Man loses million dollar job after posting Youtube video

[DCal430]

I am talking about uganda kill the gays law.

 

[Rakehellion]

People who saw that video feel, and probably rightly, that they are getting a glimpse into who the guy really is, and they don't like it. What was it Lincoln said? Something like "It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak up and remove all doubt." Now there's a lesson for the Internet age.

He's a self-righteous windbag and I'd have fired him too. Picking on minimum wage employees who have no say in the matter is the most cowardly thing he could have done. Maybe he can get a job at Chik-fil-a since no one else will hire him.

 

[halik]

Karma for a high-horse idiot; not gonna lose sleep of that one.

Also this really was a great insight into who that guy is; not surprised he's unemployable, especially as a c-level exec.

 

[kranky]

It's telling that not only did he feel compelled to belittle a minimum-wage cashier about something the cashier had nothing to do with, but he no doubt believed that putting it on social media would reflect favorably on him.

How differently rich people think.

 

[surfsatwerk]

No matter where you go, there you are.

 

[UglyCasanova]

The guy is a jerk, but the repercussions of doing a stupid thing travels much longer with you these days. This is the scary thing about social media and the technology that now surrounds us, you are absolutely a slave to your past like never before. We've all done stupid things before, should that make us all unemployable?

 

[kranky]

The guy is a jerk, but the repercussions of doing a stupid thing travels much longer with you these days. This is the scary thing about social media and the technology that now surrounds us, you are absolutely a slave to your past like never before. We've all done stupid things before, should that make us all unemployable?

The guy in this thread did it to himself. No sympathy there.

But in general, my friends don't record things when we're together. That eliminates 95% of the potential issues. But a lot of people struggle to resist doing that. If you're not in public, and none of your associates are recording anything, problem solved.

 

[Jimzz]

The guy is a jerk, but the repercussions of doing a stupid thing travels much longer with you these days. This is the scary thing about social media and the technology that now surrounds us, you are absolutely a slave to your past like never before. We've all done stupid things before, should that make us all unemployable?

I think its almost full circle though. Long time ago in smaller areas things like this would get around as everyone knew everyone or someone that knew the person you did not.

Then even smaller areas got big enough to where people did not know everybody. But now with online media I think its full circle and now even larger cities are not immune. Heck look at Indiana passing the "religious" freedom bill and the backlash there.

 

[Fritzo]

I bet this guy thought he was going to be doing some bad-ass Michael Moore-like video to show how rights his opinions were and it ended up blowing up in his face. People that think that highly of themselves need to be knocked down once in a while.

 

[Brainonska511]

The guy is a jerk, but the repercussions of doing a stupid thing travels much longer with you these days. This is the scary thing about social media and the technology that now surrounds us, you are absolutely a slave to your past like never before. We've all done stupid things before, should that make us all unemployable?

That's my view on the subject. You shouldn't be punished for life because someone decided that your actions deserved the light of the internet and some mob "justice".

If people want to point spotlights at people, there are far more deserving individuals - the elected officials in Washington and state capitals.

 

[Kushina]

that's my view on the subject. You shouldn't be punished for life because someone decided that your actions deserved the light of the internet and some mob "justice".

If people want to point spotlights at people, there are far more deserving individuals - the elected officials in washington and state capitals.

lawl. +1.

 

[Gunbuster]

If you have to say "I'm a nice guy by the way" out loud you usually are not.

 

[Fritzo]

If you have to say "I'm a nice guy by the way" out loud you usually are not.

Yeah, it's like saying "I'm not a racist, but..."

 

[edro]

Berating a common employee about a corporation's politics shows a complete lack of maturity, humility and intelligence.

If he had exploded in a fit of rage, he could be forgiven.

Not only did he commit this act, but it was totally premeditated, recorded and posted online.

No company in their right mind would want an employee like that in a high level position.

 

[Newell Steamer]

The same way Chick-fil-A doesn't slap "We Don't Support Homosexuals" on their products is the same way their critics should not criticize them in a similar manner.

Don't like what Chick-fil-A does? Don't support their business. Attend protests. Sign petitions. Speak out against them in public forums, etc. But, don't bust the chops of their employees.

Did he think he was going to start a revolution or mass exodus of Chick-fil-A employees?

Now, if this employee said something like; "Here is your order, don't support gay marriage, have a nice day now" then I can understand lashing out and back at her. But, there isn't ANYTHING like that going on. This man is a raging moron.

 

[madoka]

I am talking about uganda kill the gays law.

There is no death penalty for homosexuality in Uganda; it's life in prison. Perhaps you should learn more before you get on a soapbox. There's only 10 countries in the world that executes homosexuals and they all have one thing in common.

 

[madoka]

Yeah, it's like saying "I'm not a racist, but..."

