"Hey Jim, did you hear about that janitor that lost it last week?' "No, what happened?" "Nutjob just walked in here with a boom box and started dancing around singing, with the words 'I Quit' painted across his chest." "It's always the quiet ones, isn't it?"
He was an illustrator, not a janitor. The janitor thing was posted by someone who didn’t do research and just looked at this video, and assumed that’s what he was.
For those wondering why he quit like this he said in 2 interviews that there was another dude there trying to get him fired to get more hours so this was basically a middle finger to that dude.
I remember seeing this on the news. They were doing a segment about people quitting their jobs in over-the-top ways. Even interviewed Doug. I thought that was pretty cool.
turns out it wasnt him that was the problem from what I read but some guy who somehow owned channel awsome and the nostalga critic brand because Doug didnt want to deal with the logistics and I mean cant blame him but really should have picked a better guy to handle things. oh well least everything is fine now.
It was a car factory and he was working there while putting himself through College. This was a LOOOOOOONG time before the Nerd feud because he jumped in the car to take a road trip to Vegas.
Jfreak To me personally this looks like a man child who isn't mature enough to see everyone needs a job, everyone needs to do something for life to continue on.
+ProtoMario You're right about the "man child" part, even Doug would probably admit that himself. Although, he has been incredibly successful doing what he enjoys, so what do I know? At least he didn't go out violently or try to burn the place down.
AND the bastard ignored everything, and is still successful. Gotta hand it to him, complete apathy and silence totally worked in his favor. Still....FUCK Mike Michaud and those smug ass Walker Brothers.
@@mrmusickhimself It’s utterly APPALLING how channel awesome STILL has millions of subscribers and how they are STILL successful as well as the fact that Mike Michaud is STILL the CEO and how the sociopathic Walker brothers have NEVER apologized or done anything like try to atone for what they have done instead pretending as if it never happened sadly it proves that while refusing to respond to controversy or ignoring the controversy usually works it’s not always a good thing.
@@WildHart_znah good for Doug. he's typically greater than the sum of his parts. nobody else quite like him. between a corpo stiff and Doug, at least Doug is as free as he can be.
+Mark Thomas What partners? Michaud's on XBOX all day, uses Skype as communication and is fucking impossible to get a hold of but fired someone for being AFK for fifteen minutes. Methinks that's bad enough.
Mark Thomas Yeah, and? He didn’t do anything particularly stupid, like breaking something or insulting his manager. If anything, this’ll show employers that he’s both creative and not afraid of attention.
Any potential employer who sees this video as anything but funny is an asshole you don't want to work for! If you underpay employees or treat them like crap they won't do this, think about that!
When I quit my first job, it was euphoric. I was respectful, gave my two weeks, and wasn't an asshole or a showboat but it felt fantastic. This is like how it felt. An exaggerated version, but it's how I felt on the inside. That's why this video makes me feel so fucking good.
This guy thinks he's in a movie starring himself. I bet he was expecting the handful of people there to put down their lunches and give him a standing ovation.
You nailed it. I can't believe I used to be a fan of Doug's, now that I'm older, I look at this quitting video and I go: "Why did you have to make a presentation out of it? Just leave you ego-maniacal prick."
@@mrmusickhimself Jesus you guys have clearly never seen other people on RUclips quit, what he did was tame compared to other shit people have done. And what did he do that made people like you not be a fan of him anymore
@@abelcastro4813 dude, you clearly don't know much about human psychology; this dude has an overinflated ego, and his behavior is embarrassing (the people are laughing at, not with him). That's why they are criticizing him, and the fact that he destroyed his own channel because of his lack of empathy for others & his ego, he absolutely deserves it
By all means I respect this moment of Doug's. He is a man who had hopes and dreams, and he was one of the few people in this world that took a look at his life right at that moment, see it for the worthless shit show it was, and actually decide to move on to greener pastures. And guess what? He succeeded, to a degree that I believe other people are envious of him. They either don't have the nerve to dare it, or afraid that they'll end up worse off than where they began. Was this display unprofessional for an adult? Actually, no. He decided to handle this in a manner that is both funny, and memorable. If he decided to take this in an "adult" manner, as imaginary as that metaphorical bar people set for an age, no one would laugh or remember that moment for years to come. Doug's aspirations revolve around comedy and memorability.
"It's like poetry, it's so that they rhyme". Oh the sweet, sweet irony of every content creator giving Doug the middle finger just like Doug did to his previous employers all those years ago.
Nah, he probably thinks it's the best tale ever written, despite it being full of spelling/gammatical errors. Also while it's as useful as the Uplifting Primer and viewed in the same say, that is 'mocked relentlessly and used for toilet paper'.
It is giving me working in a car factory flashbacks. Sometimes only part of the line would go down. The next thing you know someone has decided to 'visit' you on your part of the line. Captive audience.
@@Superunknown190 He's a gigachad for making a complete fool of himself in front of people who probably didn't even know who he was but will always remember as 'that one weirdo who came in and made himself the centre of the universe because he'd had enough of cleaning up' ? This is one of the most embarrassing videos ever committed to film, he's the polar opposite of a chad
I watch the Nostalgia Critic EVERY WEEK and I have great admiration for Doug Walker. He's extremely talented and a successful entrepreneur. Janitors get shit pay and work very hard. It's a thankless job and I'm glad he was able to move on.
I didn't know he was a janitor, he always said he was an illustrator before being the critic. Wich kinda explains those drawings in some thumbnails and the drawings on videogame confessions.
