If You Are Going To Quit...

Here's one way to do it.
From Firehouse.com: At the end of the department's annual memorial service, Dyersburg, Tenn. Fire Chief Bob Veal dropped a bombshell.
He was quitting -- immediately. Standing at the podium in his Class A uniform, the veteran firefighter unpinned his badge, walked over and handed it to the mayor.
Veal had been under fire from the IAFF for his plan to eliminate battalion chiefs.
His proposal was spelled out in a full page ad in the Dyersburg Gazette.
"It's been a good ceremony, it has been a good day, but if you don't mind, mayor (John Holden), I'm going to say some things.
"I'm gonna, I'm going to retire.
"I'm fixing to step down because this department needs a breath of fresh air," Veal said as he removed his dress coat and placed it next to the podium.
"When I hired into this department in 1975, I would look forward to coming to work. I would look forward to working with men just like these right here," said Veal pointing to the firefighters in the crowd.
"Yeah, we would sit around the table and complain just like you all do. We did that but that's as far as it went because I had officers that would stand up and plant our feet and direct us in the paths that we should go. Not the way we wanted to go but the way we should go.
"This department needs leaders, not officers, not lieutenants, not battalion chiefs, not chiefs. They need leaders. Someone to reach out and say 'look, guys, this is the way we're supposed to do this.'
"I don't want to say something that hurts someone's feelings," said Veal as he walked over and handed his badge to Holden. "But I quit. Right there, he's got it. I don't want to violate anyone's civil rights.
"I'm going to tell it like it is. I don't care if you like it or not. This is Bob Veal talking now. I've been quiet for 11 years because I didn't want to bother anyone. I didn't want to hurt anyone's feelings. I didn't want anyone to go to the mayor and board.
"I didn't want anyone to sue me. Well sue me! Sue Bob Veal! I don't care.
"This department has gone south the last three or four years and it's a shame because there are outstanding firemen in this department. I mean that from the bottom of my heart. You are good men. You deserve better than what you have.
"We need leaders to plant their feet. We need leaders to plant their feet and lead into the future.
"I'm going to tell you something, lieutenants, and they're not all here but they ought to be. You need to plant your feet and you need to act like men.
http://www.firehouse.com/news/11191015/dyersburg-tenn-chief-unpins-badge-turns-it-over-at-memorial-service
I goes on, it is an epic "I quit" speech from a firefighter.