I’ve had two situations like this. When I was a wholesale sales guy for commercial plumbing I needed a truck to get in and out of a lot of the job sites. I was usually on site before roads were built. I found a great deal on an orange H2. I loved it. Showed up to work and my boss asked how I expected to ‘poor boy’ my way into any orders driving that.
Another company- I fired a guy because he was underperforming and was lying to customers. Customers called me and said they didn’t want him in their market. This was his 4th market. The guy was a minority. He quickly told HR that I had a car with a confederate flag on it, I was racist and targeted him. Started an investigation within the company and the investigator almost laughed when I showed him a picture of the offending car- my General Lee with John Schneider. I told him that he could also see my bandit, joe dirt trans am, fast and furious grand national....
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