No, really, I do actually quit
Many years ago, an absolute gentleman of a boss warned me the place where I was working would soon go bust, leaving upwards of 70 of us out of a job and I should start looking for work now rather than when there were a shedload of us all out there at once targetting what is a fairly small industry... So look I did and land a job I did, but it wouldn't start until the new financial year in three months, which left me with a bunch of time on my hands and no cash coming in.
So I found another job to fill in the time, somewhere not too demanding and on much less money, but actually quite fun.
After about two months of frigging about (and frigging several colleagues) I persuaded everyone to send in resignation letters on April Fools Day so when the boss came in and found his inbox full and started opening envelopes we could watch his face and have a laugh.
So the day comes, he opens the first letter, looks sad and puts it to one side.
Then he opens the second letter, looks even sadder and puts it aside.
The third letter is opened, he looks confused, the fourth is opened... and the penny drops.
He laughs, we come out of hiding and there's much mirth all round.
Later that day the other job I was waiting to go to calls to say they need me there faster than expected, can I start the following Monday.
So I hand in my resignation letter...
It took the rest of the week and about 20 conversations to convince him I was seriously quitting and needed to be gone by the end of the week.
Even then he still wasn't convinced and the following Monday as I showed up for the new job he STILL called me to ask if I was coming in or was ill.
( difficultchild, Fri 23 May 2008, 7:15, 1 reply)

Brilliant
April Fools! Click for that alone!
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 28 May 2008, 16:47, closed)