Do you have to shop where you work?

If you get a good employee discount, it’s probably a good idea if you like what the company you work for sells, but if you work for a car dealership with slimy salesmen, that’s a different story.

In today’s story, an employee at a car dealership shares a manager’s reaction when he found out that he bought a car at a different car dealership.

It really backfired for the manager.

Let’s see what happened.

Manager told me I was fired as a joke so I quit.

I worked for a car dealership as a lot porter.

I had gotten into an accident that totaled my car right as I was purchasing a house.

Which led to a predicament because you don’t want to buy a new car while buying a house.

Shortly after buying the house I found a different job in a field I love

So I put in my 2 weeks notice and then I went and bought a car from a different dealership because my wife wanted a specific car that my dealership did not sell.

He didn’t want to buy a car at the dealership where he worked.

I also knew how slimy the one I worked for was.

A few days after the purchase of both house and car, one of the sales managers asked me if I was ready to buy a car from him.

I didn’t disclose the fact to anyone that i bought from a different dealer.

I informed him I already bought one.

The manager’s “joke” backfired.

So he looks at me in the most serious face and asks if I wanted to pack my things, basically because i wasnt “loyal” to this dealership.

Knowing I already had a better job that was able to start me immediately, I said sure and turned and walked away to pack my things.

He then realized I wasn’t going to put up a fight, so he immediately started laughing and told me he was joking.

And how they would never fire anyone for going somewhere else.

But I already knew a few people that had gotten fired for that exact reason.

He explained why the “joke” wasn’t funny.

I told him I don’t appreciate being fired as a joke, because first I do have a 1 ½ year old and if I didn’t have a job lined up he could have seriously hurt me financially.

But I ended up leaving feeling relieved because this was not a good job.

The funny thing is, he called me about 30-45 minutes after I left because I had left keys to multiple brand new trucks in my desk that had to have the plastic removed and get parked.

Turns out since he “fired” me they made him take care of the stuff.

I am now fully enjoying my new job with the best bosses I’ve ever had!

I know I probably took it to far but I dont regret it.

I don’t think the manager was really joking, but I love the way this played out. It was perfect timing, really.

Let’s see how Reddit reacted to this story.

Yes, definitely file for unemployment!

This sounds like a really bad April Fool’s joke.

Another person who worked at a dealership shares their experience.

It sounds like this person worked for a very similar dealership.

Never “joke” about firing someone.

They just might take you up on it.

If you liked that story, check out this post about an oblivious CEO who tells a web developer to “act his wage”… and it results in 30% of the workforce being laid off.