I used to work in a bar/bistro somewhere in the city area as a waiter for almost a year before I had enough of my boss not paying my salary on time and always finding excuses to delay payment.
I shall not name the place because I don’t want to have any trouble since I have already left the establishment and got all my overdue wages back.
Business as the bar/bistro is not bad to be honest, we are always full house and have many loyal supporters who always come back to give us business.
Our boss is a watch lover and likes to judge people based on the watches they wear so for example if you wear luxury watches like Rolex or watches which are priced in a close to five figure range, he will think that they are well to do.
If your watch is not a Rolex or equivalent, he will not even bother to talk to you.
He will then start to ‘carry the balls’ of all these Rolex wearers and try not to say no to their requests be it how absurd it is.
Every time when it is time for everyone to get paid, the boss will come out with excuses like ‘business is not doing well’ or ‘the company is not making money’, but still appears with a new Rolex watch to show off to his friends and those customers.
Since he is a ball carrier, some of the staff assumed that he would also like his balls to be ‘carried’ and so they start to compliment him on his new Rolex watch purchases and will always find the chance to suck up to him whenever they see him.
To these staff who always compliment his Rolex watch, they will always get extra ‘bonuses’ every pay day and their pay will not be delayed for too long.
For people like me who does not compliments his Rolex watches but rather just want to work properly and be genuine to everyone, we will always face his many excuses when it comes to receiving our pay.
We suspect that he has been taking money out from the business secretly to fund all these Rolex purchases and has not been accountable to other of his business partners since he is in charge of finances.
The longest I got my salary delayed is about 3 weeks, and because of that I ended up having to pay interest for my own bills due to late payment.
I’m just so glad that I am out of that mess after almost a year.
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