+Banter Board He really isn't that talented. I mean, heck, Roger Ebert is more talented than Doug. He's a REAL critic who was the first to win a Pulitzer for critique and he invented the review show.
+jacoblgames Just how does one define "REAL" in this context or any other? A REAL writer, a REAL artist, a REAL scientist, a REAL etc. What you think of him aside, if you can do a job effectively, like be a critic, you're a critic.
Well....yeah. If you're gonna compare Doug to the inventor of the review show, then of course he's less talented. That's like saying I'm less talented than Albert Einstein. It doesn't really mean anything.
turns out it wasnt him that was the problem from what I read but some guy who somehow owned channel awsome and the nostalga critic brand because Doug didnt want to deal with the logistics and I mean cant blame him but really should have picked a better guy to handle things. oh well least everything is fine now. Heck I hear most of the people who left channel awsome are buddies with Doug again.
something about this whole thing is so cinematic. even the framing in the beginning. it’s like a character study by aaron sorkin, the coen brothers, or maybe even paul thomas anderson. there is something poetic about doug walker as a character that makes every choice he makes as interesting as they are.
@@SunnySide388 a controversy that happened Last year where the cast of that guy with the glasses/channel awesome talked about their experience and most of it wasn't good stuff. And Thus for a time People were outraged with the Walker bros and Mike machaud. But it looks like it died down because doug is still up and the channel is still up
@@SunnySide388 A bunch of TGWTG 'employees' quit over all sorts of gross shit the Walkers were doing up to and including covering up sexual grooming committed by one of their other employees. You'll notice on the main site, nobody's left but Doug, his lackeys and Brad.
@@Arlesmon Well I feel they still did end up losing a lot of traffic on their website plus some fans due to either the other content creators leaving or because they were disgusted with how some of the content creators were treated.
Wow people are so salty in the comments. Are they this pissed that someone left the confines of a 9 to 5 jobs and achieved financial independence doing something they love? The comments range from outright jealousy to people taking doing what you love outside a traditional job as some sort of blasphemy.
Shredded Wheat Please reply to this comment so I can bookmark your comment somehow. I agree with you so hard it hurts. People always talking shit about others who do what they love for a living instead of a "real job", whatever the hell that is.
the only thing i am surprised is that this was real. asfar as i knew doug walker was a very nice ned flanders from early simpsons nice. that is a workaholic that has to be convinced to take vacations. i never thought doug walker has done this.
It's not about him quitting, it's about the way he did it. I've quit a miserable job too, and you know how I did it? "Hey boss, I've decided that I'm gonna quit." Doug here wanted to throw a parade for himself to the sound of cringeworthy background music.
Look I am not here to talk to you about Doug,I am just asking you,how are you not dead I mean the god should have struck you down the moment you called Bohemian rhapsody "cringeworthy".
For those who quit via formal RUclips video, grammatically challenged IOU, dancing to Kanye, Super Bowl commercial, just remember this. Doug did it first.
Yeah, if you're going to burn bridges with the professional work world like this, you'd better really, REALLY know what you're doing. If Doug ends up even having to take up a part time job to pay the bills in light of the recent controversy, this video is going to come back to haunt him hard.
Yep. Though if he wanted, he could probably just walk away and do the exact same thing he does as The Nostalgia Critic on another channel. His fans would follow him and it'd be easy for him to start over. He'd have to give up filming in a studio and probably have to stop using everyone except his brother, but he'd survive.
In light of recent events, I just discovered my old comment on this video from back in high school, and oh boy has my mindset changed since then. This is an amazingly stupid thing to do to yourself. Now that CA is burning down, this will be evidence to any employer that Doug sees himself "above" normal honest jobs, and that he could make a big dumb grandiose exit too. Why would anyone want to hire this arrogant and immature man? No matter how much you hate your job, you should try to be civil with your employer and at the very least quit on neutral terms so that your CV doesn't suffer. This shit makes you unemployable and isn't cool to anybody down the line. I guess Doug thought his career would skyrocket and never crash and burn, but look where we are.
Nine years ago I wrote: "Goddamn that is so cool. That's something to think about for my graduation this year." it's probably buried in the comment section for others, but highlighted for myself. Anyway I was obviously an edgy teenager who thought Doug was a legend for acting like the main character in his own imaginary movie. I didn't have the experience yet to realise what a bad example he was setting. Luckily I never did anything stupid and I've grown up since then. Not too sure about Doug though :|
Yeah definitely agree that there are some smart ways to get back at an ex-employer without compromising yourself. I'm seriously curious how Doug can pass any background check or even interview at this point, since it's pretty inevitable that the nostalgia critic videos won't save his finances long term.
I don't mind him wanting to quit the job to pursue his dream, which I do respect. But this is definitely not the way to do it, at the very least the doors should be open in case something like not so awesome happens, or better yet made something so that not so awesome would've never happened.
Exactly. You don't just burn all bridges because you found a new career path. You need a backup plan, keep doors open in case things go wrong. Clearly Doug never envisioned he would need to return to working floors again, but unless he can salvage the NC and separate himself from Michaud, he'll have no choice.
I think it says something about the job itself though if people are willing to quit in such extravagant ways. I'd love to beat the ever living shit out of the HR manager that runs the factory that I work at. He's an abusive douchebag and he knows that that factory is one of the few places to work in that shit town.
