by "Noah - Now with more boost." (antriebverliebt)
Published 03/02/2017 at 14:08
by "Noah - Now with more boost." (antriebverliebt)
Published 03/02/2017 at 14:08
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Our CEO and the VP of sales accidentally bought identical Teslas, from the exterior color (red of course, nobody will notice otherwise) all the way down to the wheels. And that’s just the beginning. Our parking lot only has a handful of charging stations, so they parked right next to each other almost every day.
We all thought that was hilarious. It’s always funny when keeping up with the Joneses goes wrong, but especially so when a pair of 1%ers phone in a $100,000 purchase like that. The cool factor that accompanies driving the latest and greatest vanishes when someone else parks a carbon copy of your car right next to you every day. Of course, for an enthusiast, that would be irrelevant. But neither of these gentlemen are car guys, as they demonstrated via the following scenario:
One afternoon, everyone was waiting for the CEO in a conference room overlooking the parking lot, including the VP of sales. The CEO was running pretty late, so everyone was looking out the window to keep an eye out for his Tesla. Finally, the dude shows up (in a rush, as you’d expect). He tries to back into the last remaining EV spot... and straight up RAMS the other Tesla with everyone watching, including its owner. His rear bumper was scuffed, but the other Tesla had a big piece of it’s front bumper ripped off. We couldn’t believe it! It’s not like the Tesla is famous for driver aids that could have prevented this situation...
The VP wasn’t concerned. A dent in his Tesla is the financial equivalent to a coffee stain on a normal person’s dress pants. He was less interested in the accident itself than he was in what our CEO would do about it. So he said nothing, despite having watched the dude back into his car. This was turned into test of character - how long would it take for the parking expert to come clean? All day, as it turns out. The CEO didn’t say anything until it was almost quitting time to avoid the spending a single minute around the VP after confessing his sins. Now THAT was revealing. But hey, so was turning the incident into a test of character.
And finally, the cherry on top: despite his 8 figure net worth, the VP didn’t get his car fixed for at least a month. Instead? He applied a square foot of black duct tape to the bumper to hold it onto the body, and just drove it around like that.
This is why we like to laugh at Tesla owners. They’ve usually earned it.
"CalzoneGolem" (calzonegolem)
03/02/2017 at 14:17, STARS: 4
Should have drift stitched it.
"Noah - Now with more boost." (antriebverliebt)
03/02/2017 at 14:21, STARS: 0
I’m partial to a good drift stitch. Bonus points if your bumper corner has been put through enough to be comprised of more zip tie than body panel.
"Echo51" (echo2047)
03/02/2017 at 14:43, STARS: 2
Oh that’s a dick move, atleast nod to him and say “i’ll need to talk to you after this meeting” and get it outta the damn way. The 1month temp fix is just rubbing it in at that point..
"CalzoneGolem" (calzonegolem)
03/02/2017 at 15:09, STARS: 1
"Noah - Now with more boost." (antriebverliebt)
03/02/2017 at 15:12, STARS: 0
I don’t think the temp fix was drawn out on purpose, the VP was a busy dude. And also a great guy who wouldn’t do that. No longer with the company though sadly
"Noah - Now with more boost." (antriebverliebt)
03/02/2017 at 15:12, STARS: 1
I remember this post!! 10/10 because rainbow