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You’ll Never Believe the Way This Bed, Bath, & Beyond Employee Allegedly Quit: ‘This Is for Fat Fu**s’

Dec. 10, 2012 2:48pm

Most everyone has, at some point in their lives, fantasized about quitting their lousy, dead-end job with a profanity-laced farewell speech.

Bed, Bath, & Beyond Employee Allegedly Includes Letter of Resignation on a Microwave Price Tag

Seriously, there have been entire movies dedicated to this deeply cherished desire. (YouTube)

But while most of us snap back to reality with a loud, “that’s a stupid idea,” a few actually follow through.

Case in point: This Bed, Bath, & Beyond employee who allegedly decided to announce that they were quitting via a price tag.

From far away, it doesn’t look like much:

Bed, Bath, & Beyond Employee Allegedly Includes Letter of Resignation on a Microwave Price Tag

(Courtesy Reddit)

But upon a closer inspection:

Bed, Bath, & Beyond Employee Allegedly Includes Letter of Resignation on a Microwave Price Tag

(Courtesy Reddit)

Yep, as you can clearly see, the tag reads:

THIS IS FOR FAT F___S [the full word has been considerately blurred out by our friends at the Consumerist]
• Digital control panel
• MY BOSS IS A PR**K
• Comes with extender ring kit
• IM QUITTING TODAY
• 12.5″H x 15.5″W

Tell us how you really feel.

The tag was posted on Reddit by someone who said they spotted it while shopping.

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(H/T: Reddit user  mastranios & the Consumerist)

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  • redfish52
    Posted on December 10, 2012 at 4:00pm

    Man, that’s a good price on that grill…

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  • goahead.makemyday
    Posted on December 10, 2012 at 3:42pm

    The best one would be a person that was told to change the queue under the sign to I QUIT! GET YOUR OWN COFFEE!

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  • Thornyrose13
    Posted on December 10, 2012 at 3:41pm

    It was an inappropriate thing to do, but it was funny. As a “fat f” myself, I found it hard to take offense. Still, I expect this former employee will pay a price a bit steeper than he expected to, a price higher than the joke was worth.

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  • GhostOfJefferson
    Posted on December 10, 2012 at 3:36pm

    Greetings Blaze Editor(s),

    “Case in point: This Bed, Bath, & Beyond employee who allegedly decided to announce that they were quitting via a price tag.”

    The employee singular (“employee”) did not become plural (“they”) by announcing that he or she was quitting. If this did happen then it is a singular form of reproduction which has escaped the scrutiny of scientists to this day.

    I don’t like getting all grammar Nazi on regular contributing posters, but is it too much to ask of editors, or writers publishing for profit, to proofread an article from time to time?

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    • dangmc
      Posted on December 10, 2012 at 4:02pm

      Amen!

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      dangmc  
    • EaglePGC
      Posted on December 10, 2012 at 4:13pm

      It’s the ghetto form of ‘they.” It’s used when the gender of the singular subject is unknown.

      However, if that was the intent, then “were” should have been changed to “was.” In true ghetto it should have read:

      Case in point: This Bed, Bath, & Beyond employee who allegedly decided to announce that they was quitting via a price tag.

      … or something…

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      EaglePGC  
    • JediKnight
      Posted on December 10, 2012 at 5:24pm

      I think you mean: This Bed, Bath, & Beyond employee who allegedly decided to announce that they was quittin’ via a price tag.

      Notice the missing g on quitting. Gotta get that ghetto accent in there :)

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    • taxpro4u03
      Posted on December 10, 2012 at 5:45pm

      In the wunnerful world of ‘tweetin’ an textin,’ grammar – spelling and coherent thought communication are so — ‘yesterday.’ If the ‘machine’ can’t do it — it didn’t happen — Pays good tho’ :-) Ask *most* anyone under 30, “What’s a metaphor?” and the response is most likely, “To keep cows in.” Eng-rish is such a difficult language…

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    • Kupo
      Posted on December 10, 2012 at 6:30pm

      Ghost of Jefferson

      It’s the “singular they”

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they

      It’s acceptable to use, and is very common when referring to someone of indeterminate gender. It’s a far more elegant alternative to he/she, him/her, etc.

