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June 22, 2012 By Talya Tate Boerner

 

Fun times at the Dallas branch!

I resigned from my loan officer position at State Bank & Trust about nine months ago. After 25 years with the same management, it was a huge change for everyone.  After a quarter-century, I couldn’t just write any old plain vanilla milk toast resignation letter…
I’ve had several friends request a copy of my letter, so I’m printing it here.

 

To: State Bank & Trust
Re: Letter of Resignation

It is with mixed emotions that I write this letter to notify you that
 ____I’m bored with the same ole stories
____ I hate all  my work clothes
____ I am tired of doing banking reports
____ I can’t hold my stomach in anymore
_x__ it’s time for a change.

I am therefore
____ going to beauty school
____ dropping out of society
____ getting plastered
____ learning Mandarin
____ having another baby
____ joining the clergy
_x__ tendering my resignation from the bank.

Please note that
____ I am hilarious
____ you will never see me again
____ I am hearing voices
____ I am changing my phone number
_x__ November 1, 2011 will be my last day of employment.

I would like to thank you for
____ never a dull moment
____ second hand smoke
____ internet access
____ free coffee and cheap insurance
____ letting me wear pants since 1995
____ a wonderful, fun job for a long, long time
_x__ ALL OF THE ABOVE!

Yours very truly,
Talya Tate Boerner

 

Filed Under: Humor, Life Tagged With: humor, Retirement, State Bank and Trust

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Comments

  1. Angi Cartwright says

    June 22, 2012 at 5:51 am

    Love it

  2. Colene says

    June 22, 2012 at 6:44 am

    Really? Hilarious!

    • TateFarmGirl says

      June 22, 2012 at 7:05 am

      Yes really.

  3. Kaa says

    June 22, 2012 at 7:28 am

    Best. Letter of resignation. EVAR.

    • TateFarmGirl says

      June 22, 2012 at 3:38 pm

      Thank you. Thank you very much…

  4. Anonymous says

    June 22, 2012 at 8:15 am

    You really sent this? Of course you did. It sounds just like you. I loved it and I am sure David did too.(NOT) I have always liked that picture of everyone in their Mavs’ shirts. The sign across the top says: “TATE BANK & TRUST”. All of you did have some fun at that bank. Talya’s Mom

    • TateFarmGirl says

      June 22, 2012 at 8:53 am

      Yes I sent this to the Board of Directors. They love me:)

  5. pittypatter says

    June 23, 2012 at 5:10 am

    Clever, clever. Only a writer would think of such.

    • TateFarmGirl says

      June 23, 2012 at 7:00 am

      :))

  6. Staci says

    June 23, 2012 at 6:39 am

    That’s great! I may borrow it when I leave again 🙂

    • TateFarmGirl says

      June 23, 2012 at 7:00 am

      Yes please feel free to plagiarize it:)

  7. Robin Loyd says

    June 23, 2012 at 7:37 pm

    I want to use a form similar this when I retire from teaching Kim a few years. I love it! Brilliant!

    • TateFarmGirl says

      June 25, 2012 at 3:43 pm

      Feel free:)

  8. Anonymous says

    June 29, 2012 at 6:59 am

    Very nice….
    Gracie’s Mazie

  9. Colene says

    October 18, 2012 at 2:21 pm

    Just as hilarious the second time around!

  10. Brittany says

    October 18, 2012 at 6:40 pm

    Very funny! I work at a bank, so I can only imagine.

  11. Rhonda says

    October 18, 2012 at 7:37 pm

    Excellent! At least you left them with some flair…

  12. TimH says

    March 23, 2013 at 11:25 am

    LOL!!! I just saw this for the very first time, and it’s AWESOMELY and CLEVERLY HILARIOUS! Only you, Talya!…haha

    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      March 23, 2013 at 11:37 am

      wow, where you been?

  13. Barbara Tate says

    June 28, 2014 at 8:17 am

    Best resignation letter ever, still.

  14. Edwina says

    November 1, 2014 at 4:40 pm

    Very good resignation letter, sounds just like you. Love it.

    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      November 3, 2014 at 6:04 am

      Thank you:)

  15. Tim says

    November 3, 2014 at 1:45 pm

    I really “like” this, Talya….Where’s the “share” button on here?=)

  16. frances creecy says

    November 20, 2015 at 10:28 am

    That’s a good one Talya.

    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      November 21, 2015 at 6:09 am

      haha thanks Frances!

Trackbacks

  1. OVERCOMER: Talya Boerner says:
    May 24, 2017 at 8:42 am

    […] cul-de-sac and hang for a minute.  You won’t be disappointed! (seriously her post on her resignation letter from the bank was a moment of sheer genius!) She even made my granddad’s Milk Way Cake last […]


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