Yep, he’s gone. Boss got rid of him. I think he chickened out and told the FNG that we were running low on work, so we’re not sure when we’d be able to give him more to do, etc, etc. I don’t think he set the strong expectation that we’d be calling him, but the inkling was there. Oh well, so much for a clean break. Well, at least yesterday he sat the kid down for a heart-to-heart about the things he’s screwed up. If the guy can’t figure out why he’s not coming back, I’d be surprised.
I just took a look around the office to see if he’d left anything behind (books, mug, electric fly-swatter (don’t ask)), as can often happen. Like an ex-girlfriend, who “oopsie” left a pair of underwear in a random nook at your place, either to give her an excuse to come back, or to unsettle the next girlfriend.
I hear that can happen.