      Just saying, it might behoove to to learn what the heck you’re talking about before going off on a Grammar Nazi rant.

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      Kupo  
    • Kupo
      Posted on December 10, 2012 at 6:32pm

      EAGLEPGC

      “However, if that was the intent, then “were” should have been changed to “was.””

      Wrong. It’s still a plural word but being used in a singular context, so “were” is appropriate while “was” is not.

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      Kupo  
    • chips1
      Posted on December 10, 2012 at 7:26pm

      KUPO:
      “Was” wasn’t. Fuzzy Wuzzy?

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      chips1  
    • crazedbanshee
      Posted on December 10, 2012 at 8:06pm

      1. It is acceptable usage
      (used with an indefinite singular antecedent in place of the definite masculine he or the definite feminine she ): Whoever is of voting age, whether they are interested in politics or not, should vote.
      2. Usage of words is in a constant flux. That is why your outdated dictionary is leading you astray.
      3. Shame on any of you demeaning younger generations. You want us to give you respect then you better show respect back. I am ashamed of your dividing nature, I am glad that you are not my parents with such an attitude.
      4. Who cares about this anyways? You understood the point. This should be your new slogan: “I don’t always correct grammar, but when i do I am incorrect, and do so publicly.”

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    • Rowgue
      Posted on December 11, 2012 at 12:45am

      You apparently don’t hate going grammar nazi that much since you went off all half cocked about something you’re completely wrong about in the first place. Seems like you’re ready to bust out the grammar police badge at an instants notice to me.

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      Rowgue  
  • Simonne
    Posted on December 10, 2012 at 3:35pm

    All I know you can’t get much better service than Bed & Bath & Beyond. I shop there often & love it especially when I have those 20% coupons. You can use as many coupons as you like & they can be expired. If other stores did this, I would shop at their stores more often.
    As far as this guy, who knows if it’s him or the boss.

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    • dangmc
      Posted on December 10, 2012 at 4:05pm

      I agree with you 100%. I shop at Bed Bath Beyond as often as I can afford to. Another retailer with excellent customer service is Famous Footware.

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      dangmc  
  • TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
    Posted on December 10, 2012 at 3:30pm

    I remember when I hit my first stateside duty assignment after ‘Nam we had this wonderful thing called “IG” Inspections (Army Inspector General) where they inspected everything from your paperwork, gear, your barracks and your person.

    We (our Battalion) were standing in our Class-A Dress Uniforms awaiting the Post Commander and an IG Officer (some LTC) and the Post CSM. Finally my Company’s turn and they got to the Platoon next to mine and all of a sudden… SCREAMING, YELLING, ADMONISHMENT by someone (I couldn’t tell by whom at that time as we were all at Attention and facing front.

    Then out of the corner of my eye I saw the Post Commander and the rest of the brass (to include my Company Commander) racing out of the Gym (still lots of’ SCREAMING). The Post CSM had a guy by the scruff of the neck.

    We were all called to Attention and stayed that way for hours. Found out later that this Specialist 5 (SP5 fom the Motor Pool) had a string hanging out of his “Blouse” (Class-A Jacket). From what I understand… the Post Commander yanked the string and attached to it (hidden just inside wear you button down) a note was attached that read… “FU ! I’m 5 days from ETS and this is BS !

    Lmao…. we paid for this guy’s PO’dness for ages. I Think they ETS’d him that day and I’m sure it wasn’t honorable. My Company went through a Class-A inspection every day for weeks on end.

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  • Maxim Crux
    Posted on December 10, 2012 at 3:28pm

    The censorship from the Blaze is too funny. In one clip you ignorant editors will show a man having his head chopped off and in another you would blur out a relativity meaningless word.

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    • whatthecrazy
      Posted on December 10, 2012 at 4:08pm

      I asked a simple question and it just did not show up, earlier i read that the blaze editors were libs,may be some truth to that.Seriously blaze be FAIR the prez would want you to.

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    • bbyrdhouse
      Posted on December 10, 2012 at 4:38pm

      There is a reason that you rarely ever hear any of the big name journalists or radio talkers ever mention The Blaze.

      It’s almost as if all the liberals and former HuffPo people that Glenn hired for The Blaze are sabotaging the site.