Or in Adam Smith's case:

"and I'm totally heterosexual. There's no gay in me."

 

[Kaido]

Picking on minimum wage employees who have no say in the matter is the most cowardly thing he could have done. Maybe he can get a job at Chik-fil-a since no one else will hire him.

Seriously, I've never understood this. Back in college I worked at Pizza Hut. I had people curse me out over the most inane things. One guy spent like 10 minutes straight yelling at me (literally furious) for not having "industry-standard" 16-inch pans (corporate gave us 14" pans iirc). Dude...I make seven bucks an hour, I don't make any of the business decisions, why are you going bananas on me?

Also, that would be hilarious if Chik-fil-a hired him :biggrin:

 

[Kaido]

Berating a common employee about a corporation's politics shows a complete lack of maturity, humility and intelligence.

If he had exploded in a fit of rage, he could be forgiven.

Not only did he commit this act, but it was totally premeditated, recorded and posted online.

No company in their right mind would want an employee like that in a high level position.

You haven't worked at very many corporations, have you?

 

[jlee]

Chik-fil-a has some of the friendliest and kindest employees I've ever ran into at a fast food joint. The other day it took ~10min to make our food shortly before closing time, and despite being assured it wasn't a problem, they still delivered free-sandwich gift cards with our food because of the delay.

 

[Kaido]

That's my view on the subject. You shouldn't be punished for life because someone decided that your actions deserved the light of the internet and some mob "justice".

I agree. He was mean to someone & made the dumb decision to share his recorded actions with other people on the Internet, but at the end of the day, he didn't kill anyone or hurt anyone physically, and he still has 4 kids and a wife to support, so should he be punished forever & ever for that? At the end of the day, he made some (really) bad decisions. It sounds like he's learned his lesson - he still holds to his point-of-view, but regrets the way he expressed them.

Of course, you never know if someone is sad for what they did, or sad because they got caught & now have to face the consequences. I know plenty of people who have done far worse than this IRL & still have their jobs, so where's the justice in that? The Internet (and the public in general) is a scary place because one wrong move puts you on the public's blacklist forever, and it's apparently not overly difficult to "dox" someone & then post a fake story about them.

Remember when Adam Lanza did the shootings & the media mis-identified his brother as the shooter? That poor kid went through a pretty rough & undeserved bad time because of that. Same with false rape allegations or anything else that goes on. We love to hate on people through the stories we hear, but we ever only get half the story, so you never really know who is telling the truth.

 

[Sonikku]

I feel bad for the 4 kids living in a van.

 

[Harrod]

He should have taking his views up with management of the company instead of yelling at a minimum wage teenage kid. I would have fired him also, I'm willing to bet that he treats waiters like crap as well.

On another note, I work with a chick that acts like this guy. A few months ago, she said something to the affect of, "I shouldn't have eaten at chick-fil-a today." I inquired why and she then went on to tell me that it should be illegal for a publicly traded company to give money to organization, I then told here that they were privately held and then she moved her attention to hobby-lobby. I told her that they were privately owned as well and that maybe she should do her research before spreading misinformation. She got pissed off and walked away.

 

[Leros]

He's also apparently not very good with money. A competent person should not become homeless after losing their $200,000 job.

 

[Ichinisan]

There is some truth to what he says. When you work for evil you condone it. That girl worked for evil, so she condoned it. She is helping send money to support the execution of homosexual in Africa.

I am talking about uganda kill the gays law.

The link is a bit tenuous.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/sexuality/chickfila.asp

Some readers asked, "Did Chick-fil-A really spend millions lobbying Congress not to condemn Uganda’s 'Kill the Gays' bill"? We found no evidence that Chick-fil-A itself spent money (let alone millions) lobbying Congress to prevent that body from issuing a condemnation of a controversial Ugandan legislative bill which carried the death penalty for some homosexual acts. Some sources reported that the Family Research Council (FRC), one of the organizations to which Chick-fil-A donates through its WinShape corporate charity foundation, filed a report stating that it had spent $25,000 lobbying Congress against H.R. 1064, a resolution seeking to "express the sense of the House of Representatives" that Uganda's proposed Anti-Homosexuality Bill "threatens the protection of fundamental human rights." However, the FRC said that although they did perform lobbying activities regarding H.R. 1064, they did not support the Uganda bill or the death penalty for homosexuality, and their lobbying efforts were not aimed at killing the Congressional resolution but rather at changing its language "to remove sweeping and inaccurate assertions that homosexual conduct is internationally recognized as a fundamental human right."
Read more at http://www.snopes.com/politics/sexuality/chickfila.asp#zGisYzkw9pywRpZr.99

But you don't care. You're just going to repeat the same thing every time the "CFA" subject comes up...