If the job treats you bad enough that you're willing to make a grandiose exit like this one, then the job deserves it. ESPECIALLY IF YOU WON THE LOTTERY! Because if you won enough in the lottery to be set for life and be responsible with that new income, you don't need to worry about burning bridges.
@@djargus I’m saying if you ever go broke and there are lottery winners who go broke, it’ll be a hard time to find a timeframe you ever do something like this.
@@mrmusickhimself I utterly despise Doug Walker too but regardless I don’t think I would have ever guessed that Doug Walker would eventually because a complete and utter asshole and sociopath.
Even if I won the lottery or something and knew for a fact that I would never have to work ever again I don’t think I could ever quit my job like this, I’m way too much of a nice guy to bring myself to do it in a big “Fuck you” kind of way
When the Bubble Bursts...and it will...And he has to go and get a job again, just to support himself, potential future employers will be able to find this video...and see the rather unprofessional manner he displays. And this moment of triumph...will come back to bite him.
Dude, that took guts. That had style. And anything you do that ends in being chased by security is definitely a win. Think about it this way. You had to have got the attention of a lot of people and the Boss to get security called. That business owner or manager, whichever it might have been, would without a doubt know that you aren't working for them and aren't taking their crap anymore. Of course on the flip side of this, if this had been a practical joke it would have ended in a firing anyway. So either way, you would have been out of there. Way to go in leaving on your own terms.
@@MrParkerman6 You just bumped an 8 Year Old Comment, just to make yourself feel good about yourself, didn't you? And you had to belittle me in the process. Swears, pointing out an 8 year old mistake, the whole 9 yards. Are you proud of yourself? Feel good? Feel superior? I'm 42. I wrote this when I was 34. I FORGOT I even typed this. You have just PROVEN that when something is put on the internet, it's there forever. So how about in 10 years we revisit your pathetic, insensitive, pointless swearing and 2 seconds of ego stroking and see if you think it was worth it. Bye.
I worked for a call center that treated me and others like shit. It was the worst job and company I have EVER worked for. I got hired to my current job I've been at for 7 years now and I was crying tears of joy. I thought about how to burn the bridge and go out with a bang. I was watching Predator with my roomies and then the inspiration hit me. After doing the exit interview, I took a company foam finger, went to the center of the call floor, took a deep breath, and let out a battle cry all across the center while raising the finger in the air, then slammed it to the ground stomping on it then ran out the building. I got a standing ovation from one section of the floor. I wish I had a cell phone that could have recorded that day, but regardless, that was my best quit ever.
Here's something, the clip of him opening the shirt was on an episode of Ridiculousness on TV. I was watching the episode, I see the clip, and I'm like, "wait a minute.... that's Doug!"
He was doing night shifts at a car factory as a janitor/cleaner. His superior was all smiles to him but behind his back was always trying to get Doug fired - they'd been through four other janitors in rapid succession previously. Everybody else was nice though and the "act" was mostly directed at this one guy. He's Hispanic so I'm presuming he was the dude eating the sandwich at the front in the canteen.
Yeah. No anniversary this year. Having to put back the critic's cap because no one was watching his new show. Best contributors making more view on YT and on TGWTG site. Said site designed by a moron to make it the most user unfriendly as possible. Yeah, he's doing great.
And yet he has so many people that love him and gets more views and followers than you could ever hope to have. And great, let's mention the one show but not mention the many others that people love, such as Sibling Rivalry and Shut Up and Talk.
Awelbekk ? NC is doing fantastically, along with the main contributors both on the site and on YT. The anniversaries official reason was that they don't want to overwork people, and the site is indeed designed by a moron I agree with you on that, although it has nothing to do with how well the guy is doing. Also, he doesn't have to beg those people for his job. He has a massive CV of acting, hosting, editing, directing, and writing cred. He can find a ton of work if he decides to let online video making go away.
Doug, you got some big balls for doing that xD especially to all those people. I give you that, because no other person would do that right after they quit from a shitty job like that.
Why all the hate for this? Loosen up, guys. It's not hurting anyone or costing them money, and you don't know what it was like there. That might have been a dream come true for Doug. It's fun watching someone step out of line just once between his birth and his grave, when he can clearly afford it and has so much fun doing it. He did it in a fun way, no harm done. This is his personal start into an exceptional job we can all be amazed even exists nowadays. No need to hate or worship.
![Noob To Max With DRAGON REWORK In Blox Fruits [FULL MOVIE]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/LnBMOinoOvA/mqdefault.jpg)
(After he leaves the building)
"...who was that guy?"
+Nick Carlson "Which one? With the glasses?"
Uhm.. that guy with the glasses, I think. Not sure tho.
That's the nostalgia critic, He'll remember it so you don't have to.
Nick Carlson that was the nostalgia critic. He remembers it, so you don't have to
"I don't know. But I don't think he'll make it through life."
"Hey Jim, did you hear about that janitor that lost it last week?'
"No, what happened?"
"Nutjob just walked in here with a boom box and started dancing around singing, with the words 'I Quit' painted across his chest."
"It's always the quiet ones, isn't it?"
NIce. I can see it like a movie scene.
He was an illustrator, not a janitor. The janitor thing was posted by someone who didn’t do research and just looked at this video, and assumed that’s what he was.
Jared Wignall there's a video interview with him saying he was a janitor
Even if he was a janitor, I still don't see why he wouldn't quit like this.
Hermogeon cuz he’s an egomaniac
For those wondering why he quit like this he said in 2 interviews that there was another dude there trying to get him fired to get more hours so this was basically a middle finger to that dude.
