Our submitter says this note, written by “by a fellow employee who finally had enough of working in the inferno we call Burger King,” quickly made the rounds of the entire staff after being handed into the manager.
“It’s funny,” she says, “because for three years this employee pretended to like everyone, and we would have never expected him to say or write anything like this. He even took the opportunity to insult the Hispanic kitchen staff!”
related: Have it your way, jerk!
106 responses so far ↓
#1
Beatus Mongous
You may not need references, but it might be a good idea to learn how not to end sentences with a preposition.
Apr 15, 2013 at 6:38 pm rating: 90
#2
Valerie
How much do you want to bet by “law school” he means community college to become a paralegal?
Apr 15, 2013 at 6:42 pm rating: 90
#3
ariemay
It all became clear when I saw this human gem was headed to law school.
Apr 15, 2013 at 6:43 pm rating: 90
#4
Kdrive23
Doesn’t law school generally require above-average English language skills?
Apr 15, 2013 at 6:49 pm rating: 90
#5
Shasta Riviera
After law school, he’ll be back to working at Burger King.
Apr 15, 2013 at 6:52 pm rating: 90
#6
f2point8
http://bit.ly/ZWRTAu …”Less than 65 percent of law school graduates hold positions requiring a legal degree…”
Apr 15, 2013 at 6:52 pm rating: 90
#7
meeee
…paid for by mom and dad, natch.
Apr 15, 2013 at 6:54 pm rating: 90
#8
ryan
i believe lawyers need affadavits from former employers to be admitted to the bar. maybe he should’ve considered that…
Apr 15, 2013 at 6:55 pm rating: 90
#9
Roto13
Hear that everyone? He got a real job! At a law school! Which means he has been working at Burger King for 3 years with a law degree for some reason! Unless he’s going as a student, which is not a job, which means I don’t know wtf.
Apr 15, 2013 at 6:56 pm rating: 90
#10
Lisa
It comes as no surprise that he was going to law school. I find it depressing how many obnoxious chest-pounders are attracted to my profession.
Apr 15, 2013 at 6:58 pm rating: 90
#11
Adriana
I think somebody needs to tell him that, in this economy, he’ll be lucky to get a job out of law school, let alone a good job that actually allows him to pay back his enormous student loans. There are a handful of law schools in this country that give you a reasonable shot at a six-figure income. I know that sounds like a lot, but when you’re graduating with $150,000+ in debt, it’s not. My boyfriend is looking at $3000/month student loan payments when he graduates this fall just to pay back his debt in a timely manner (10 years).
I’d like to think this guy had the good sense to aim for at least a top-14 law school, but after reading his note… He does have the temperament of an asshat lawyer, though, so at least he got it right on that front.
Apr 15, 2013 at 7:21 pm rating: 90
#12
ziblue
Well, somebody certainly is too big for his britches. The dig at “fellow employees who cannot speak the language” was especially unappealing.
What a dick.
Apr 15, 2013 at 7:52 pm rating: 90
#13
SeattleDeb
He’s headed to Colombia Law School, a la Jeff Winger in “Community.” Who’s the dummy who doesn’t speak the language NOW, smart guy?
Apr 15, 2013 at 7:56 pm rating: 90
#14
Phil
There’s nothing wrong with ending a sentence with a preposition. There is no rule against this in English, it is a myth reported as fact by bad language teachers.
Apr 15, 2013 at 7:58 pm rating: 90
#15
linda
He will make a great lawyer. Has the perfect personality for it.
Apr 15, 2013 at 8:23 pm rating: 90
#16
jennifer
Hope he never has to pass up the opportunity to represent BK one day — #dontburnbridges
Apr 15, 2013 at 9:07 pm rating: 90
#17
LI
I think we need to start a new site featuring resignation letters.
Apr 16, 2013 at 1:27 am rating: 90
#18
BTK
This is a cut and paste resignation off the Internet. Even if it is genuine (who passes letters of resignation to anyone but their line manager?) I only hope they get hit for plagiarism before getting to law school.
