‘Who’s laughing now?': New hire throws boss's keys away after being ridiculed for quitting on their first day

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Bar Mor Hazut • Senior Editor
Mar 10, 2024 12:00 PM EDT

Where is the logic in hiring someone for a job and then immediately ridiculing them and making them quit? Even if the manager can magically tell by the first couple of hours on the job that the new hire isn't a good fit, that still is not an excuse to treat them like they are worthless.

That is why the manager in this Reddit story completely deserved what was coming for him. A new hire arrived at his job as a salesperson at a car lot, and while on training both the new hire and the manager felt like it wasn't a good fit. When the employee talked about it with the boss, the boss proceeded to make fun of the employee and even got the entire staff to join in on the ridiculing. The employee wanted to get a proper payback for the way he was treated, so on his way out, while no one was looking, he threw a pile of keys that was on his desk into the trash. 

There is more to this story, so scroll down to read the full tale. When you finish with this story, click here to read about an employee who got a $500k server because of a customer service mistake.

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    "Who's laughing now?"
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    How much damage do I cause?
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    I had a funny haha moment when I thought I'd sell cars. I got a job at a John Elway used car lot and I realized this wasn't me for during training. My friend worked there and helped me get the job. I waited until
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    the place closed and then told my boss it wasn't for me. My boss of one day loudly says, "no, this isn't for you little buddy." I'm 6' and weigh 205 and I'm still close to my college soccer
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    days physique. My boss was much taller and weighed at least 100 lbs more. Technically, I was little compared to him. After saying goodbye, I walk out. Except the door is locked
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    and I sorta walk into door. Manager laughs. Everyone else with him laughs. He makes a big production of unlocking the door for me and asks me if I need help finding my car. More laughs.
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    That night I realize I earned one day of minimum wage pay and I want it. So I call Human Resources and they route me to my boss. He is incredulous that I want my days pay - "but you didn't do anything". "Too bad, I
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    still want it." I end up hanging up on him and call Human Resources back and tell them to give me by pay or I'll call Wage & Labor. They agree to give it to me tomorrow.
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    I go early to not interrupt anything. I have to wait in the lobby. Boss makes a joke about me that I can't hear but he and his boys have another laugh at me. They all go in to a room for
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    a sales meeting and the boss leaves a fist sized ring of keys on his desk. Lady brings me my check and I drive to the bank, deposit my check and toss a ring of keys into the trash.
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    I got a lot of calls that day from the car lot but I was too busy walking my dog to return their calls and hear what they wanted.
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    2-Standard Deviations 28 min. ago So that's the key to revenge!!
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    Tea Party Dem 3 hr. ago No surveillance cams? Lucky.
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    foothillsco_b OP. 3 hr. ago Truly. This was mid- 1990s and cams weren't so common back then.
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    Impressive-Arm2563. 3 hr. ago Nicely done. I hope you didn't get your friend in trouble though.
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    SupportIll5821. 4 hr. ago I am imagining they are the keys to the cars on the lot, and them, they are going to be rekeying for weeks.
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    3lm1Ster 4 hr. ago Nah, they would not have been car keys. Those are kept in a key box. Those would probably have been the keys to all the doors in the building.
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    HMS_Slartibartfast · 3 hr. ago So you keyed them in on how badly they treated you and why they should lock away their bad behaviors at work?
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    Agreeable_Solution28. 1 hr. ago So deliciously pettty. A perfect example of around and find out!
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    CVNTSUPREME - 3 hr. ago This is a satisfying one for sure.
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    jjotrini 4 hr. ago You are an evil genius, and I applaud your choice of violence!
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