The new CEO decided it was time to get rid of the \u201cslackers.\u201d<\/p>\n
On his first week at the company, he walked through the building with a notebook in his hand, looking for anyone who appeared unproductive.<\/p>\n
He wanted everyone to know there was a new boss in town.<\/p>\n
As he walked through the warehouse, he spotted a young man leaning casually against a wall.<\/p>\n
The CEO stopped.<\/p>\n
The young man looked up.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow much do you make a week?\u201d the CEO demanded.<\/p>\n
The young man looked confused.<\/p>\n
\u201cAbout $400.\u201d<\/p>\n
The CEO pulled out his wallet.<\/p>\n
\u201cHere\u2019s four weeks\u2019 pay.\u201d<\/p>\n
He counted out $1,600 in cash<\/strong> and shoved it into the man’s hands.<\/p>\n \u201cTake it and get out.\u201d<\/p>\n The young man stared at the money.<\/p>\n \u201cBut\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cDon’t argue with me,\u201d the CEO snapped.<\/p>\n \u201cNow get out, and don’t come back.\u201d<\/p>\n The young man shrugged, pocketed the cash, and walked out.<\/p>\n The CEO smiled proudly.<\/p>\n He turned toward the employees.<\/p>\n \u201cSee?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is what happens when people are lazy. I won’t tolerate it.\u201d<\/p>\n Nobody said a word.<\/p>\n The CEO looked around.<\/p>\n \u201cDoes anyone want to tell me what that guy actually did here?\u201d<\/p>\n A voice from across the warehouse answered:<\/p>\n \u201cSure.\u201d<\/p>\n The CEO turned.<\/p>\n The employee continued:<\/p>\n \u201cHe was the Domino’s pizza delivery guy.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n The entire room went silent.<\/p>\n Then someone started laughing.<\/p>\n Another employee covered his mouth.<\/p>\n Within seconds, the entire warehouse was roaring.<\/p>\n The CEO’s face turned bright red.<\/p>\n He had just fired a man who didn’t even work there.<\/p>\n And worse?<\/p>\n He had proudly paid him four weeks’ severance<\/strong> for a job he’d never held.<\/p>\n The CEO slowly looked toward the door.<\/p>\n The pizza delivery driver was already gone.<\/p>\n Someone finally said:<\/p>\n \u201cShould we tell him the guy was delivering lunch?\u201d<\/p>\n The CEO closed his eyes.<\/p>\n That was his first week as CEO.<\/p>\n And somehow, he’d already become the company’s favorite joke.<\/p>\n But the story didn’t end there.<\/p>\n Because the following morning, the CEO walked into the conference room expecting everyone to forget the incident.<\/p>\n Instead, sitting on the table was a large pizza box.<\/p>\n On it was a handwritten note:<\/p>\n \u201cThanks for the four weeks’ pay.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n Underneath it:<\/p>\n \u201cBest tip I’ve ever received.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n The CEO stared at it.<\/p>\n Then, for the first time since taking the job, he laughed at himself.<\/p>\n He called the pizza company.<\/p>\n \u201cIs your delivery driver available?\u201d<\/p>\n The receptionist asked why.<\/p>\n The CEO sighed.<\/p>\n \u201cI owe him an apology.\u201d<\/p>\n And from that day forward, he learned the most important lesson of his new position:<\/p>\n Never judge someone’s job\u2014or their work ethic\u2014before you know why they’re standing there.<\/strong><\/p>\n Because sometimes the person who looks like a slacker\u2026<\/p>\n isn’t even your employee.<\/strong><\/p>\n The new CEO decided it was time to get rid of the \u201cslackers.\u201d On his first week at the company, he walked through the building with a notebook in his … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24608,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-keang007"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/readupdatemystory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/readupdatemystory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/readupdatemystory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readupdatemystory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readupdatemystory.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24607"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/readupdatemystory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24638,"href":"https:\/\/readupdatemystory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24607\/revisions\/24638"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readupdatemystory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/readupdatemystory.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readupdatemystory.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readupdatemystory.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"