      Many of stories that get run on the front page are absurd and downright ridiculous.
      Many of the credible stories that get run have outrageous headlines … almost as bad as the National Inquirer.

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  • BlasberryStrat
    Posted on December 10, 2012 at 3:28pm

    Two ways to see it. Bosses that have to ‘babysit’ the workers because there are way too many people who think they should get paid the ‘big bucks’ while not doing a damm thing except think work is ‘play time’. Then there are the bosses that aren’t even old enough to drink who get their jollies by making the older workers lives hell, and giving the easy work – and weekends off to their ‘younger’ friends.

    I can see why a lot of workers (and bosses) ‘snap’. I spent plenty of my years working under “teenage managers” who “told” me when I could and could not speak. But I will tell you by going through it first hand, I will NEVER be a department manager and have to ‘babysit’ again! I got to a point in my bodyshop that I didn’t even tell a worker he was fired. He just pulled up in the morning to find his tool box was neatly placed outside waiting for him!

    I now work harder and more hours than ever, rarely get paid for the overtime I work, and my boss is the biggest a$$ around…….it’s ME. You think you want to take the world by the balls and own your own business? Best grow a pair, because you’re gonna need them!

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    • chips1
      Posted on December 10, 2012 at 7:34pm

      I had a guy complain to me that I was doing too much and it made him look bad. I told him that he was making me look good. Too many cubby holes in all work places.

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    • PokeySD
      Posted on December 10, 2012 at 10:25pm

      I know those “bosses” who are barely old enough to have gone through puberty. As an “older” (40+) new hire at a discount store, I worked with/for a number of little girls who thought that because they held a position of alleged authority, they could stand at the service desk and make fun of me behind my back rather than help me with a cash register issue. Well, it was a second job, and I decided, 2 weeks in, that I could work one overtime shift at my hospital job and make more money than withstanding 2 weeks of their garbage. So I quit. I work with mostly younger people at my “real” job, and we get along fantastic. I have no problem with working for or with someone younger than I am, but these little gumchewers were insufferable. And not only to me, but also to my 16-yo daughter when she worked at the same store, so apparently their problem wasn’t with older workers, it was with ANY workers who weren’t in their clique.

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  • Ducky657
    Posted on December 10, 2012 at 3:27pm

    Never been to the place–never will–

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  • sinsay7
    Posted on December 10, 2012 at 3:23pm

    cheer up Papadoc, maybe you’re not overweight, but just undertall

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  • Yes_I_Am_Leslie_Winkle
    Posted on December 10, 2012 at 3:17pm

    Good for him! I’m shopping for balloons in the shape of a hand, middle finger extended

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    Yes_I_Am_Leslie_Winkle  
  • HollyRye
    Posted on December 10, 2012 at 3:17pm

    Love my NuWave oven. Made a 16 pound turkey in it yesterday, using the extender ring of course. Only took 3 hours. Moistest turkey ever.
    As for the employee: 3 points for originality, 2 points deducted for swearing. He’s still ahead.

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  • iig
    Posted on December 10, 2012 at 3:16pm

    Every time I hear someone quit their job with a big bird to the ex-boss, I always think “I wonder what the boss did to deserve it.” I don’t automatically assume that it’s just the employee who is wrong, because just statistically that’s impossible. I’m so tired of the employer being worshiped as if incapable of being the jerk. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on December 10, 2012 at 3:40pm

      Aye, it can go both ways. I don’t prefer the free market because I think it’s filled with saints, rather, that I can at least escape when things get too overbearing. Imagine a world where everything was owned by the government, and THEN getting the world’s worst boss to work for. Might as well go home and slit the wrists at that point.

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    • ADNIL
      Posted on December 10, 2012 at 8:37pm

      A ***** boss is a ***** boss no matter how you quit. I quit my last job because my boss withheld (read stole) over $4000 of my hard-earned wages over the course of a (contract) year, and when she thought she might get away with it, decided to attempt to make it retroactive to the previous year as well, telling me I owed her another $3500 for overpayment for the previous year. I disagreed. After several months of “negotiations”, she would not budge.

