Funny, I was used to hearing the opposite. I once worked for the largest ladder and scaffold manufacturer in the world and at the time the factory had a couple hundred union employees. Negotiating raises seemed bring up how many new cars were in the parking lot and the company felt maybe we didn't need raises.
Me too.
Kinda along those lines, I've had to explain to customers that price increases had nothing to do with the manager's shiny new car sitting in front of the store. Said manager had gone from a beat to death Taurus, to a second hand Mercedes, to a new Jaguar in less than two years. He was promoted quickly after buying the Jag, so I didn't have to deal with it very long. Oh! There's that car thing again...........
