A cleaner has received an outpouring of praise and support after leaving a brutally honest note calling out her boss on her final day.
As reported by the Metro, the cleaner, Julie, left the note at the bank where she worked on her last shift before retirement.
According to the former employee, her "aggressive and cruel" boss had given her a "dressing down", which spurred her on to leave the letter.
The note was shared to Twitter by the cleaner's son, Joe Cousins, who wrote alongside it: "And this is why I love my mom.
"She’s been cleaning banks for 35 years and today walked out with this lovely note left for that awful manager. Happy retirement Mom - always have the last laugh eh!"
In the note, the former cleaner writes: "Hi ladies tomorrow will be my last clean for HSBC."
After stating that she had left an inventory for her replacement, the cleaner then turns her attention to her boss, who appears to also be named Julie.
"I've left the job Julie after the way you dressed me down in the office," she writes. "It was nothing more than aggressive and cruel but that's a reflection on your character not mine".
She adds: "So going forward please all of you remember IN A WORLD WHEN YOU CAN BE ANYTHING BE KIND".
Ending the letter, she writes an important and humbling reminder: "Because you are all no better than the cleaner".
After her son shared the note to Twitter on April 30, it went on to amass over 144,000 'likes' and more than 10,000 retweets.
Twitter users were also quick to shower the hardworking cleaner with praise for standing up for herself.
One person wrote: "A manager dressing someone down in public. Always remember that a clown always needs an audience".
A second added: "Never understood why people think what they do for a living reflects their importance. I was raised to believe that a job is a job and anyone getting up and going to work deserves the same respect, whether they pick up trash or run the company. Good for your mom! Respect!"
A third wrote: "We are all no better than the cleaner. Absolutely true.
"Yet how many people don’t acknowledge or say hello to the cleaners in their workplace?
Sadly, probably the majority. Only takes a moment and is always appreciated."
An important message I'm sure many of us can learn from. Enjoy your retirement, Julie!