Dat full head of hair
You should see him during his Norm of the North Review!
Lmao full
Sure thing hairlet, whatever you say.
“Full”
Why did that sociopath go bald that’s what I have been wondering for a long time.
What gets me is the guy threatening to call the police as he's actually WALKING OUT THE EXIT.
Literally "no fun allowed." I've worked factory jobs like this with supervisors like that. It's soul-draining.
SIMP!
...and hasn't done anything even remotely illegal, it isn't illegal to quit one's job.
I remember seeing this on the news. They were doing a segment about people quitting their jobs in over-the-top ways. Even interviewed Doug. I thought that was pretty cool.
Really
@@toilet-cowboy yeah it is true, CNN covered it, the video's called "Reporter" F*** it, I quit" in case you were wondering
2:57 "That Guy With The Glasses is owned by nobody"
This was pre Mike Machod then - back when it was for fun.
I hate Mike Machod
Wait a minute. Say that again?
"What have we learned today boys and girls? That bridge has officially been burned."
*FORESHADOWING OF LATER EVENTS*
How?
Some things not so awesome
@@standingontheshouldersofgi5876 were you living under a rock?
@@Jonathanest90s yeah, I wasn't really into the nostalgia critic when the whole drama went down. Sorry bud.
turns out it wasnt him that was the problem from what I read but some guy who somehow owned channel awsome and the nostalga critic brand because Doug didnt want to deal with the logistics and I mean cant blame him but really should have picked a better guy to handle things. oh well least everything is fine now.
It was a car factory and he was working there while putting himself through College. This was a LOOOOOOONG time before the Nerd feud because he jumped in the car to take a road trip to Vegas.
nice
WHY DOES IT LOOK LIKE VEGAS
@@alistairgeorge5082 I DONT GET IT
@@thpisland2423 He once said Hercules looked too much like Vegas and this guy said he would take a road trip to Vegas. So I made a reference.
@@alistairgeorge5082 I DONT GETIT
I like how everyone’s looking at him in a “well that was odd way”
So he's always just burned his bridges huh?
But Proto, this is the ultimate way to quit.
Jfreak To me personally this looks like a man child who isn't mature enough to see everyone needs a job, everyone needs to do something for life to continue on.
+ProtoMario
You're right about the "man child" part, even Doug would probably admit that himself. Although, he has been incredibly successful doing what he enjoys, so what do I know? At least he didn't go out violently or try to burn the place down.
He hated the job he was doing, so he decided to make people laugh while quitting it. Nothing wrong with that, right?
But proto he's the nostalgia critic
This is what everyone should do when leaving Channel Awesome.
+Psychopath
*Anal Chawsome
+Psychopath Thats how the Nostalgia Chick did it at a con in front of Doug but he already knew she was leaving.
+Psychopath Rachel should have written that on her chest and reenacted it
Lol......
do you have the link from the video of nostalgia chick leaving?????????????
Play it in reverse and you have the current state of things now.
thatonedrewguy was this him actually leaving his job to be a full time youtube personality
c17sam90 yup
AND the bastard ignored everything, and is still successful. Gotta hand it to him, complete apathy and silence totally worked in his favor. Still....FUCK Mike Michaud and those smug ass Walker Brothers.
@@mrmusickhimself It’s utterly APPALLING how channel awesome STILL has millions of subscribers and how they are STILL successful as well as the fact that Mike Michaud is STILL the CEO and how the sociopathic Walker brothers have NEVER apologized or done anything like try to atone for what they have done instead pretending as if it never happened sadly it proves that while refusing to respond to controversy or ignoring the controversy usually works it’s not always a good thing.
@@Mario87456 although they could be bots since by from what I'm seeing they only have thousand and not millions of views like they used to
I mean, looking at the way he's dressed, him quitting like that on the spot would be a sigh of relief
Fuckin' Bohemian Rhapsody. THAT'S how you quit a job!
"I'll call the police" ...and tell them what? That an employee just quit his job?
Well as someone that works security. It makes our Incident Reports easier.
James007HungerZone what about the indecent exposure of his nipples?!
SuperCHARged Productions If it was a female then it would be indecent exposure in this case
James007HungerZone
clearly you've never been to New Orleans during Mardi Gras.
SuperCHARged Productions Thats because i dont live in New Orleans
It's almost a columbine film
Arguably it was worse.
@@WildHart_znah good for Doug. he's typically greater than the sum of his parts. nobody else quite like him. between a corpo stiff and Doug, at least Doug is as free as he can be.
Hey now that’s just insulting
Good thing this is recorded for all potential employers, employees or partners to see.
+Mark Thomas
What partners? Michaud's on XBOX all day, uses Skype as communication and is fucking impossible to get a hold of but fired someone for being AFK for fifteen minutes.
Methinks that's bad enough.
***** You know, that's a very good point for supporting this view. I appreciate the comment.
Mark Thomas Yeah, and? He didn’t do anything particularly stupid, like breaking something or insulting his manager. If anything, this’ll show employers that he’s both creative and not afraid of attention.
Well he has to find something negative about it to justify staying at his own shit job.
Any potential employer who sees this video as anything but funny is an asshole you don't want to work for!
If you underpay employees or treat them like crap they won't do this, think about that!
First Time I saw this, hope to be able to do it some day, hahaha, great stuff as always from Doug.
This aged so well.
I'm glad you became pretty successful doing what you love
You’re a disgrace to society
Glad you said "Fuck this" and got out of there.
