggs96]

Sleep with all of them.

[Two Fivenagame]

Get a cheesy picture of yourself.

Get it framed.

Leave a framed photo of yourself in the staff-room.

[Crazy Bacon Legs]

I am going to assume you work in either theatre or are a diplomat. I could see either based on your post.

Some suggestions:

• Put on a private production of the musical "Annie". This will show that you are melancholy about leaving, yet hopeful about the future. Theatre people love junk like that, because they are idiots.
• Hold an American Idol-style contest in which people must juggle baked goods to calliope music
• Throw a black tie affair involving heads of state from various geographically isolated, small, underdeveloped countries. You and your colleagues can make snide remarks about their lack of land mass and constantly make innuendo-filled remarks about how how tiny their cute little nation-states are. I suggest mocking them by drinking fresh water, and then occasionally just pouring your glass of water on the ground. Shrug as if to say "Whatcha gonna do, Vanuatu? We gots plenty more where that comes from." Threaten to go to war with them if they eat too much cheese dip. Make comments like "It must be neat to come from a country where your biggest accomplishment in the past year was 'discovering fire'."

I am pretty sure you said you're a diplomat. So make sure you go out on a high note, and stay classy. When I have left past employment gigs, my going away parties have been variously described as "legendary," "unfortunate," "frightening to most mammals," and "subject to war crimes prosecution." Maybe keep things in check a little. No party is worth being dragged in front of those animals in The Hague for. It's not my fault if people take the phrase "take no prisoners" literally.

That said, are pants optional at your workplace? I have some great ideas, but most of them require you to not have pants. I don't want anyone to get hurt just because they have pants.

[Teh_Bandwagoner]

Originally Posted by Crazy Bacon Legs

I am going to assume you work in either theatre or are a diplomat. I could see either based on your post.

Some suggestions:

• Put on a private production of the musical "Annie". This will show that you are melancholy about leaving, yet hopeful about the future. Theatre people love junk like that, because they are idiots.
• Hold an American Idol-style contest in which people must juggle baked goods to calliope music
• Throw a black tie affair involving heads of state from various geographically isolated, small, underdeveloped countries. You and your colleagues can make snide remarks about their lack of land mass and constantly make innuendo-filled remarks about how how tiny their cute little nation-states are. I suggest mocking them by drinking fresh water, and then occasionally just pouring your glass of water on the ground. Shrug as if to say "Whatcha gonna do, Vanuatu? We gots plenty more where that comes from." Threaten to go to war with them if they eat too much cheese dip. Make comments like "It must be neat to come from a country where your biggest accomplishment in the past year was 'discovering fire'."

I am pretty sure you said you're a diplomat. So make sure you go out on a high note, and stay classy. When I have left past employment gigs, my going away parties have been variously described as "legendary," "unfortunate," "frightening to most mammals," and "subject to war crimes prosecution." Maybe keep things in check a little. No party is worth being dragged in front of those animals in The Hague for. It's not my fault if people take the phrase "take no prisoners" literally.

That said, are pants optional at your workplace? I have some great ideas, but most of them require you to not have pants. I don't want anyone to get hurt just because they have pants.

Truly, you are a king among men.

[pylon]

Originally Posted by Crazy Bacon Legs

I am going to assume you work in either theatre or are a diplomat. I could see either based on your post.

Some suggestions:

• Put on a private production of the musical "Annie". This will show that you are melancholy about leaving, yet hopeful about the future. Theatre people love junk like that, because they are idiots.
• Hold an American Idol-style contest in which people must juggle baked goods to calliope music
• Throw a black tie affair involving heads of state from various geographically isolated, small, underdeveloped countries. You and your colleagues can make snide remarks about their lack of land mass and constantly make innuendo-filled remarks about how how tiny their cute little nation-states are. I suggest mocking them by drinking fresh water, and then occasionally just pouring your glass of water on the ground. Shrug as if to say "Whatcha gonna do, Vanuatu? We gots plenty more where that comes from." Threaten to go to war with them if they eat too much cheese dip. Make comments like "It must be neat to come from a country where your biggest accomplishment in the past year was 'discovering fire'."

