Years ago when I was an apprentice, I worked at a fabrication company. One day the new owner (who had really gone out of his way upon arrival to fix a lot of things that weren?t broken) came into the shop. He looked around & saw a fella standing near the door. He walked up to the guy, read him the riot act, and in a loud voice voice said: "You're done here! Here's your severance check!" He then pulled-out his wallet & gave the guy $2,000.00.
After the fella took the money and left without saying a word, the "boss" called the rest of us together to make his position known. "I won?t tolerate non-performers. Stand around like he did & you'll all get the same treatment, understand?" "Now, what did that guy do & who was he, anyway?"
I raised my hand and told him: "That was the pizza delivery guy; in case you didn't notice, it's lunchtime & he was waiting for his money."