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Dramatic job resignations revealed - 'I just saw red'

Dramatic job resignations revealed - 'I just saw red'

3. Mo

"I worked at a famous fast food place, and I know people get messed about by rude customers trying to get a free meal all the time. But when my supervisor wouldn't stand up for me when someone accused me of deliberately sneezing on his burger, I just saw red and poured a whole milkshake over his head. People cheered."

4. Gita

"They kept extending my trial period again and again and again, and it turned out they did that so I wouldn't be paid the market rate. Not long after I found somebody willing to pay me said market rate, and I strutted – yes, strutted – out of the boss' office after slapping my resignation on her desk."

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