Having a really shitty day at work right now... would love to hear some more stories if anyone has one!
Only because you need it, as I don't think it's super EPIC, but I do like telling it....
Background: I had a job where I could not stand the boss and it only peaked at the end and I did end up walking out one day and taking the entire summer off before looking for a new job. I actually didn't know what FU money was, or even FIRE, but knew I was 'different' than the rest and had no issues taking a summer off working on fixing up a home I had just purchased in bankruptcy to start renting.
Also he was actually pretty easy to work around because he was spineless and mostly left me alone, but he was so incompetent it was still tough when he'd get an idea in his head and insist he was right. And I loved the team I had trained myself and they were some of my favorite workers of any job. It was also an IT job, I was their lead, and we helped support a warehouse, and the warehouse staff was absolutely amazing! So I really enjoyed the job, except for the boss.
Story: So many (too many) years before I eventually walked out, and I was pretty much a one-man team, there was a day when my boss stopped by and told me he was buying me a company cell phone to be carried in case an emergency came up after hours. This was probably around 2005 when most people had cells phones, but I was a late adapter as I truly didn't need one.
Because I knew that the product I supported was pretty stable and I should seldom need a phone call, I told him I'd agree to carry a cell phone as long as he drafted up rules for when they could call me and what had to wait until the next day. He agreed.
A few weeks later a cell phone box showed up at my desk. I tossed it in a drawer and left it there.
About six months later he stops by and mentions accounting is checking the cell phone bills and there has been zero activity on this number and he shows me the bill with what I guess is my cell's phone number.
I reach down and pull out the box still sitting in my drawer and ask him if this is that phone. He asks me why I'm not using it. I told him I said I'd use it when he drafted up rules for when they could and couldn't call me.
Needless to say there were rules drafted later that day, but still it made for a great story that still makes me laugh today!