Just because we could
Many moons ago, whilst at uni, I had a god-awful job in a catalogue company with my partner, phoning people up and asking them if they wanted insurance on whatever overpriced crap they were paying off at 27% over 2 years. (I have no issue with people who need to do this for domestic appliances they can't afford, or kids' clothes, but a £3000 plasma!?)

Anyway, it was soul-destroying. We basically had to threaten people into buying this fucking awful,expensive 5 year cover with more clauses than the average department store at Christmas.

One day my dad rings me up and tells me he feels like he's having a heart attack. I panic and leave work with mr sam, notifying our boss (who depressingly was younger than me, and at 20 had a 6 year old son. Shudder). The next day, a Friday, he's OK but needs a scan so I email our boss telling her we won't be in. She replies 'NO PROBZ C U MONDAY' (illiterate twerp she was).

I get a call that afternoon from our agency (yes, the shame, it was agency work. Agencies, the cheapy labour/shite call centre type, are shit. If you work for an agency and you don't agree, you're just one of the lucky few who hasn't been fucked over yet) to tell us not to bother to come in on Monday as we were no longer required due to our 'unauthorised absence'.

My other half got rather mad at this point. He called our overall, big boss and started spouting lots of laws and using words like victimisation and lawyer. Big boss panics and invites us to 'discuss the matter' that Monday. Monday arrives and the manager gives us a long, grovelling apology, half an hour of real schmoozing, please-don't-sue, I-have-kids-to-feed etc. He then went right back up to the department and told the staff how he'd made a mistake and we'd be back the next day.

Next day rolls by and we quit :)
(Northern Lovely, Thu 22 May 2008, 13:06, Reply)