Everyone who has ever worked for anyone ever has dreamt about it: storming out on your last day in a blaze of glory with a gesture that leaves your employer and former colleagues shocked, but also slightly in awe.

For most of us, the big, dramatic storm out remains a fantasy, relived over and over, but only in our minds. But on the rare occasion a hero comes along, with the strength to walk out on a job with a bang, not a whimper.

An unidentified Twitter employee did just that on Thursday in the US, when he or she deactivated Donald Trump’s personal account for a full 11 minutes on their last day. It was – some said on the platform – the best 11 minutes of 2017.

This display of defiance was perhaps inspired by similar maverick acts. Remember the Clinton White House staffers who reportedly removed all the Ws on West Wing keyboards before handing over to George W Bush? Or the JetBlue employee Steven Slater whose career ended, and who was briefly arrested, after he had a fight with a customer on board and then grabbed a beer and deployed the emergency slide to exit the aircraft in an eye-watering display of flounce?

There was also British columnist Stephen Pollard who hid the words “fuck you Desmond – a jibe at his proprietor – in his final editorial for the Daily Express. The prank led to him losing the job he was going to, at the Times, before it had even started.

Have you ever left a job with a dramatic gesture? Tell us about it in the comments (nothing illegal please):