---
title: "If You’re Obnoxious, Tesla Will Cancel Your Model X Order"
description: "One scorned millionaire will be forced to find another $130,000 car."
date: "2016-02-04"
modified: "2016-02-04"
authors:
  - name: "Ben Keeshin"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/ben-keeshin"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/2026/if-youre-obnoxious-tesla-will-cancel-your-model-x-order"
categories:
  - "News"
tags:
  - "Electric Vehicle"
  - "Elon Musk"
  - "luxury"
  - "model x"
  - "suv/crossover"
  - "Tesla"
---

# If You’re Obnoxious, Tesla Will Cancel Your Model X Order

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It’s a technique oft-used by frustrated, stranded airline passengers: make a fuss on social media, tag the company who has frustrated you, receive prompt service as the brand tries to salvage its PR veneer. [Venture capitalist Stewart Alsop](<https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/03/elon-musk-blogger-tesla-motors-model-x>) attempted the tactic, though rather than tangling with Delta’s social media manager, he took on the bombastic prince of Silicon Valley himself, Elon Musk. With the appropriate tag (“@”), Alsop self-published *[“Dear @ElonMusk: You should be ashamed of yourself.”](<https://medium.com/@salsop/dear-elonmusk-you-should-be-ashamed-of-yourself-ca3d266882a4#.g7ztjqtmb>)* In response, Musk has canceled Alsop’s order. Don’t tangle with Elon, because you’ll wind up the only millionaire in Palo Alto without a Tesla Model X. The world weeps.

The poor have hardships; the rich get inconvenienced. Last September, after submitting his $5,000 deposit for a $130,000 Tesla Model X, the company’s new SUV, Alsop was invited to a Tesla event hosted by Musk himself. He showed up on time to what was billed as a 7:30 event when the horror began. Musk was around a half-hour late; Musk did not apologize to the assembled electro-yuppies for his lateness; Musk “led with safety” (boring!); Tesla did not provide adequate food. Then Alsop left, feeling “misled and mistreated.” Yes, [great-grandnephew of Theodore Roosevelt](<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_Alsop_II>): That’s what mistreatment looks like.

There’s nothing like the self-righteous rich, the wounded wealthy. Tesla is a new company; Musk is notoriously wedded to his personal schedule and infamously imperious. Having to wait around and being slightly underfed isn’t “mistreatment;” it’s attending a large corporate event. Write another Medium post when some overlord is forcing you into heavy labor or demanding you scrub a linoleum floor with bleach and a toothbrush, Stew. Best of luck with your car search—we hear Lexus service is very obliging.

## Author
Ben Keeshin is a former staff writer for Maxim, and before that, contributed writing to the digital sides of Road & Track and Vanity Fair.

### Author social links  
[Twitter](<https://twitter.com/BnKshn>)