Quitters' Hall of Fame (part three)

My last Hall-of-Famer quit work just days ago.

He'd been working at the store for a month or so, and I was already having problems with him. He was irresponsible, lazy, and -- bizarrely enough -- arrogant. He was 23, but our part-time high school student referred to him as a "kid". (She also said -- somewhat affectionately, I might add -- that he was "a baby" who "whined a lot".)

I was often short-tempered with him, since I don't have much patience for arrogant newbies who won't let me teach them how to do their job, and he quickly grew to dislike (and fear) me.

On Friday he took a very long break, came back, and went into the break room. He gathered up all his things, handed his keys to the employee who happened to be on her break, and mumbled something about having "some personal issues" he needed to work out. He then went up to my second-least-favorite employee (who's basically an older version of the quitter), shook his hand, thanked him for "not being rude", said goodbye, and walked to the door. When he got to the door, he turned around and called out my name. I heard him and assumed he needed me for something. (I didn't yet know about the stuff that had already happened. We pieced the whole story together after he left.) I went to find him, and was surprised to see him standing at the front door with his backpack on. He called out to me, "[mamurd], I just wanted to tell you it's a wonderful world." I was totally confused, so I said, "Ummm, thanks?" He said goodbye, and walked out the door.

We all assumed that during his long break he was talking to the bosses. The next day, though, a new schedule was posted and he was still on it! He never even told them he quit. (Like I said: irresponsible.)

The whole thing is completely bizarre. I'm curious to see what happens tomorrow, which is his next day to work. It's my day off, so I'm going to call in to see what happens!