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Help me formulate the dullest response to colleagues when they goad me into telling them why I quit (feddit.de)

submitted 7 months ago by jkelosed@feddit.de to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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This happens in Germany.

Work culture doesn't fit my personality: I don't talk much, I keep to myself, I simply want to do my job and go home, I separate my personal life from work, my colleagues are full fledged gossips, ignore the duties that need to be done and then expect me to help them when they are late. I don't have patience for that crap anymore.

Due to internal regulations, I have to stay on the unit for 4 weeks after sending my notice. Answering honestly the question of why I'm quitting would ensure that they yell at me and bully me, and I don't want to experience that again. Even saying 'it's none of your business' ensures that they feel insulted and start yelling. I have decided I don't have patience for people like that anymore.

So, what do I say?

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[–] Nemo@midwest.social 94 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Start telling a long and rambling story that in no way relates. Keep talking until interrupted.

[–] Kalkaline@leminal.space 41 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Interrupt yourself with explanations that jump from place to place on the timeline of events but doesn't help the story in the slightest. "It all began with (insignificant event) back in (month and year). We were supposed to be doing (work task with too detailed of an explanation), but (coworker) started talking to us about (current event at the time, explain in too much detail). Then (I/family member/friend) got COVID about a week or so later. I think they probably got it from not wearing a mask at (event). (Explain all the COVID precautions and conspiracies and left vs right politics)."

[–] VelvetStorm@lemmy.world 18 points 7 months ago

So basically watch some Trump speeches and mimic them.

[–] LittleBorat2@lemmy.ml 6 points 7 months ago

People who talk like that exist and I have to work with them on my team. They have been to, I think, a psychiatric hospital multiple times too.

[–] LoamImprovement@beehaw.org 25 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Be sure to punctuate your actions with the occasional "...Which was the style at the time."

[–] Nemo@midwest.social 9 points 7 months ago

Exactly the example I was thinking of. "Give me five bees for a nickel, you'd say."

[–] pingveno@lemmy.ml 21 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I remember being on the hiring committee for my new manager. One of the two finalist candidates took several times longer than necessary to answer the questions without adding substance. When we met to discuss our decision, most committee members tried to voice more substantive reasons. Finally someone just cut the shit and said something like "it sounds like no one wants to listen to him talk." So yes, yammering is an excellent people repellent.

[–] Tangent5280@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

If they ask you to get to the part where the reason for quitting comes up, insist on giving them the "necessary" "context".

Then continue talking, except this time about some completely different incident. If they ask you to complete the previous incident, insist you were talking about this new incident all along.