Guangdong cuisine has a fried squid, that is, fried squid slices. When the squid slices are cooked, they will automatically roll into a circle. People thus have an association in the workplace, they use fried squid instead of rolled up. It was later extended to a workplace term for dismissal. Because the squid will roll up as soon as it is fired, it is like a roll cover, which is a metaphor for dismissal.

In the past, when a boss wanted to fire a worker, it was customary to invite him to a casual dinner to show that they were getting along, and there was usually fried squid on the table, so when the fired person saw this dish, he understood the boss's meaning, and ate it and then rolled up and left. However, the popularity of today's fried squid contains much more than dismissal. Dismissal is completely passive behavior, fried squid both passive and active, some wage earners want to jump ship, they took the initiative to the boss resigned, the name is said to fry their own squid.

But in today's society, the boss to easily fire someone else's squid is not so simple and casual, because the right to work is protected by law.

In a nutshell, fried squid is a Cantonese dish, when fried squid slices are cooked, it will automatically roll into a circle. People thus made an association in the workplace and used fried squid instead of rolled up. It was later extended to a workplace term for dismissal. Do you understand?