From the Associated Press:OSLO - A Norwegian radio journalist quit on the air after complaining about her job and saying she wouldn't read the day's news because "nothing important has happened" anyway.
Pia Beathe Pedersen accused her employers at the regional radio station of public broadcaster NRK of putting too much pressure on the staff.
Pedersen said in the live Saturday broadcast that she was "quitting and walking away" because she "wanted to be able to eat properly again and be able to breathe."
She ended her nearly two-minute announcement by saying there wouldn't be any news on Saturday. The disgruntled reporter had worked at NRK for 18 months. Her station covers Oslo and the Ahershus region.
NRK spokesman Oeyvind Werner Oefsti says Pedersen's actions were a surprise.
Pia Beathe Pedersen accused her employers at the regional radio station of public broadcaster NRK of putting too much pressure on the staff.
Pedersen said in the live Saturday broadcast that she was "quitting and walking away" because she "wanted to be able to eat properly again and be able to breathe."
She ended her nearly two-minute announcement by saying there wouldn't be any news on Saturday. The disgruntled reporter had worked at NRK for 18 months. Her station covers Oslo and the Ahershus region.
NRK spokesman Oeyvind Werner Oefsti says Pedersen's actions were a surprise.
And then there was the now infamous airline steward, Steven Slater, who exited his job via emergency chute, beer in hand, after cursing a difficult customer over the intercom and announcing he was done.
Or this young woman who chose to quit her job, say farewell to her co-workers and stick-it-to-her boss with a series of creative expressive 'messages': http://thechive.com/2010/08/10/girl-quits-her-job-on-dry-erase-board-emails-entire-office-33-photos/
Gotta' admire her creativity although I'm pretty sure she can forget about any forthcoming letters of recommendation
C'mon admit it ......... we've all had moments when we'd like to throw caution to the wind, and in a Networkesque Moment declare "I'm mad as hell and I'm not gonna' take it any more" and then exit in dramatic fashion leaving customers, bosses, etc behind in shock mode.
That being said I wouldn't want my dentist, surgeon, hairstylist or manicurist to make that decision while I was under their care.
Perhaps it is frustration that guides these dare-devil souls; perhaps it is the promise of future freedom from the hassles of their work place.
Or perhaps it is because they have just won the lottery.
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So I hear a song I really like and ask my media specialist resource team (Toban and Katherine) who the artist is so I can get a copy of this great new song.