I'm 15 years old and currently work at my local vets - "Downes". I say local, but I actually mean 20 minute's drive from my house.
Basically, I used to want to be a vet so I decided to do voluntary work experience there and one thing led to another and they offered me a job as a kennel assistant (read 'janitor'). I don't actually want to be a vet anymore, I'm thinking of doing something more Maths / Comp. Sci. related, so the prospect of getting valuable experience out of this crap doesn't exist anymore.
So here's the story:
Basically, every other Saturday I go there and clean cages for about 2 hours total, and do filing for about 30 mins in total and just stand around waiting for something to happen for the rest of the 4.5 hours. I get paid £3.64 per hour, which is absolutely crap, it's the minimum wage for under 16s. The working hours are 9-4, but it's so mind numbing sitting alone in a room with the sound of dogs barking that I'm just too dazed/depressed to do anything for the rest of the day/weekend.
This crap job for which I hardly get paid ruins 2 out of my 4 Saturday's every month, and I want it to stop. I just don't know how to break it to them. It's a small sort of place, everyone who works there is female, but pretty average looking apart from 1 who is average-hot.
So fp, how do I tell them that I quit? Written resignation seems too formal, I have various excuses that I could use such as exams this year, takes 20 mins to get there etc. but I just don't know how to say it. When do I approach the head nurse to tell her, how should I start the speech off etc.
Please help out a fellow brother, fp, or I might end up doing this for the rest of my life.
Thank you
TL;DR: 15 year old kid wants to quit his crappy job at the vets, doesn't know how to break it to them
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call them and tell them you quit
With a shootout.
You're only 15, don't make some elaborate display to announce you're quitting a job.
Set the animals loose and burn it to the ground.
tell them you have slept with all the animals and they should have them tested for diseases
Sawed-off.
Those 3 last replies.
Thank you. I needed that.
Find the ketamine.
You know what to do from there.
Shit in a fan in your boss's office.
[QUOTE=mysteryman;26553852]You're only 15, don't make some elaborate display to announce you're quitting a job.[/QUOTE]
I know, I'm not thinking of doing anything elaborate at all. They probably won't even think that much of it, they'd just find someone else. I just don't like being in that position and don't know what to say in that position.
Just tell them you're quitting. Seriously, it's not like the whole Vet is in jeopardy thanks to you leaving... no offense.
Just don't show up to work anymore. That's what everyone at my dads work does when they decide they don't want to work there anymore.
On this economy? Fuck no, OP. A shit job will always be infinitely better than no job at all.
Just tell them that you've had a change of heart, and thank-you for the experience.
Don't do something stupid, because then you can't get a reference for a better job later down the line.
With some leather lingerie.
[QUOTE=justin1992;26553966]Just don't show up to work anymore. That's what everyone at my dads work does when they decide they don't want to work there anymore.[/QUOTE]
I still live under my mum's roof, and although I would love to do that, she wouldn't let me.
switch all the medicines around
But no seriously, just talk to your boss and just explain that you're giving two weeks notice before you quit
Tell them you;re looking for a different career path and say that you want to quit in a month. That way they can find a replacement within that time.
oh no you have work 2 saturdays a month. /sarcasm.
i have to work friday, staurday and sunday every fucking week for the past two years. stop being a fucking baby and man up.
[QUOTE=No_0ne;26554008]Tell them you;re looking for a different career path and say that you want to quit in a month. That way they can find a replacement within that time.[/QUOTE]
This OP '
But keep in mid A job it better then no job - and with xmas around... steam sales....
Tuff it out, Money is money
OP you should be fucking grateful that you even [I]have [/I]a job
[QUOTE=Ownederd;26554124]OP you should be fucking grateful that you even [I]have [/I]a job[/QUOTE]
I'm 15 and have about £600 saved up. That's enough for me to get my little home theatre setup which I've been dreaming of so I don't need money that much right now.
shit on your bosses desk
Call your boss a fuckface, and then he says "You're fired"
and then say "YOU CAN'T FIRE ME, I QUIT"
and then walk out with your smugface :smug:
[QUOTE=Alcapwne;26554144]I'm 15 and have about £600 saved up. That's enough for me to get my little home theatre setup which I've been dreaming of so I don't need money that much right now.[/QUOTE]
.... I dont know what to say...
[QUOTE=Alcapwne;26554144]I'm 15 and have about £600 saved up. That's enough for me to get my little home theatre setup which I've been dreaming of so I don't need money that much right now.[/QUOTE]
Watching telly is a waste of time.
BTW OP, maybe it's time for you to grow a pair and start thinking about the undeniable fact that mommy and daddy won't live forever.
Think of this shit job as a "baptism of fire"... by the time you get a job you REALLY like, you'll enjoy it even more because you'll know how it feels to work in a job you don't like.
Always leave on good terms and conditions. Be nice, be courteous and respectful. If you leave and decide that you could use a few extra bucks, you could come back to a place that remembers you as a hard and respectable man.
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