Boss shows up in new Cybertruck before announcing no one is getting paid: 'He [made] us all go outside into the parking lot'

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Brad Dickson • Managing Editor
Jul 25, 2024 10:00 AM EDT

When you owe someone money, nothing is going to go over like a lead balloon, quite like showing up with something new and shiny to show off. You probably even did it at least once to your parents as a kid when they gave you money for lunch, and you went out and bought Pokemon cards instead.

You know the type, that friend who you loaned 100 dollars to for rent, yet they still somehow have new clothes every time you see them. Your roommate who borrowed money for groceries but always seems to have money to buy a game on Steam. Your little sister who needed $40 for gas but came back with a suspicious purchase from Sephora shortly thereafter. 

Perhaps worse than all of these is your boss showing up in their shiny new vanity vehicle to show off to all their employees, demanding that everyone come out to the parking lot and view it before dismissively announcing off-hand that they wouldn't be able to pay wages this week due circumstances that were supposedly out of their control.

That's what this boss did. A member of their team took to this popular online community to share their story, sparking responses from readers.

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    "My boss just showed up with his new Cybertruck and told all of us that he can't make payroll this week."
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    Survive1014 · 5 hr. ago Well, he said the government was messing with the checks, might as well file a wage complaint to make sure about that.
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    StolenWishes - 5 hr. ago he said he'd be late on payroll because of "the government" was messing with our paychecks again.... Report him to the DOL U-cant-handle-it 5 hr. ago • Then the government will really him
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    TurelSun 5 hr. ago • If you're not getting paid you don't have a job. Report his and don't show back up till he can pay for labor. If he complains ask him why he should get something for free. I'm sure he hates "handouts."
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    WesternKey2301 .5 hr. ago Tell him all new cybertrucks benefit from going through the carwash early on as it "helps wash off dust from the lot" and watch as he bricks his irresponsible decision
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    Jsorrow 5 hr. ago "The Government is messing with your checks again." Sounds like it's code for, I blew the Payroll on this thing and I gotta recoup. Hope you didn't have plans for your check.
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    ElBurritoExtreme .5 hr. ago I'd also anonymously report him to the IRS.
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    • mercurygreen · 5 hr. ago My paycheck is late? Funny that there's a problem with the WORK now being late.
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    Velocoraptor369.5 hr. ago Yeah look for a new job all of you. This guy will go bankrupt and not pay you your wages. This happened to my son. He's owed $15k in back wages won in at labor board. That was by 2 1/2 yrs ago still not resolved. Leave this high dry everyone leave.
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    jonny_vegas 5 hr. ago If you dont all get together and submit your resignation then he wins.
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    Raalf 4 hr. ago • saw this play out on one of my first ever jobs back in 2002. He got a brand new corvette, then on the same week told his managers he couldn't pay them again for the 2nd month in a row. The entire engineering department walked and started their own business. They engineers are still in business today and doing well.
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