My partner got laid off in a beeeeg round of layoffs, worked with me at the same company. I wanted to be laid off SO BADLY so I could take some time off work to spend with them—we had the means to take some time off.

A month passes, and one day my boss calls me into a room where our HR person was sitting. They’re both suuuuuper morose, my boss looks like she’s about to tell me my gramma died.

I’m BEAMING. They pull out papers and start explaining, ask if I have any questions, and I’m like

“excellent! I gotta ask about severance” (yes absolutely)

“so I can do the whole unemployment thing? (yes you can)

“DOPE! Do I have to work the day out? (…uhhhh no, you can’t)

“Stellar! Mind if I go say goodbye to some people?” (Absolutely, take your time)

As I left the room, HR person was like “I must say, Rai, this is the most unconventional one we’ve done so far…” and I thanked them and frolicked out. Gave some hugs, got my stuff, and dipped.

That was December 2019. The timing could not have worked out more perfectly.

Thank you, job that laid us off.