Biting the Hand: The Price of a Month's Grace

Summary

My company was facing a temporary cash flow issue, and the construction payout we owed had to be delayed by a month.

I called in the girl I had been financially sponsoring for years. She was the crew foreman's daughter, working as an intern at my company after graduation.

I told her gently, "I won't be able to make the transfer on time this round. It might be delayed by a month. Please give your dad a heads-up so he doesn't worry."

But the very next day, the workers trashed my office. They screamed, "You swore up and down we'd get paid, and now the project's done, you claim you're broke!"