Just wanted to remind you of making this comment lmao
Oh this aged
I like it how security was saying "I'll call the police." If it was me I would say "so go ahead."
+The Readers Corner
"911, what is your emergency?"
"Uh yes, one of our employees quit, and he was being mean!"
If you get a dicking cop showing up he might charge you with disorderly conduct or some bs.
And then you woke up.
"That guy with the Glasses" is owned by nobody.
Bet he wishes that was sitll true.
Sitll
It never was.
@The Strong Prevail
Wrong, dumbass. It was ALWAYS true and still is. Mike owns Nostalgia Critic, NOT That Guy with The Glasses!
...I guess you could say, he really "Doug" his grave on that job
boooooooooooooooooooooooo
Game Enthusiast boooooooooooooooooooo
I applaud you for your bravery
I get it!
Only I get to make the puns!
His next job interview will be him walking in with "please hire me" scrawled on his chest
Hasn't happened yet, bitch
11 years and counting and still hasn't happened. :)
@@SquishyProductions death to paypigs
Yeah, after this I don’t think Doug can ever get a real job again
this feels like watching a serial killers first murder
morelike watching him throw up a bone that turns into a satellite in mid-edit
When I quit my first job, it was euphoric. I was respectful, gave my two weeks, and wasn't an asshole or a showboat but it felt fantastic. This is like how it felt. An exaggerated version, but it's how I felt on the inside. That's why this video makes me feel so fucking good.
This guy thinks he's in a movie starring himself. I bet he was expecting the handful of people there to put down their lunches and give him a standing ovation.
You nailed it. I can't believe I used to be a fan of Doug's, now that I'm older, I look at this quitting video and I go: "Why did you have to make a presentation out of it? Just leave you ego-maniacal prick."
@@mrmusickhimself Jesus you guys have clearly never seen other people on RUclips quit, what he did was tame compared to other shit people have done. And what did he do that made people like you not be a fan of him anymore
@@mrmusickhimself Still I doubt most people would have ever realized that at the time that his new job would eventually turn him into such a asshole.
@@abelcastro4813 dude, you clearly don't know much about human psychology; this dude has an overinflated ego, and his behavior is embarrassing (the people are laughing at, not with him).
That's why they are criticizing him, and the fact that he destroyed his own channel because of his lack of empathy for others & his ego, he absolutely deserves it
@@BeeHatGuy Not to mention Doug Walker is a FUCKING SOCIOPATH.
By all means I respect this moment of Doug's. He is a man who had hopes and dreams, and he was one of the few people in this world that took a look at his life right at that moment, see it for the worthless shit show it was, and actually decide to move on to greener pastures.
And guess what? He succeeded, to a degree that I believe other people are envious of him. They either don't have the nerve to dare it, or afraid that they'll end up worse off than where they began.
Was this display unprofessional for an adult? Actually, no. He decided to handle this in a manner that is both funny, and memorable. If he decided to take this in an "adult" manner, as imaginary as that metaphorical bar people set for an age, no one would laugh or remember that moment for years to come. Doug's aspirations revolve around comedy and memorability.
"It's like poetry, it's so that they rhyme". Oh the sweet, sweet irony of every content creator giving Doug the middle finger just like Doug did to his previous employers all those years ago.
The sweet sweet irony that a good chunk of them were covering up their own bad shit while calling out doug.
I love how that one guy is just sitting there, eating his lunch, completely ignoring Doug.
Wow, 2008 did not age well... This looks like the Late 90's...
Uhhh ok
This was 2007
Doug/Joker (2019) "I used to think that my life was a tragedy, but now I realize that it is a comedy."
Melvin Melvin brother of the joker
Nah, he probably thinks it's the best tale ever written, despite it being full of spelling/gammatical errors. Also while it's as useful as the Uplifting Primer and viewed in the same say, that is 'mocked relentlessly and used for toilet paper'.
When I finish College I hope to do the same thing
Fancy seeing you here, the internet is smaller than I thought.
LittleshyFiM holly crap out of all people in the world you are the last person I'd expect on this video
How the hell did jaxblade end up here?
who tf is that?
The proper thing to do is to give a two weeks notice
I like how some people don't wanna make eye contact with him, like the cringe is too strong. Maybe they were used to his shenanigans
It's like a defense mechanism for both parties. The people avoid his aura of cringe and he avoids people who disagree with him.
It is giving me working in a car factory flashbacks. Sometimes only part of the line would go down. The next thing you know someone has decided to 'visit' you on your part of the line. Captive audience.
Probably also them not feeling comfortable with the idea of being recorded when all they wanna do is just relax during lunch break
I bet that job sucked. And he’s a gigachad for doing what he did. I bet it felt satisfying knowing he’d never have to go back there ever again.
@@Superunknown190 He's a gigachad for making a complete fool of himself in front of people who probably didn't even know who he was but will always remember as 'that one weirdo who came in and made himself the centre of the universe because he'd had enough of cleaning up' ? This is one of the most embarrassing videos ever committed to film, he's the polar opposite of a chad
Ladies and gentlemen, THIS is how you quit your job!
5 years later and Doug is thriving!!! You go man!
''911 what's your emergency?''
''There's a guy with a radio''
"'TGWTG' is owned by nobody, BEE-ATCH!" Mike Michaud is said nobody.
He is indeed a nobody of a man. Just an abusive idiot.
I watch the Nostalgia Critic EVERY WEEK and I have great admiration for Doug Walker. He's extremely talented and a successful entrepreneur.
