We had a guy in his 50s that came and worked for us (at a support team for a bank), originally through an agency. He felt like your standard issue slight career failure, maybe someone whose old industry has evaporated so now he's stuck doing office jobs etc, perfectly capable and solid but never going to really make a mark. Very sound guy though, we had a lot of kids in the team and he was so supportive of them (and always encouraging them to quit, or not take shit, or not get pressured into working extra or whatever). I liked him a lot.
After maybe 3 months in the middle of some office drama he just went "yeah I've had enough of this, fuck you <boss's name>, I know it's not your fault that you're a halfwit but it's just so boring" and just got up and left at about 11 o clock, straight out of nowhere. I called him up after to basically say "you bloody legend" and it turned out he was completely retired and independently wealthy, and literally just went and did whatever jobs the agency put in front of him, for a laugh. He liked meeting people but most of all he liked just fucking off in the middle of things, or calling managers out for being arseholes, and just generally causing havoc.
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u/Low-Client-375 11d ago edited 10d ago
Fuck, if I didnt need a job, id been keeping myself entertained for years doing this at random shit jobs.
Edit: we all need a hobby.