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The 10 Most Epic Ways To Quit Your Job

Here's 10 Epic Ways To Quit Your Job
Asa Bennett
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With the New Year drawing near, some Brits will be dreading the end of their holidays as they trudge back into the office for work.

They may even dream of packing it all in to do something more exciting. If you're thinking of quitting your work to do just that, don't just quietly hand in a written notice.

Here's 10 epic ways to hand in your resignation and bow out of your job in style.

Epic ways to quit your job
With cake (01 of05)
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Chris Holmes told bosses at Stansted Airport's Border Force that he was leaving to start his own business - through the medium of delicious cake.
Put it in the paper(02 of05)
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Greg Smith left Goldman Sachs with a bang as he published a scathing resignation letter in the New York Times last year on March 14 - as he hit out at the decay in the bank's "moral fibre".
Sliding away with beer(03 of05)
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On August 9, 2010, Steven Slater left his job as a flight attendant at JetBlue by launching a foul-mouthed tirade over the plane's loudspeaker on landing in New York City's JFK Airport, then grabbing some beers and sliding down the emergency slide. Wow.
With sarcasm(04 of05)
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Groupon CEO (and founder) Andrew Mason sent out a wry 'resignation' letter this February to employees, saying:"People of Groupon, after four and a half intense and wonderful years as CEO of Groupon, I’ve decided that I’d like to spend more time with my family. Just kidding — I was fired today."At least if you're on your way out, you can always laugh about it.
In haiku (05 of05)
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Jonathan Schwartz announced his resignation as CEO of Sun Microsystems in this short haiku tweet.
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