The owner of an American garage is said to have dumped 91,500 oily pennies in the driveway of a former employee who he refused to pay back the $915 owed to him. A Georgia court has ruled that he was forced to pay nearly $40,000 in additional wages and damages.
“How do you make sure this guy realizes what a vile example of a human being he is? I have a lot of money; I’ll use them,” said Miles Walker, owner of an OK Walker Autoworks workshop in Georgia, according to a civil lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Labor, CNN Business reported Wednesday.
In January 2022, the garage owner reportedly feuded with his former employee Andreas Flaten, who allegedly received his beatings and slaps by resigning. He reportedly contacted the US Department of Labor at the time and told them he hadn’t received his last salary of $915.
But instead of handing them to him without fuss, Miles Walker would have instead chosen to soak 91,500 cents in oil before unloading the 500-pound package in his former employee’s entryway.
For his gesture, the man must pay his former employee an additional salary of $19,967 and $19,967 in damages, totaling nearly $40,000, Judge Timothy Batten ruled, ordering “not to threaten or intimidate.” “. […] [,] retaliate or discriminate against their former or current employees, according to CNN.