Janitors get shit pay and work very hard. It's a thankless job and I'm glad he was able to move on.
I didn't know he was a janitor, he always said he was an illustrator before being the critic. Wich kinda explains those drawings in some thumbnails and the drawings on videogame confessions.
+Banter Board
Instead of cleaning shit. Now he's littering the internet with it. He's probably a more talented janitor.
+Banter Board He really isn't that talented. I mean, heck, Roger Ebert is more talented than Doug. He's a REAL critic who was the first to win a Pulitzer for critique and he invented the review show.
+jacoblgames Just how does one define "REAL" in this context or any other? A REAL writer, a REAL artist, a REAL scientist, a REAL etc. What you think of him aside, if you can do a job effectively, like be a critic, you're a critic.
Well....yeah. If you're gonna compare Doug to the inventor of the review show, then of course he's less talented. That's like saying I'm less talented than Albert Einstein. It doesn't really mean anything.
This Video is now suddenly relevant again.
I love when things go full circle.
And all those people who worked for him don't want anything to do with him anymore.
turns out it wasnt him that was the problem from what I read but some guy who somehow owned channel awsome and the nostalga critic brand because Doug didnt want to deal with the logistics and I mean cant blame him but really should have picked a better guy to handle things. oh well least everything is fine now. Heck I hear most of the people who left channel awsome are buddies with Doug again.
I don't care what anyone says about Doug, but this was by far one of the best and funniest ways I've ever seen someone quit their job.
Little did people know that his new job would turn him into such a scumbag.
How and why? Lol I’ve watched Nostalgia Critic for basically my whole life but clearly y’all know something I don’t cause I’m confused lol
@@abelcastro4813 Look up the not not awesome document and you will soon seen why I said that.
@@Mario87456 Doug is pathetic but most of the issues stemmed from Mike
@@BeyondBaito Still Doug was perfectly fine with enforced Mike’s policies and it proved that Doug is a complete and utter sociopath.
I posit that the scumbag part of him was always there.
Guess one has to play this backwards now
"That Guy With the Glasses is Owned By Nobody, BEE-ATCH!" Why did you tempt fate there, Doug?
Cause this was made over a decade ago.
something about this whole thing is so cinematic. even the framing in the beginning. it’s like a character study by aaron sorkin, the coen brothers, or maybe even paul thomas anderson. there is something poetic about doug walker as a character that makes every choice he makes as interesting as they are.
lol I love how there's this one guy sitting there in the front of the break room eating like its just a normal day at the office.
If CA goes down with this weeks controversy... Doug, Apply for your old position back in this place, or no balls.
he loves being the nostalgia critic
chelsi irvine You think they’d take him back after they got security in him?
This didn't age well at all
I wouldn't say that it didn't aged well, more like due to current circunstances this video has a very different meaning.
@@Arlesmon
What happened?
@@SunnySide388 a controversy that happened Last year where the cast of that guy with the glasses/channel awesome talked about their experience and most of it wasn't good stuff.
And Thus for a time People were outraged with the Walker bros and Mike machaud. But it looks like it died down because doug is still up and the channel is still up
@@SunnySide388 A bunch of TGWTG 'employees' quit over all sorts of gross shit the Walkers were doing up to and including covering up sexual grooming committed by one of their other employees. You'll notice on the main site, nobody's left but Doug, his lackeys and Brad.
@@Arlesmon Well I feel they still did end up losing a lot of traffic on their website plus some fans due to either the other content creators leaving or because they were disgusted with how some of the content creators were treated.
Doug... I love you even more knowing that this really was you and you truly do have "Strong, plentiful balls".
i wish i quit my job like doug
Wow people are so salty in the comments. Are they this pissed that someone left the confines of a 9 to 5 jobs and achieved financial independence doing something they love? The comments range from outright jealousy to people taking doing what you love outside a traditional job as some sort of blasphemy.
Shredded Wheat Please reply to this comment so I can bookmark your comment somehow. I agree with you so hard it hurts. People always talking shit about others who do what they love for a living instead of a "real job", whatever the hell that is.
okay
the only thing i am surprised is that this was real. asfar as i knew doug walker was a very nice ned flanders from early simpsons nice. that is a workaholic that has to be convinced to take vacations.
i never thought doug walker has done this.
It's not about him quitting, it's about the way he did it.
I've quit a miserable job too, and you know how I did it? "Hey boss, I've decided that I'm gonna quit."
Doug here wanted to throw a parade for himself to the sound of cringeworthy background music.
Look I am not here to talk to you about Doug,I am just asking you,how are you not dead I mean the god should have struck you down the moment you called Bohemian rhapsody "cringeworthy".
Wow, that guy has some balls. He did what everyone has dreamed of. Grats to you Doug....grats.
Doug is an absolute legend. Highly underrated these days. Dude has provided me with so many laughs over the years, really appreciate the guy.
What have we learned, ladies and gents? When you quit your job, you do it in style.
1:57 That man's laugh brightens your day, I hope he is well now.
BEST WAY TO QUIT YOUR JOB
Miguel Mercado No, it isn't.
+starkiller20293 if you give no fucks, and it's a shitty job, and you don't want it as a reference anyway, yes. yes it is
***** hence the "give no fucks" part. You'd better be prepared not to give a fuck about that.
You should if you want employment. Then again, Douge was able to scam people with that IndieGoGo for 90 grand. So yeah, real idol here.
+starkiller20293 again, that's why I said you have to give no fucks.