Apr 16, 2013 at 1:44 am rating: 90
#19
Car
Gotta laugh at the refusal of the going away party in advance… uh dude, in case you didn’t notice it, a resignation like this and a going away party don’t mix.
Apr 16, 2013 at 2:08 am rating: 90
#20
Kerry
It’s probably a bad idea to put a nasty resignation letter on the internet where ANYONE can see it. Working at a Burger King restaurant might not be a dream job for the author but Burger King also has a legal division. When he graduates law school (assuming he can make it all the way through… he doesn’t seem too bright) he might decide he’d like a job there and this little gem will be in the hiring manager’s hand waiting for some explanation.
Apr 16, 2013 at 2:10 am rating: 90
#21
Tesselara
He may have burned bridges, but after three years at BK, he seems to have avoided burning burgers.
Apr 16, 2013 at 8:16 am rating: 90
#22
Vaulyrea
Oh how sad — he thinks law school guarantees him a job.
Apr 16, 2013 at 8:21 am rating: 90
#23
nq
Its a cut and paste off the internet? I submitted this note to this site. The kid handed the note to a shift manager and the manager let some of us see it before giving it to the restaurant manager. Also some of you are right. The idiot goes to community college ( same one i attend) because his grades werent even good enough to get into a university from the beginnng like he wanted.
Apr 16, 2013 at 8:31 am rating: 90
#24
E
I know some law school graduates who would be grateful for a job at Burger King right now. Has he checked out the job prospects in the legal field lately? Especially for people with super shitty attitudes.
Apr 16, 2013 at 9:35 am rating: 90
#25
Trish
If he could fake liking everyone for that long, he’ll make a great lawyer.
Apr 16, 2013 at 10:18 am rating: 90
#26
Nope
With any college degree, law or not, you’ll be lucky to find a decent job. I’m still stuck at my meager $12/hour job after nearly 6 years here, which I didn’t get until 2 years after graduation and when I got it was $8/hour. Last raise was in 2009 or 2010, I forget which. There are little to no jobs in my field (business/management) where I live that don’t require 10+ years experience in the field and that will pay me the same I make now or more. I can’t afford to take less pay because of bills I have to pay, part of which include the loans from the degree I got which has gotten no use since my job is IT related. I manage no one though I do perform occasional training of employees on various aspects from time to time.
Apr 16, 2013 at 10:36 am rating: 90
#27
Tard
Wait, was it bugger flipper or booger flipper?
Apr 16, 2013 at 8:32 pm rating: 90
#28
Grank
The “this resignation was so out of character, he was so nice to everyone!” type thing always makes me laugh, because it makes me think of the scene from the film Fallen where the demon possesses someone and immediately quits the guy’s job with an absurd line… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAIXoxXU9Hs
Apr 17, 2013 at 4:29 pm rating: 90
#29
AuntyBron
He sounds like an excellent service employee to me: He came to work and projected a cheerful demeanor even though he felt nothing but contempt and loathing for the job and his co-workers.
Apr 18, 2013 at 7:10 pm rating: 90
#30
AuntyBron
He sounds like an excellent service employee: He came to work and projected a cheerful demeanor despite the contempt and loathing he felt for his job and coworkers.
Apr 18, 2013 at 7:11 pm rating: 90
#31
AuntyBron
Gack! it won’t let me delete the duplicate entry.
Apr 18, 2013 at 7:13 pm rating: 90
#32
bie.
IMO, whether you’re highly educated or not, you should have manners and respect for other people. Yeah sure we can meet some jerks, but for me, this note is only showing that the writer is also a jerk.
I have a degree, and I also had work experience in fast-food joint. But I know it’s not something that I should use to feel I am better than anyone else, especially to my other fast-food place coworkers, because I understand not all people can be lucky to have enough money to go to school.
Don’t ever look down on people. Especially when probably in the future, you need to come back for their food.
Apr 18, 2013 at 9:25 pm rating: 90
#33
Lynn
His grammar irrelevant. What is relevant is the fact that he wasn’t happy and should have voiced this to upper management from the beginning of his employment. I currently hold an Assoc. and a Masters, and I work at a chain Pharmacy. Don’t knock someone for wanting to further himself. Yes, he could have made is point in private. When he wrote this resignation letter, he took the risk that this letter would be made public.
