*The following letter was my official resignation sent to Royal Banana Company on Monday, April 10, 2017. Though I had officially been fired, I offered this resignation during the settlement talks earlier that afternoon to help assure my former employer that I would not file for unemployment benefits, something they seemed hell-bent on preventing.
Dear Friends at Royal Banana Co.:
Please accept this official notice of my resignation, effective Friday 04/14/2017. It has been a pleasure to work and grow in your company, and I will forever appreciate all the lessons you taught me, intended or not. I write this letter at this time, in hopes that any discussions we have, pending or future, will allow us to reaffirm the trust we had in one another we established over the course of six years and 12 calendar days.
I would like to take this moment to apologize for any stress or worry that I may have caused over the past and leading into the present. It was a result of the times that I just felt the confines of your growing company was not the proper environment for me to properly showcase my skills. However, I am confident that the “School of Hard Knocks”(as repeatedly described by Tony) I went thru refined those skills in a way that will prepare me for whatever lies ahead. As I mentioned to Chief Operating Officer Tony Misuraca many times in the past, when my services were complete with your organization, I would need to go thru some form of societal training to re-enter the “real world”, and am confident I have found a program that will complement the education you have bestowed upon me.
Another thing that I remember saying frequently, is my disdain for free money. I am delighted that we could settle this severance in a way that was fair to all parties, and allowed us to keep our relationship intact. If you had been considering an Andrew Jernigan Memorial Library back by the peanuts, I would happily donate to the project. At the very least, I will be expecting a card sent to all future weddings. Look forward to hearing from you soon.
Sincerely,
Andrew Michael Jernigan
Custodial Agent
Robert David Incorporated.
The Journey 