Have you ever quoted Aristotle in a resignation letter?

[counterjockey]

This seems as good a time as any for us to ponder Socrates' famous last words:

"Why isn't anybody else having punch?"

[Misanthropical]

The last job that I quit, I just called and told my supervisor I quit and would be in to pick up my stuff and he could take it up with the head office if he wanted to know why.

I also got unemployment, so

[Jester]

If it ever gets so bad I quit this job and find a different one, I think I will be quoting the great philosopher Johnny Paycheck.

"Take this job and shove it"

Hey, if you're gonna do it, go all out and quote the entire thing:

"You better not try to stand in my way as I'm walking out the door.
Take this job and shove it. I ain't working here no more."

[RecoveringKinkoid]

"To quote the great philosopher Aristotle, 'All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.' "

Have you noticed how a lot of people with college educations who live off the largess of others use this sort of reasoning to try and detract from the fact that they are bums?

I read a great book once called The Morning River by (I think) Michael Gear. Picture this loser in the OP's post as the main character (cuz this was the very first thing I though if when reading that post) who ends up forced into servitude on a river barge on the american frontier during the 17 or 1800's(can't remember...probably 1800's).

On a visceral level, it was fun to watch the pompous little sh#t get The Big Life Lesson literally beaten into him. But all that aside, it was a wonderful, rich story about how a man's ideals get forced into the meat grinder of real life. Higher ideals against harsh, cold reality. And actually, a really, really "make you smile, cry, yell, and smile again" kind of story. Watching the title character grow up and learn about life was a really good read on many levels.

We can only hope this poor sad putz is as fortunate. Maybe he'll grow up.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

If it ever gets so bad I quit this job and find a different one, I think I will be quoting the great philosopher Johnny Paycheck.

"Take this job and shove it"

[siead_lietrathua]

I can see the signs now:

"Will philosophise for food."

Rapscallion

i have a homeless friend who does just that.... and can actually make some half-decent cash on a quantum-physics rant

[BookstoreEscapee]

A 2 page resignation letter and he wasn't even there 2 months? Damn. My resignation letter after a year was less than a page, said, in essence, I will be leaving and my last day will be X/X/XX. Thank you blah blah blah. Did he think he was getting graded on it or something? ... Actually, that's not a bad idea...send it back to him with a big red F on it

[Imogene]

'All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.'

So... he wants to be Bohemian? Or just a damn, dirty hippy?

[Soulstealer]

He could always become a stripper. I've always though stripping was a liberal art.

It would have at least been a better and more wanted service than spouting out bull shit for payment. Although there are some handlers that provide that 'service ' when they're off their meds.

[ArenaBoy]

He could always become a stripper. I've always though stripping was a liberal art.

It's a progressive art.

[Killer Bees]

Sounds like he thought his degree would enable him to laze around in a toga all day spouting bullshit while the employer throws $100 bills his way for his "enlightenment".

He could always become a stripper. I've always though stripping was a liberal art.

[Pedersen]

When it comes time for the guy in the OP to pay off his student loans, he might want to remember "Don't panic" as well.

OMG. I just actually laughed out loud. Thank you

On a related note, I wonder if the loan officers are related to the Ravenous Bugblatter Beasts, and can be ignored simply by wrapping a towel around your head? Might want to suggest that to the Aristotelian Resigner, too

[Spiffy McMoron]

Quoted Aristotle? No. Douglas Adams? Yes.

"So long, and thanks for all the fish"

When it comes time for the guy in the OP to pay off his student loans, he might want to remember "Don't panic" as well.

[Bandit]

Quoted Aristotle? No. Douglas Adams? Yes.

"So long, and thanks for all the fish"

To be fair, though, it wasn't my resignation letter, it was my farewell to everybody.

In my last farewell, I used both Shakespeare - "Friends! Romans! Countrymen! Lend me your ears!" and the Grateful Dead - "What a long strange trip it's been".

And nary a BA in sight.

B

[Gurndigarn]

I love this quote. It might help to point out that Aristotle was often in the employ of the wealthy when he spouted these things off. I would also like to see the full context on the situation, as I'm fairly certain he was probably advocating the sharpening of the mind after a hard days work to keep from losing your mental edge.

He was also living in an era of subsistience farming. While that's possible still, it usually takes quite a bit of effort to pull it off.