I'm not saying I support this. I'm just saying I understand.
this post was submitted on 28 May 2026
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Same.
I spent four years in a job I hated, with people who were jerks, and my boss insisted on taking me out to a work lunch before I transitioned out. I was stuck for two hours with them, chatting like these weren't the most awful people, some of whom who had gone out of their way to bully me or withhold training (for fear of layoffs), and it was uncomfortable and unnecessary.
I went with it because it's generally good practice not to burn bridges. You just never know what could come back to haunt you.
Pro tip, though: Just tell your boss you have diarrhea next time. They'll gladly let you out of it. Digestive issues are the catch-all for when you want out of something with minimal blowback. (Pun intended.)
That was an option the whole time?!?
It was an option, but the fact there's an article about it suggests he got caught, and I imagine the consequences will be worse than having to attend a work party.
Other options (with consequences of varying severities) include: jumping out of a window; never quiting the job until you die so they can't throw you any parties; not showing up for the last day of work; telling your colleagues you don't want a leaving party.
Calling in a bomb threat sounds preferable tbh. Just make sure you use a burner phone.
Do you think cops ever get mad if someone literally calls in a bomb threat, like "Jesus Christ this could have been an email."
But you still have to talk to people on the phone. I'll take the window, thanks.
And use text to speech so they can't recognize your voice.
Maybe just spend the last month or so hitting “reply all”. Then there won’t be a party to go to.
There might be a party after you leave, though.
Since the party was supposed to be for a police officer in the Saga Prefectural Police
Lmao
This sounds like a Tim Robinson sketch.
Understandable.
I would just not go. It only looks good for the company who can pretend to care about you before they replace you.
The officer, a man in his 20s attached to the central division of the Saga Prefectural Police, was supposed to be leaving the force at the end of March, meaning he had less than a month to go until he’d be free from all such after-work functions.
Unless he was becoming self-employed, there's no way this is true. It's virtually impossible to escape being pressured into a ton of after work events across the vast majority of Japanese workplaces.
They left out the key detail of what his job actually was.
He's a cop.