New York, NY (CNN)There are difficult bosses. Then there are bosses who dump over 500 pounds of greasy pennies onto an ex-employee's driveway.
The US Department of Labor filed a lawsuit late last month against a Georgia auto repair shop for violating federal labor law, after its owner retaliated against a former employee who contacted the agency when he didn't receive his final paycheck.
Miles Walker, the owner of A OK Walker Autoworks in Peachtree City, did eventually get the final wage to Andreas Flaten — by dumping 91,500 oil-covered pennies in his driveway. The unwanted delivery also came with a note expressing a short expletive.
Flaten quit his job at A OK after an argument with his boss and contacted the Labor Department last January to say he was owed $915. The next day, Walker received a call from the department, and said he would not pay Flaten. Hours later, he decided to pay him in pennies.
"How can you make this guy realize what a disgusting example of a human being he is," the lawsuit claimed Walker said. "I've got plenty of pennies; I'll use them."
In March 2021, Walker dumped the pennies in Flaten's driveway. Walker then posted on the shop's website.
"What started out as a gotcha to a subpar ex-employee, sure got a lot of press ... Let us just say that maybe he stole? Maybe he killed a dog? Maybe he killed a cat? Maybe he was lazy? Maybe he was a butcher?" the lawsuit claimed he wrote.
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