Hmmm...
The contract period for one of the many sub-jobs I've had over the past few years came to an end, and I wasn't really all that sorry. The money was nice, but that was about all.

The nature of what I do - lectures aside, obviously - means that I can work from home pretty much on a whim. So the week before my contract ended, I began surreptitiously to clear my desk. By my antepenultimate day, there was only one bagload left. I decided to work from home for a couple of days.

Having nothing left to take, this meant that there was obviously no reason for me to go back. A week after I'd gone I got a phonecall from one of the admin staff.
"Er, Enzyme," she said, "Are you planning to come near the office at any point?"
"Hadn't planned to. Why?"
"Well, we got you a leaving card and things, and we'd planned to give them to you on your last day. Could you come in to pick them up?"



I've never really quit a job, let alone amusingly - it took me too long to get one in the first place. I have no material for this QoTW. I think that it shows...
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Thu 29 May 2008, 10:27, 33 replies)

^^
That's dead sweet of your colleagues to get you a leaving pressie. I loved my last day at my old job - everyone was dead nice.
Saw a few of them recently and they said the place has een no fun at all since I left.
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Thu 29 May 2008, 10:32, closed)

It's definitely a blow to leave the people -
but the pressies are lovely. When I quit my job as a programmer, my friends there bought me a guitar. When I left the Archaeology Dept, the rest of the staff clubbed together and we all went to Stonehenge for sunrise right in amongst the stones (and then a hearty overpriced breakfast in the Leigh Delamere services).
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Thu 29 May 2008, 10:40, closed)

The people at my last sub-job...
... got me a year's subscription to Private Eye, which was better.


Stonehenge? Somewhere else I've never been.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Thu 29 May 2008, 10:44, closed)

^
stick it on the list. Pile o' frickin' rocks in frickin' Wiltshire.

You haven't been to Mongolia either, I believe. :)
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Thu 29 May 2008, 10:45, closed)

Just...
...drive down A303 and you'll see it for the massive non event that it is. As that chef might say...

Rocks..

Field...

Stack...

DONE!
( The Pollitt chooses to listen to Enya on, Thu 29 May 2008, 10:47, closed)

I think I agree with Polltit
Stonehenge, good as an experience it was to see it, was quite a let down. :(
(Belgaer is, Thu 29 May 2008, 10:56, closed)

I liked this story
not least because of the word 'antepenultimate', which could only have come from Enzyme. Well done, sir.

Also, I've never quit a job either (I've only really ever had one), which is why I've had to resort to writing crap replies to other people's stories this week.

Bah.

I have been to Stonehenge though. Although I refused to pay the entry fee to see a heap of ancient monoliths and just walked round the perimeter, viewing from afar.

Edit: I do however rather like all the white horses and stuff that I've seen on my travels round Wiltshire.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 29 May 2008, 10:59, closed)

Growing up in Wiltshire
you quickly get used to seeing piles of rocks, crop circles and big horses cut into the sides of hills.

It all seemed quite cool as a child.

Lost its magic somewhere.
( Moey, Thu 29 May 2008, 11:06, closed)

I wonder
am I still banned from Wiltshire?
*muses*
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Thu 29 May 2008, 11:08, closed)

How do you
get banned from Wiltshire..?

Ok, so they don't like outsiders, but once you're there, it has to be difficult to be banned, surely?
( Moey, Thu 29 May 2008, 11:10, closed)

it involved
a mini-roundabout, sambucca, and a wheelbarrow.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Thu 29 May 2008, 11:13, closed)

^That^
sounds like an average Friday night in Chippenham... maybe other parts are more sophisticated.

Mind you, I haven't lived there for some time now, so maybe it has become more refined in (because of) my absence.
( Moey, Thu 29 May 2008, 11:17, closed)

@CHCB
Shame it wasn't the magic roundabout in Swindon. Now that would have been worth seeing.

Mind you, Swindon's such a dump it would be hard to be banned from it.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 29 May 2008, 11:18, closed)

"it involved a mini-roundabout, sambucca, and a wheelbarrow."
See, now that's why CHCB is my type of woman.


B3tan woman FTW!
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Thu 29 May 2008, 11:18, closed)

B3ta woman
are a special type of women. With the emphasis firmly on 'special'.

We should have a B3ta Games. With mini-roundabouts, sambucca, wheelbarrows and the like. Prizes to anyone who wakes up with mud on their stilettos and a handful of loose change in their bra (ahhhhh, New Year).
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Thu 29 May 2008, 11:20, closed)

Or...
....the other way around, for added confusion and discomfort.
( The Pollitt chooses to listen to Enya on, Thu 29 May 2008, 11:22, closed)

I think that extra prizes
for mud on stilettos and change in bras is slightly discriminatory towards a certain component of b3tard membership....
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 29 May 2008, 11:25, closed)

I love being a B3ta women
I feel speshul from the top of my head to the end of my toes : )
( girlinthehole, Thu 29 May 2008, 11:29, closed)

@Vipros
You're more than welcome to wear stilettos and a bra if you want extra prizes...
( Moey, Thu 29 May 2008, 11:30, closed)

While that would be a prize in itself
I'm not sure people want to see someone who is 6'2 and weighs 15 stone in stilettos and bra....

actually, knowing the people on here, that is probably exactly what they want to see
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 29 May 2008, 11:31, closed)

I can foresee plans being made for a weekend camping bash
which will involve bras and stilettos for all regardless of sex...or should that be including sex?

*Fnaarrrr*
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Thu 29 May 2008, 11:38, closed)

^ Camping?
Or just camp?
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 29 May 2008, 11:40, closed)

^camping
oh yes, please.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Thu 29 May 2008, 11:41, closed)

we should have a camping bash in devon or cornwall
I know some really great spots.

fields, caves, lagoons, the sea..you name it!
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 29 May 2008, 11:43, closed)

I'm forseeing....
....lots and lots of Kodak moments at this camping thing. And change and mud everywhere...

..blimey.
( The Pollitt chooses to listen to Enya on, Thu 29 May 2008, 11:44, closed)

@Vipros
fields, caves, lagoons, the sea AND a mini-roundabout?
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Thu 29 May 2008, 11:45, closed)

.....
.....*goes to Homebase for a wheelbarrow*
( The Pollitt chooses to listen to Enya on, Thu 29 May 2008, 11:46, closed)

we might be able
to find a mini-roundabout

is that essential?
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 29 May 2008, 11:49, closed)

not essential
the wheelbarrow will do fine.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Thu 29 May 2008, 11:52, closed)

have to make sure it is the right sort of wheelbarrow
and then I can introduce you all to the sport of extreme wheelbarrow
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 29 May 2008, 11:53, closed)

One with..
...a penumatic tyre should do the trick.

Comfy at slow speeds, but bouncy as hell when being 'extreme'.

Only £34.99....bargain!

**trundles to Costco for Sambuca**
( The Pollitt chooses to listen to Enya on, Thu 29 May 2008, 11:55, closed)

Pollitt
you've got the right idea there. good work!
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 29 May 2008, 12:00, closed)

Thanks...
...I know a good barrow when I see one.

Someone else will have to fetch it though, for t'will not fit in my Capri.
( The Pollitt chooses to listen to Enya on, Thu 29 May 2008, 12:02, closed)