quitting

It's a shame, there was going to be a party on the 32nd just for you. There was going to be cake and ice cream and everything. Shame you're going to miss it.

-Water Cooler Chris

Man, I had some mushrooms and I grew, like, 50 feet man. Not mentally or developmentally or anything like that. Physically. It was so real, man.

~Mario

This was a memo actually issued to the employees of QC Marts, an Iowa-based chain of convenience stores, back in March. The owner of the chain announced a contest in which employees would guess which of their number would be the next to get the proverbial ax. Four employees, who for some reason felt uncomfortable turning on their coworkers like rabid wolves, quit in protest. QC Marts denied them unemployment benefits, arguing they had quit voluntarily, until a judge ruled against the chain yeste