Elon Musk recently received praise from netizens for having the decency to make things right after his company, Tesla, cost a baker thousands of dollars by abruptly canceling an order for 4000 mini-pies.
Elon Musk settled the bill for all 4,000 mini pies days after Tesla abruptly canceled the order. He stepped in after Voahangy Rasetarinera, the owner of Giving Piesâ in San Jose, took to social media to call out Tesla for the last-minute cancellation of an order worth $16,000 just before delivery.
The business had already turned down other orders to accommodate Tesla and had bought $2,000 worth of ingredients. “When you’re a big corporation, $2,000 is pocket money, it’s nothing,” Ms Resetarinera said. “But for us, it’s a lot.”
In an email to the Guardian on Monday, she confirmed receiving the amount. “Tesla just paid the $2k that I was out of,” she told the outlet.
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This came after Mr Musk’s promise to do right by the bakery. “Just hearing about this,” he said. “Will make things good with the bakery. People should always be able to count on Tesla trying its best.”
In the comment section of his X page, there were tonnes of people praising him for getting involved. Not only did he get involved, but he also made things right. With the settlement, Ms Rasetarinera is also willing to overlook the incident, hinting at the possibility of working with Tesla again.
“I think that we’re all humans, we all make mistakes, and they’re trying to do good on their mistakes,” she said. “So if they want to work with me, and they’re not bitter about the whole experience. Then yes, I would love to.”
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Earlier, following the controversy, the local bakery saw an uptick in business as residents came out with orders in support. “It’s hard for these non-chain type places to survive. So I thought I would come over and support. Pies look great,” Eric, a resident, told NBC Bay Area as he waited in a long line to get pies from the shop.
“I thought it was terrible. Here, they do a nice business with a great product, and they give some of it away to help people,” said David, a San Jose resident. “Tesla comes and orders 4,000 pies and squashes the order. It’s disgusting.”
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“I feel super grateful and super supported,” she said. “People placing orders like ‘I live in Canada, I just want to support you.’ They place an order and say, ‘Just give it to anybody.’”
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