      My lawyer told me she was operating way outside of the labor laws, AND COULD GET AWAY WITH IT, BUT ONLY IF I continued to work for her (that would imply consent). I could only recover my wages by quitting, billing her for my back pay, and then suing her for them if she didn’t deliver. She paid up within two weeks after I billed her. Guess she didn’t want to explain it to the judge.

      She was “applying” these same “policies” to others on the staff, but for some reason, I was the only one who challenged her (my lawyer told me I could only advocate for myself, and I know she forbid the others to talk to me because I suddenly became a pariah. No one would come near me. She didn’t want me to tell them she was breaking the laws and ripping them off by illegally withholding wages that she had no intention of paying…..as per her new “policy”.) I took my lawyer’s advice. They were on their own.

      I, however, honored my side of the contract and completed all projects and paperwork before I left. It didn’t matter, thou

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  • RANGER1965
    Posted on December 10, 2012 at 3:13pm

    So…a few weeks from now when he/she gets back from the vacation that they couldn’t go on because of their evil boss…He or she will need a job.

    And while filling out the application, there will be this little space asking for employment history, and references. I”m sure the “boss” at Bed, Bath, and Beyond will give this go-getter a glowing review.

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  • Patriot Z
    Posted on December 10, 2012 at 3:08pm

    Im callin BS! theres no way the extender ring kit comes with it.

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  • HOOT_OWL
    Posted on December 10, 2012 at 3:07pm

    Heyyyyyy …Leave my Nuwave alone.!
    It makes the best peppers/onions/potatoes golden brown to perfection.
    And I swear it would make a leather-shoe tender and juicy.

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  • glckgrl
    Posted on December 10, 2012 at 3:07pm

    Free speech is interesting. I have held similar sentiment (different employer) but kept silent.

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  • Papadoc
    Posted on December 10, 2012 at 3:05pm

    Seriously Blaze – - this is a hostile act toward an employer, in bad taste, worthy of a chuckle only by the “whoops I flatularted” potty-talk crowd, and doesn’t need to be encouraged. If you are in need of someone who knows what a story is, I’ll put you in touch. In the meantime, Becket Adams would seem to be more at home at MAD Magazine.

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  • perry1980
    Posted on December 10, 2012 at 3:04pm

    Johnny Paycheck?

    Take this Job and Shove it

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  • OldSurfRat
    Posted on December 10, 2012 at 3:03pm

    Hatchet
    I like your honesty too.
    I wonder why someone posts if they dont care. I dont care why but just wonder.

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    OldSurfRat  
  • Mike Austin
    Posted on December 10, 2012 at 3:02pm

    Probably a poor, I can do no wrong, “entitlement” employee. No honor or manners that would propmpt anyone to hire this person.

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on December 10, 2012 at 3:43pm

      There’s no way to know. There are really bad bosses, and really bad employees. It would either take more information about the incident, or more knowledge about the boss and employee both to make that call though.

      Plus, your typical OWS entitlement type of person likely won’t be employed to begin with, let alone be able to quit a job.

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  • hatchetjob
    Posted on December 10, 2012 at 2:59pm

    Then take a hike.

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  • hatchetjob
    Posted on December 10, 2012 at 2:58pm

    This is a riot! Very original too.

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    hatchetjob  
    • Papadoc
      Posted on December 10, 2012 at 3:07pm

      No, not really. Potty jokes. insults, and juvenile pranks on an employer are pretty old stuff. Though I’m sure a few children really think this is hilarious.

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      Papadoc  
    • hatchetjob
      Posted on December 10, 2012 at 3:10pm

      Hey, PAPADOC, I’m not saying I would do something like this, but people do get pushed over the edge. At least he didn’t kill his boss. Just sayin.

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      hatchetjob  
    • OldSurfRat
      Posted on December 10, 2012 at 4:12pm

      Hatchet
      Might want to just Let it be. Sounds like PAPA is a little cranky today.

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      OldSurfRat  
  • OldSurfRat
    Posted on December 10, 2012 at 2:56pm

    He gets an “A” for having nads, but I think he will be damaged goods from here on out.
    We all want to do and say something at times but this may not have been a good idea.
    It might result in a law suit that he does not have the money to cover if he has no job.

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    OldSurfRat  
  • WillG
    Posted on December 10, 2012 at 2:55pm

    That is pretty Damn funny.

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    WillG  
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