Apr 20, 2013 at 7:46 am rating: 90
#34
Rich
I admire bold people. They’re so rare that I feel honored when I come across them. I’m too used to stale people like the commenters and spell police that I so sadly have to share my comment with.
Apr 20, 2013 at 11:11 am rating: 90
#35
anonamys
you shouldnt be to mean to him. you dont know what it was like .You have the write to say what you want but try to remember that other people will be reading this and judging it.
Apr 20, 2013 at 12:04 pm rating: 90
#36
anonamys
you shouldnt be to mean to him. you dont know what it was like .You have the write to say what you want but try to remember that other people will be reading this and judging it. I agree with Lynn and Rich
Apr 20, 2013 at 12:06 pm rating: 90
#37
Jim
He’s perfect for a lawyer, smiles in peoples faces while taking their money and the whole time its a big lie! Sounds like the jerk who didn’t know I was sitting around the corner from him on his cell phone while he case bargained to throw my case the way of my exwifes attorney if she would do the same for him on another case! His defense to the Bar compliant:She initiated the offer to case bargain.Mine was he’s fired and not one more cent from me!
Apr 20, 2013 at 5:29 pm rating: 90
#38
Bob
You work at Burger King, everyone gets it their way except for the employees of fast food establishments, who if they had any brain cells at all wouldn’t be working fast food in the first place.
Enjoy cleaning the erasers at the law school you are now the janitor of.
Apr 24, 2013 at 3:12 pm rating: 90
#39
Anna
As a lawyer, I can honestly say that he will, in fact, need that reference. Actually, most employers (and the state that qualifies you for your license) will want contact info for all your former employers.
Oh, and you’re better off becoming a paralegal. Recently admitted lawyers are largely unemployed and can’t get jobs as paralegals. Many paralegal positions pay much better than entry level attorney positions. The hours are better, too.
Apr 25, 2013 at 2:01 pm rating: 90
#40
40 yr old lawyer to be
What this poor kid does not / did not realize is that part of law school is applying for admission to the bar as a student. Part of that process is revealing the name and contact info for every single job over the past 10-20 years. Each of those employers are sent a request with a full release (signed by the applicant) to provide information of the applicant/employee. That ought to be interesting when the law student can’t clear the bar and therefore must go before the committee and answer for this particular choice. Somehow I think this isn’t the only incident that the bar will uncover.
Apr 26, 2013 at 12:42 pm rating: 90
#41
Kelly M.
Why wouldn’t he want/need the reference for law school? Does he have other professional references right now?
Apr 26, 2013 at 12:47 pm rating: 90
#42
Liz
I am days away from graduating law school. This letter is disgusting. A lot of new students get a pretentious attitude about being in “law school”. I am happy to report that the attitude is beaten down in three years of humiliation at the hands of the professors. The general population of lawyers that I know are very humble and gracious. Law school was the biggest challenge of my life but it was only an extra three years of school. This child would be wise to remember that 25% of his class will be gone before the second year starts. Coincidentally, if this person graduates law school, he/she will be required by the state bar to disclose all the places he worked in the past. The state bar will call every single one of those employers. The determination of whether he should be an attorney will rest on what Burger King has to say.
Apr 26, 2013 at 2:20 pm rating: 90
#43
Poltergeist
I wouldn’t be so quick to judge without knowing the writer’s full backstory. He may have been treated very poorly at his job, which is far from unheard of, and when we feel we’ve been mistreated for extended periods of time, even the nicest of us could go a little bit insane.
Or he could just be a giant asshole. I dunno.
Apr 26, 2013 at 10:23 pm rating: 90
#44
None
Frankly, I’m insulted the kitchen staff was insulted. It’s pretty freakin rude to stand around and speak another language, completely ostracizing English speakers, then claiming to be offended when we ask them to learn English. These are the people we cater to in this country, and it’s why everything is going to shit.
May 16, 2013 at 5:00 pm rating: 90
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