A few years ago, my law school classmate turned down a lengthy severance to avoid signing one of these after a bitter termination. Instead, he took a job in the

A few years ago, my law school classmate turned down a lengthy severance to avoid signing one of these after a bitter termination. Instead, he took a job in the building's coffee shop. He'd see people he used to see all the time, and when they'd ask what happened, he'd tell them all about the horrible way he was treated by the firm, etc. The firm ended up giving him a bunch more money to shut up and quit the barrista job.