Caught this story on CNN last night - it’s one of those pieces that I found highly inspiring at first, then ended up infuriating me beyond belief.

Donations pour in for Detroit man who walks 21 miles for his daily commute

Yes, you read that right. Over twenty miles. Every day.

But for the past decade, ever since his car broke down, he has trudged the better part of a marathon each workday. Rain, snow or shine.
That could be about to change.
After reading the Detroit Free Press article, some people felt moved to set up online fundraising efforts to buy Robertson a new car.
The donations have come flooding in.
A fundraiser on GoFundMe has blown past its original goal of $5,000, reaching a total of more than $125,000, as of early Tuesday.

And now for the part that will have you screaming at your monitor.

The Detroit Free Press profile of Robertson portrays him as a quiet man with a work ethic that would put anyone to shame.

“I set our attendance standard by this man,” Todd Wilson, plant manager at the engineering factory, told the newspaper. “I say, if this man can get here, walking all those miles through snow and rain, well I’ll tell you, I have people in Pontiac 10 minutes away and they say they can’t get here — bull!”

Robertson apparently has perfect attendance record. He earns $10.55 an hour — not enough to save up to buy, insure and run a car in the city, according to the newspaper.

Ten years of company loyalty and perfect attendance earns you two whole dollars above minimum wage with this factory? And the manager for this place just takes the cake for asshat bosses in my opinion.