This video never gets old...
Unlike Doug's hairline!
@@MrParkerman6 "After a 1000 shows of viewing crap, I officially reached enlightenment."
@@Angyali i hate that i immediately recognized that was from the Norm of the North video
@@Shadowwolf-1337 well, i dont hate that you did, since I couldn't remember which filmreview-video of NC it was said in. ☺
A young Doug walker quits his job to pursue is true passion
He quit his job the same way he earned his living afterwards: being loud and annoying on camera
....to become an even bigger Ego Maniac!
For those who quit via formal RUclips video, grammatically challenged IOU, dancing to Kanye, Super Bowl commercial, just remember this. Doug did it first.
As someone who has worked a couple jobs, don't do this. lol
this is why adam sandler movies are illegal in 194 countries
I like how this is the same person who got a group of people to guard someone on the way to their house with friggin swords.
Hoo boy, this may have been a bad decision on his part in retrospect with the way things are going now.
was gonna mention that haha
Yeah, if you're going to burn bridges with the professional work world like this, you'd better really, REALLY know what you're doing. If Doug ends up even having to take up a part time job to pay the bills in light of the recent controversy, this video is going to come back to haunt him hard.
He made an idiotic mistake handing over the rights to The Nostalgia Critic in the first place. Karma's a bitch.
Yep. Though if he wanted, he could probably just walk away and do the exact same thing he does as The Nostalgia Critic on another channel. His fans would follow him and it'd be easy for him to start over. He'd have to give up filming in a studio and probably have to stop using everyone except his brother, but he'd survive.
At any rate, he still has to address this problem. Not talking about it is only going to make things worse.
So... Do you think he regrets this now?
No way he loves doing the nostalgia critic
Doug seems like the man who wouldn’t regret this
For better or for worse
Nope
no
In light of recent events, I just discovered my old comment on this video from back in high school, and oh boy has my mindset changed since then. This is an amazingly stupid thing to do to yourself. Now that CA is burning down, this will be evidence to any employer that Doug sees himself "above" normal honest jobs, and that he could make a big dumb grandiose exit too. Why would anyone want to hire this arrogant and immature man?
No matter how much you hate your job, you should try to be civil with your employer and at the very least quit on neutral terms so that your CV doesn't suffer. This shit makes you unemployable and isn't cool to anybody down the line. I guess Doug thought his career would skyrocket and never crash and burn, but look where we are.
What's your old comment?
Nine years ago I wrote: "Goddamn that is so cool. That's something to think about for my graduation this year." it's probably buried in the comment section for others, but highlighted for myself.
Anyway I was obviously an edgy teenager who thought Doug was a legend for acting like the main character in his own imaginary movie. I didn't have the experience yet to realise what a bad example he was setting. Luckily I never did anything stupid and I've grown up since then. Not too sure about Doug though :|
Yeah definitely agree that there are some smart ways to get back at an ex-employer without compromising yourself. I'm seriously curious how Doug can pass any background check or even interview at this point, since it's pretty inevitable that the nostalgia critic videos won't save his finances long term.
I don't mind him wanting to quit the job to pursue his dream, which I do respect.
But this is definitely not the way to do it, at the very least the doors should be open in case something like not so awesome happens, or better yet made something so that not so awesome would've never happened.
Exactly. You don't just burn all bridges because you found a new career path. You need a backup plan, keep doors open in case things go wrong. Clearly Doug never envisioned he would need to return to working floors again, but unless he can salvage the NC and separate himself from Michaud, he'll have no choice.
I wonder if Doug regrets doing this now.
No you know how happy he is with the nostalgia critic
Nobody should ever quit like this even if they won the lottery
I think it says something about the job itself though if people are willing to quit in such extravagant ways.
I'd love to beat the ever living shit out of the HR manager that runs the factory that I work at. He's an abusive douchebag and he knows that that factory is one of the few places to work in that shit town.
If the job treats you bad enough that you're willing to make a grandiose exit like this one, then the job deserves it. ESPECIALLY IF YOU WON THE LOTTERY! Because if you won enough in the lottery to be set for life and be responsible with that new income, you don't need to worry about burning bridges.
Tell that to a complete narcissist like Doug.
@@djargus I’m saying if you ever go broke and there are lottery winners who go broke, it’ll be a hard time to find a timeframe you ever do something like this.
@@mrmusickhimself I utterly despise Doug Walker too but regardless I don’t think I would have ever guessed that Doug Walker would eventually because a complete and utter asshole and sociopath.
Even if I won the lottery or something and knew for a fact that I would never have to work ever again I don’t think I could ever quit my job like this, I’m way too much of a nice guy to bring myself to do it in a big “Fuck you” kind of way
When the Bubble Bursts...and it will...And he has to go and get a job again, just to support himself, potential future employers will be able to find this video...and see the rather unprofessional manner he displays.
And this moment of triumph...will come back to bite him.
The guy at the end is like, "This is most unorthodox!"
The Cinema Snob*
"These orthodox levels are most un!"
I remember watching this video over a decade ago, and it never crossed my mind until now that the guy in the video was the future nostalgia critic.
Dude, that took guts. That had style. And anything you do that ends in being chased by security is definitely a win. Think about it this way. You had to have got the attention of a lot of people and the Boss to get security called. That business owner or manager, whichever it might have been, would without a doubt know that you aren't working for them and aren't taking their crap anymore. Of course on the flip side of this, if this had been a practical joke it would have ended in a firing anyway. So either way, you would have been out of there. Way to go in leaving on your own terms.
