"Both former employees took out loans from family members to make the payments" This isn't the point of the story, but it may be a good bubble-check for some t

"Both former employees took out loans from family members to make the payments" This isn't the point of the story, but it may be a good bubble-check for some to hear that the idea of having family members in a position to lend this kind of money is mind-boggling to this reader of working-class roots.