Magazine Options Carrières.

I worked at a gas station for five years of my life (minus a year in the middle when I was out of the country). I quit amicably and left on good terms, giving them plenty of notice. Having said that, I was at least in part hastened by the fact that two other employees were speculating about quitting, and I wanted to do it first so that it would reflect less poorly on me.

Worst job I ever had was working for an independent bakery run by a woman who I think was honestly bipolar. One moment she would call you sweetie and the next she’d scream at you for forgetting to glaze the hotcross buns. I realized I had to quit after looking at how crushed and resigned the other girls working there looked. I called in and honestly said that I didn’t think I was cut out for the job. “If you can’t handle the heat, get out of the kitchen.” Best jobs I ever had were
1. Working at Sobeys, because of the people I worked with. Two of them became my best friends. Making kids’ birthday cakes was also awesome.
2. A patisserie because of the free tea and food provided by an endearing Vietnamese man with six kids.
3. Reitman’s again because of the people. It’s like the zombiepocalypse and its you and your team against all the consumer undead in a mall.
Boring or crappy jobs can be immensely more bearable when you like the people you work with. It’s a lot harder to leave them too. Best way to leave a job:
just be honest. Don’t lie about your reasons. Thank them for the opportunity no matter how horrible the job was or how much you hated them. You need them for references. Leave a class act.