I am pretty sure you said you're a diplomat. So make sure you go out on a high note, and stay classy. When I have left past employment gigs, my going away parties have been variously described as "legendary," "unfortunate," "frightening to most mammals," and "subject to war crimes prosecution." Maybe keep things in check a little. No party is worth being dragged in front of those animals in The Hague for. It's not my fault if people take the phrase "take no prisoners" literally.

That said, are pants optional at your workplace? I have some great ideas, but most of them require you to not have pants. I don't want anyone to get hurt just because they have pants.

That was so worth the wait.

[freedogger]

Work hard your last week. People won't remember the last x years, but they will remember a lame finish.

[Buff]

Be careful how you leave. You should see what my last boss did. He took a job with a company that we provide services for, so it wasn't like he was going to be out of our lives. He arranged a 15 minute meeting to pass on info to the team. It turned into almost an hour long meeting which he abruptly ended so he could go for lunch. He wouldn't pass on info or answer any questions for the remaining two weeks, often saying, we'll still be working together so I'll be more than willing to help you out anytime you have questions. What did he say anytime we had a question? "I don't know, I didn't have to touch that very often so I forget."

One time he called to ask for help on a service we provide, and my response was "I don't know, my last boss left me high and dry and wouldn't share any information with me on that project. It's going to be about a month for me to figure it out because I don't want to ignore everything/everybody else just to learn how to solve this problem." He offered to come over to my office to show me a couple things. This was one of those things he claimed to forget only a few months prior. The best part? I solved the problem while he was coming to my office.

So the best thing you can do for your staff, is to leave them with your knowledge of day to day things.

[Kidder]

Wow.

How did Pylon know Crazy Bacon Legs would post in this thread?

How did Crazy Bacon Legs come in under the scrutiny of hype, and deliver that golden cow on cue?

Why am I just discovering this poster now?

4 experience points... are all his posts this superlative?

[bizaro86]

Originally Posted by Kidder

are all his posts this superlative?

Pretty much. There have been some gems.

[Barnes]

Originally Posted by Crazy Bacon Legs

I am going to assume you work in either theatre or are a diplomat. I could see either based on your post.

Some suggestions:

• Put on a private production of the musical "Annie". This will show that you are melancholy about leaving, yet hopeful about the future. Theatre people love junk like that, because they are idiots.
• Hold an American Idol-style contest in which people must juggle baked goods to calliope music
• Throw a black tie affair involving heads of state from various geographically isolated, small, underdeveloped countries. You and your colleagues can make snide remarks about their lack of land mass and constantly make innuendo-filled remarks about how how tiny their cute little nation-states are. I suggest mocking them by drinking fresh water, and then occasionally just pouring your glass of water on the ground. Shrug as if to say "Whatcha gonna do, Vanuatu? We gots plenty more where that comes from." Threaten to go to war with them if they eat too much cheese dip. Make comments like "It must be neat to come from a country where your biggest accomplishment in the past year was 'discovering fire'."

I am pretty sure you said you're a diplomat. So make sure you go out on a high note, and stay classy. When I have left past employment gigs, my going away parties have been variously described as "legendary," "unfortunate," "frightening to most mammals," and "subject to war crimes prosecution." Maybe keep things in check a little. No party is worth being dragged in front of those animals in The Hague for. It's not my fault if people take the phrase "take no prisoners" literally.

That said, are pants optional at your workplace? I have some great ideas, but most of them require you to not have pants. I don't want anyone to get hurt just because they have pants.

I haven't read this post or anything below it yet but just wanted to say when I saw the name Crazy Bacon Legs, I thought "Ahhhhh sh*%. Here we go..."

Off to read it now.

Edit: Yup. just what I thought.