Neil Berrett announced he was leaving the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco in icing. He posted a picture of the huge baked message on Flickr , the photo sharing website.

Mr Berrett wrote: "Dear Mr. Bowers - During the past three years, my tenure at the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard has been nothing short of pure excitement, joy and whim. However, I have decided to spend more time with my family and attend to health issues that have recently arisen. I am proud to have been part of such an outstanding team and I wish this organisation only the finest in future endeavors. Please accept this cake as notification that I am leaving my position with NWT on March 27. Sincerely, W. Neil Berrett."

The picture of the cake-letter prompted dozens of messages of support from Mr Berrett's followers on Flickr. They included one, 'riversharkinc', who announced that he intended to apply for Mr Berrett's old job by baking a version of his CV.

He only posted a picture of it? Miserable sod!

To be honest, Neil had never been happy there...

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