Two weeks’ notice and a letter of resignation—that’s what quitting your job usually entails. But last Monday, people rallied behind two very different methods: an emergency slide and a whiteboard.

The first story that caught the media’s attention was that of JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater. Here was an employee who had worked in the industry for 20 years, but an altercation with a passenger after landing led to expletives over the intercom and a dramatic exit via the plane’s emergency slide. Slater was later arrested and charged with criminal mischief and reckless endangerment.

The second story was of assistant Jenny, who quit by taking photographs of herself using a whiteboard to explain why, and then emailing the photos to the entire office. The photos told the story of a young woman trying to work her way up in a brokerage firm, but finally got fed up with her sexist boss. It wasn’t long before the “whiteboard girl” was exposed as a creative prank.

We’ve all had jobs we haven’t loved, which is why these stories resonated with so many. These are people who did what many dream of doing, and they were lauded as heroes for not only quitting jobs that they hated, but for doing so in a way that could not be ignored. It was Office Space come to life, and like the comedy, both stories generated laughs and cheers. It didn’t matter that one of them wasn’t even real.

But what about professionalism?

Even on days when we don’t like our jobs, bosses, customers or coworkers, there is still the need to be a professional. “Jenny” isn’t real, but Slater is, and he has already said he wants his job back. Yet his 20 years of experience are now overshadowed by a single day’s actions.

While quitting a job is never easy and emotions often come into play, taking a moment to put business etiquette first will reward you longer than 15 minutes of infamy. If you’re going to make an exit, do it professionally. That’s style.