By squizzlebee - 30/06/2016 11:58 - United Kingdom - York

Today, I went out for drinks to mark the end of my current job. I invited all my colleagues to join me so I could say goodbye to them all. I even changed the date to a day that suited more people and the location to a place I knew they all preferred. Only one person showed up. FML
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squizzlebee 19

Holy wow, I never expected this to get published! Thanks for all your comments, they're both making me laugh and appreciate what I do have :) Just for a bit of clarification, I worked in a clothing store and we'd see a fair few people come and go over time, and whenever one of us left (especially if they'd been there for longer than a year) there'd usually be some kind of informal gathering at a local bar to see them off. I'd been there for coming up to two years so I was hoping for a bit more of a turn out, but obviously people are busy with their own stuff! (The Brexit comments made me laugh :P) I did end up having a nice time with the one girl who showed up, she was one of the ones I felt was more of a friend than a colleague and so it was a rather nice evening overall :) And yes I do have a somewhat better job lined up so all good in the end really!

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Top comments

emeraldarcher74 30

Stick with that one person that had the decency to show up. He or she appreciated you bending over backwards to arrange this.

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ber4fun 23

The good news is you won't be working there anymore so you won't have to deal with any workplace awkwardness that situation would have created.

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jbuiel123 18

Everyone was busy stressing about brexit

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sprouting 13

Maybe they all secretly want to leave, and can't bear seeing you get out first-- or at least you can think it's so.

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missyfiona89 28

you're probably a pain in the ass at work. (If you're going to thumb me down, think about the farewells you'd not gone to because you thought that person's a jerk)

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squizzlebee 19

I went to all the farewells I was invited to actually!

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izntdan 14

Wow you're assuming a lot of things here

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squizzlebee 19

Holy wow, I never expected this to get published! Thanks for all your comments, they're both making me laugh and appreciate what I do have :) Just for a bit of clarification, I worked in a clothing store and we'd see a fair few people come and go over time, and whenever one of us left (especially if they'd been there for longer than a year) there'd usually be some kind of informal gathering at a local bar to see them off. I'd been there for coming up to two years so I was hoping for a bit more of a turn out, but obviously people are busy with their own stuff! (The Brexit comments made me laugh :P) I did end up having a nice time with the one girl who showed up, she was one of the ones I felt was more of a friend than a colleague and so it was a rather nice evening overall :) And yes I do have a somewhat better job lined up so all good in the end really!

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almost_there44 26

Wow! You seem like a genuinely nice person and that you enjoyed your time with your friend. Congrats on the new job as well, better opportunities are always a great thing!

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SixthSinEnvy 39

There was supposed to be a gathering last night for this same reason for a girl I work with. This wouldn't happen to be you, Shannon? I told you I wasn't off til 10!

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jmbast126 2

I would have went so I could get you drunk and squizzlebee all over your face.

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tragicfm 6

must be a UK sort of thing... I did the same thing when I left, 2 people showed up! despite 20 saying they'd show. Sod them!

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Pandacupcakelove 26

Hmm salty. Joke's on them, more shots for you

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manuwish 9

at least someone showed up :) look @ it on the bright side, if they don't care enough about you to come, you don't need them in your life either, move on OP, there are nice people out there!

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niamhem 9

I live in York who are you ????????????

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Iwannarock1 19

I'm sure just right down the road from you, since it's a small town.

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anonymoususer070 17

Well at least you know you have one real friend(who wants fake friends anyway?) from that job and that's someone you can keep in touch with in the future and make better friends at this new better job. At least you get to get out of retail onto something better and they're stuck there.

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