Trying to meet payroll with gold and silver would lead to some serious problems. Hell, given how little gold there is in public hands outside of jewelry, it&#x27;d be a bitch to make change for.<p>As far as weird CEO tendencies go, hoarding precious metals isn&#x27;t really that big of a deal. Long-term, they aren&#x27;t really losing money from it. They aren&#x27;t earning much, either so I guess you can chock it up to a wash. But it beats the hell out of some other habits he could have; at least he isn&#x27;t freaking out about blueberry distribution across muffins or something like that.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=Yz_-k9qoYns" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=Yz_-k9qoYns</a><p>Now, replenishing the food stockpiles as food goes bad would be a huge waste of money unless we&#x27;re talking about MREs that will last until the heat death of the universe. But if he tries to serve that to his employees, he might have a mutiny on his hands.