The act of dramatically quitting your worthless job and telling your boss how you really feel about things.
Immortalized in the 1981 song “Take this Job and Shove It” Written and by redneck artist
David Allen Coe and performed by country western idol Johnny Paycheck.
In the construction industry a full Johnny Paycheck is punctuated by forcefully throwing your
hardhat or a half full beer bottle at the boss.
Variation: "You can't fire me - I quit!!!
See
dragging up