KenshinRyujin now everyone in Channel Awesome is leaving on their own terms.
That wasn't a security guard, fucking dumbass. It was a Factory Manager, idiot.
@@MrParkerman6 You just bumped an 8 Year Old Comment, just to make yourself feel good about yourself, didn't you? And you had to belittle me in the process. Swears, pointing out an 8 year old mistake, the whole 9 yards. Are you proud of yourself? Feel good? Feel superior? I'm 42. I wrote this when I was 34. I FORGOT I even typed this. You have just PROVEN that when something is put on the internet, it's there forever. So how about in 10 years we revisit your pathetic, insensitive, pointless swearing and 2 seconds of ego stroking and see if you think it was worth it. Bye.
That is the baddest ass way for someone to quit a job, I didn't realize it was nostalgia critic, I had seen the video before. There is no one better.
Your gonna want that janitor job back now, Dougie!
No he loves doing the nostalgia critic
Did Doug work at the SCP Foundation? Because this place looks like a fucking science facility.
I think it's a car factory
Imagine being the same guy who quit his job like this and made Melvin Brother of the Joker
He should've shown up in full joker costume and given his co-workers a scare
I worked for a call center that treated me and others like shit. It was the worst job and company I have EVER worked for. I got hired to my current job I've been at for 7 years now and I was crying tears of joy. I thought about how to burn the bridge and go out with a bang. I was watching Predator with my roomies and then the inspiration hit me. After doing the exit interview, I took a company foam finger, went to the center of the call floor, took a deep breath, and let out a battle cry all across the center while raising the finger in the air, then slammed it to the ground stomping on it then ran out the building. I got a standing ovation from one section of the floor. I wish I had a cell phone that could have recorded that day, but regardless, that was my best quit ever.
Here's something, the clip of him opening the shirt was on an episode of Ridiculousness on TV. I was watching the episode, I see the clip, and I'm like, "wait a minute.... that's Doug!"
I cant hate this man this shit is too funny
Damn, I fucking love that man. That really took balls to do and, damn, how he succeeded in making it even more epic.
I came back to this video because I found out that Doug may or may not have left Channel Awesome.
That's how you burn a bridge.
Burned? No; that bridge has been TORCHED!
Nuke it from space. It's the only way to be sure.
Think they'll take him back now?
And thus began the legend of the Nostalgia critic.
If I were there to see this, I'd either be the confused guy wearing a plastic bag on his head, or the fat guy laughing his head off.
Id be the guy who just wanted to eat his sandwich
Literally the guy who leaked the ending of The Last of Us Part 2
Do you think they'd take him back now?
Where did he work?
I dont know. A janitor for some company. But look what happened
He was doing night shifts at a car factory as a janitor/cleaner. His superior was all smiles to him but behind his back was always trying to get Doug fired - they'd been through four other janitors in rapid succession previously.
Everybody else was nice though and the "act" was mostly directed at this one guy. He's Hispanic so I'm presuming he was the dude eating the sandwich at the front in the canteen.
StopMinecraftVIOLENCE Sounds like a Breaking Bad episode.
Trisket TIME TO COOK!
He was an illustrator. Someone made up shit somewhere and said he was a janitor because of this video. Never worked for a car factory.
It'll be really awkward in 2016 when he has to go back and beg them for his job back.
Why would he have to do that?
He makes a pretty good living now
Yeah.
No anniversary this year.
Having to put back the critic's cap because no one was watching his new show.
Best contributors making more view on YT and on TGWTG site.
Said site designed by a moron to make it the most user unfriendly as possible.
Yeah, he's doing great.
And yet he has so many people that love him and gets more views and followers than you could ever hope to have. And great, let's mention the one show but not mention the many others that people love, such as Sibling Rivalry and Shut Up and Talk.
Awelbekk
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NC is doing fantastically, along with the main contributors both on the site and on YT. The anniversaries official reason was that they don't want to overwork people, and the site is indeed designed by a moron I agree with you on that, although it has nothing to do with how well the guy is doing.
Also, he doesn't have to beg those people for his job. He has a massive CV of acting, hosting, editing, directing, and writing cred. He can find a ton of work if he decides to let online video making go away.
Doug, you got some big balls for doing that xD especially to all those people. I give you that, because no other person would do that right after they quit from a shitty job like that.
Shit is childish yes, but awesome lmao
A FUCKING LEGEND
As someone who works in SMT. I fantasize about doing this.
good job doug , now we have the nostalgia critic.
I wish I could do this for my Wal-Mart job...
Actually, you should just do it!!!!
He isn't an AVGN rippoff. He only reviews movies, AVGN reviews video games. Know your stuff.
Say what you will about Doug, you gotta admire his confidence
You know who else was confident?
Hitler.
@@stproducciones9140 So he’s Hitler now because you don’t like him?🙄🤣
I'd call it more a desperation for attention and validation but whatever works for you
This is the reason why I like Nostalgia Critic!
Looks like Doug just made my list of top 10 most awesome people.
And damn it, this makes me really want to quit my job. You're living the dream Doug.
Why all the hate for this?
Loosen up, guys. It's not hurting anyone or costing them money, and you don't know what it was like there. That might have been a dream come true for Doug.
It's fun watching someone step out of line just once between his birth and his grave, when he can clearly afford it and has so much fun doing it. He did it in a fun way, no harm done. This is his personal start into an exceptional job we can all be amazed even exists nowadays. No need to hate or worship.