Exec Bullies Chick-Fil-A Worker, Then Promptly Gets Fired For It

[kelly1mm]

quote:


Adam Smith, former CFO and treasurer of medical supplies manufacturer Vante, caused quite a stir today when he put up a video of himself bullying a Chick-fil-A drive-thru employee in Tucson on YouTube.

Smith berates the worker about her company in the video, which was initially titled ”Reduce $’s to Chick-Fil-A’s Hate Groups.” It has since been taken down (though others have uploaded it too).

"I don't know how you live with yourself and work here," he tells the employee at the window. "I don't understand it. This is a horrible corporation with horrible values. You deserve better,"

”I’m a nice guy, by the way … totally heterosexual," he continues. "Not a gay in me, I just can’t stand the hate.”

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OK- this guy is a jerk and if you want to see how NOT to influence people watch the video. The CFA worker is a class act.

BTW, the reason he is the "former CFO" is that he got fired for this incident.



http://www.businessinsider.com/vante-cfo-bullies-chick-fil-a-worker-then-promptly-gets-fired-for-it-2012-8

[sadbear]

1. Rule #1

Don't ever take it out on workers.

I'm happy he got fired. Dumbass misdirected his anger at a more than likely innocent person.

[hack89]

4. Rule #2 - if you do don't record it. nt

[Seeking Serenity]

19. Rule #3 -- And if you MUST record it,

DON'T UPLOAD IT TO FREAKIN' YOU TUBE!

[richmwill]

2. Good- I'm glad he was fired.

What an asshole. Berating and harassing innocent workers, a young girl working for near minimum-wage, is not the right way to get your message across.

[ret5hd]

6. would you work for the AFA and call yourself innocent?

would you work for stormfront and call yourself innocent?
would you work for the klan and call yourself innocent?
would you work for westboro baptist and cal yourself innocent?

regardless of the wages, would you call yourself innocent? i wouldn't/couldn't.

[sadbear]

8. Most fast food workers aren't devious.

They just want to eke out a living. Give the workers a break.

[cali]

11. oh for fuck's sake.

I don't think SPLC will be adding chick-fil-a to their hate group list any time soon.

And you bet your ass I'd call a fast food worker innocent. at least in the sense you're talking about.

[slackmaster]

12. That reasoning is used by radical anti-abortion people who kill anyone who works at a clinic

http://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/31/us/anti-abortion-killings-overview-gunman-kills-2-abortion-clinics-boston-suburb.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm

[JVS]

13. Clue for you: people working for minimum wage don't get to be choosy about their jobs.

[kelly1mm]

14. Do you REALLY think doing this and then posting it online

was the best way to support the cause? Was it even neutral? I think not. This asshat, to make himself feel important, berated a line worker and though so highly of himself that he decided to share it with the world by posting it on FB.

[arely staircase]

18. wage slaves can't run away

you realise that someone working for peanuts at a place like that could possibly face homelssness if they were to quit?

[UnrepentantLiberal]

22. Do you think she even new anything about this controversy

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a few weeks ago?

[pecwae]

25. Stop it!

That's not even an argument. People are in desperate financial straits, but you expect them to hang their heads in shame because you tell them so? Do what you want, call yourself whatever you please, but there are people struggling to survive and need any job that comes their way. This purity bullshit is just that.

[JHB]

26. When I worked for Dominos Pizza (another outfit with a RW owner)...

...I called it "needing a job to pay my bills".

[dballance]

3. What an ASS - and a horrible representative of those of us who are against the CFA chain

I almost couldn't make it to the part of the video where he accosted the poor worker. He was such an obnoxious ass from the beginning of the video I just about had to stop it.

Just what "difference" did he think he was going to make by his verbally defecating in a drive-thru at a Chick-Fil-A? All he did by his actions and then posting online is give the Bill O'Reilly, Glen Beck, Limbaugh, Savage, and FOX talking heads a clip of what they will say is a typical person in the anti-Dan Cathy/Chick-Fil-A Corporate group of people.

If this isn't playing on some FOX show this evening or on FOX and Friends in the morning I'll be shocked.

[kelly1mm]

5. It was almost so stereotypical of what Fox portrays liberals as that I thought it may have been

faked. Apparently not. Self-important prick!

[bunnies]

7. "not a gay in me"

whoa dude. TMI.

[slackmaster]

9. He harassed a teenage girl and held up the line for other customers

What a MAN!

[CurtEastPoint]

10. Ruh roh. That co. website is 'over capacity' I'm sure the thumpers are congratulating the co.

for firing him.

Which I think was OK because he was a total jerk.

[WolverineDG]

15. what a guy

going after a minimum wage employee. Glad he got fired for going after the wrong target.

[Ruby the Liberal]

16. I hate people like this guy.

Entitled SOB, feels like its his role to treat people however the fuck he wants to.

I hope he rots in his newly found unemployed state, and good on the board (or owner?) for making such a swift decision.

[aikoaiko]

17. What a schmuck.

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20. "I don't know how you live with yourself and work here,"... "You deserve better," ...

Ok... self-righteous, dickwad... instead of trying to humiliate/embarrass/put her on the hot seat, you could have put your money where your mouth is by offering her a "better" job at your company.

As CFO/management... he was certainly in a position and had some authority to hire her for a better paying job, but he didn't.

He would have been a hero instead of a heel.

Fuck'em.

[Zalatix]

24. DAMNED good alternative idea.

Lure her away with a better job... would have made a HELL of an impact.

[Macoy51]

27. Great Idea ..___... !

Great idea ..___..., imagine if instead of coming across as a total jerk, he showed compassion. In a ‘more in sorrow, then ager” tone he could have told the girl why working at CFA was wrong, then concluded by telling her she is better than this and offer her a entry level/internship with his company.

It would have framed the discussion in terms of how compassionate the pro-equality side is and how petty CFA is. The internet would go crazy with how cool he was…not to mention he would still have a job.


Macoy

[Taverner]

21. Sounds like: false flag?

[UnrepentantLiberal]

23. Is everything a false flag with you?

[Taverner]

29. Are you opposed to thinking critically or something?

[raccoon]

28. Made my day! A bully finally gets what he deserves.

I say one litmus test of a person's character is how s/he treats people who aren't in a position to fight back, or are of lower status.